Day 123: Groceries and Alternative Health Care

Posted on | January 2, 2008 |

Today was a lousy day. I slept poorly. My mom slipped on the ice a few houses away and really got banged up. The Daughter was in rare teenage form — can they get any more annoying? I got up early for an appointment but her heat wasn’t working and there was no hot water so I had to go back again this afternoon. Just another day in paradise the ‘burbs.

As bad as it was, it was a lot better than my neighbor’s day. Her 53-yo husband died of a massive heart attack three days ago. There but for the grace of God….

Alternative Care & Supplements — $136.65

I had a Lavage treatment (colonic) — $70. It’s been a few months since the last one. It’s the one thing that has helped my debilitating IBS symptoms but I went just a little too long between treatments. I also bought 2 month’s worth of a product called ColonMax (contains magnesium and other things) and a bottle of probiotic capsules — $66.65 total.

Whole Foods — $46.16

I still hate Whole Foods but I do like their chicken better than that available at Wild Oats. And with what I’d been through today, the thought of going to more than one grocery store was unbearable. So I bit the bullet and paid Whole Foods’ jacked-up prices for the items I needed for dinner or within the next 24 hours.