The past couple of years I've been given a true wake-up call and realize that what I thought were "OLD PEOPLE" diseases or conditions really aren't.

With all the talk about the flu and H1N1 everyone's concerned and rightly so. Yes, you can control what you do to try to prevent catching and spreading the bugs but you can't control what other's do. This is something I've always believed but an incident involving a family member the other day really got me to thinking.

A cousin of mine told me how upset she was when she went grocery shopping and was getting some chicken at the deli. There was a young kid waiting on her and the meat was on the scale as he was preparing to bag it. He turned to the side and let out a huge sneeze without trying to cover his mouth. He continued bagging the meat, and walked off sniffling. A second person cut some more products and my cousin asked him to re-cut the meat and throw the earlier stuff away. She's now lost her appetite and is doing the "what if" game.

I know it's been a while since I've been here but I'm back and ready to start educating again. This time around I won't limit my focus to lung diseases but to all aspects of health care. With a little knowledge I can be dangerous so watch out. Honestly the reality is, I feel that a lot of what is out there is written in a way that can be confusing so I hope to be able to interpret that to make it easier to understand.

Just thought I'd send out a friendly reminder that flu season is fast approaching and it's time to be getting that flu shot.

You can get it from your physician, quick care center, health clinic and some pharmacies have them available.

I check the stats for this site periodically to see how people found it and what they’re searching for when they do. I recently saw that someone did a search for the phrase “how to tell someone their perfume is irritating.” This is a toughie because you don’t want to offend anybody. The problem is your fear of hurting someone’s feelings is actually hurting you physically.