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A thirty five year old young lady visited my office because she felt stressed after being on vacation for two weeks.  She thought she’d had a great vacation and looked forward to her next.  The kids had fought like cats and dogs on the way home, but she expected that.  They were tired and cranky from being out half the night.   The amusement park didn’t close until 1 am and then there were fireworks.  She came home and felt since she thought she was rested, she cut grass, trimmed hedges, cleaned the house and washed the car, all in one day.  Everyone else took a nap.  When she got into bed that night, she was really more tired than usual and couldn’t sleep.  She had been back to work for two days and felt so much stress, that she was crying during her visit.  There was a stack of paperwork on her desk two hundred pages deep.  She was so depressed and anxious, she put her garbage can on top of the desk and stuck a sign on it, “In file”.   Then she went to the bathroom and hid for an hour, to cry.

This seems to be a contradiction in terms, being stressed, depressed and just coming back from vacation.  It may surprise you to discover nearly 30% of all of us dread going on vacation or returning from vacation.  Doesn’t make any sense does it? After all, a vacation is supposed to be designed for rest, relaxation, recreation, and emotional and physical rejuvenation.  Isn’t it?

Well, the key word here is designed.  You must design or plan for your vacation to meet those goals of the three “R’s” and E&P.  How do you plan, you ask? Here are a few tips to help you plan your vacation so that you won’t leave with a case of the dreads, and return home to face post vacation blues.

Start planning your vacation at least a month in advance if possible.  This will give you time to pay bills that will be due while you’re gone.  You could even write the checks and get a friend or relative to mail them on time.

Nothing can ruin a vacation faster than to remember you forgot to pay the light bill and it’s due on your fourth day at Myrtle Beach.

Make arrangements for someone to check the house, get mail and newspapers and handle emergencies at least two weeks in advance.

Do all housecleaning and yard work the week before you leave home.  Don’t put it off for when you come back.  The same is true of office work.  Go ahead and answer all those letters and file those papers.  Don’t put off important decisions.  You will just end up worrying about that unfinished work for your entire vacation.  All that needless brain activity will occupy your mind and spoil your fun, creating tension and dread for what you have waiting on you when you return home or to work.

Budget your entire trip and add 20% for good measure, at least one month in advance.   Nothing spoils and shortens a vacation more than running short of money.

Make reservations for airline tickets, rental cars, hotels, tours, restaurants, and special recreation as far in advance as feasible.  This is especially true if you are taking the kids.  Just think how a whiney, sleepy, hungry 5 year old will get on your nerves while standing in line for an hour at a rental car lot.

Plan ahead for bad weather.  If it rains all day at Disney World, are you going anyhow?   Will you cut the day short?  Maybe you will need to have an alternate type of entertainment.   Remember the 5 year old in line at the rental car place?  Think about being in a 12 by 20 foot hotel room for 12 hours.  This happened to us on several occasions.  Making arrangements for video games, in-room movies and a side trip to an indoor miniature golf course helped get us through the day.

Plan for surprises for yourself and the family while away on vacation.  An on-vacation surprise could be an unexpected visit to a huge ice cream parlor for after supper treats.   We did that with the kids when they were 5, 8, and 11 years old.  The grandparents were with us, and no one but Ann and I knew we were going.  Hey, it was a great surprise.   If you’re away by yourself, surprise yourself with a massage or meal at a very good restaurant.  I’m sure you can think of more great surprises.

Be sure that each member of your family takes back a memento of the trip.  It needs to be something that will remind them of a good part of your vacation and can be displayed where it is seen every day.  You can buy a custom picture frame and display a picture of the whole family at Universal Studios on your desk at work.  Every time you see it, you’ll be reminded of all the good times.

Spend the day before you come home doing low impact things.  Play around the pool, watch a movie, but don’t try to cram too much into that last day.  This is a very common mistake as everybody wants to get the most out of their vacation.  It actually creates more stress than it’s worth.  If you get in at midnight and have to get up at 6 am to leave, you didn’t do yourself a favor.

Avoid eating heavy meals on the evening before you come home.  The kids will be less likely to get car sick when the get the “going home jitters” and you won’t have to cleanout the mess.

Organize the trip home as thoroughly as you did the trip to your vacation destination.   If you’re not prepared to leave, then the trip home will be terrible.  When Ann and I took out kids to Disney World, we rode past all the park areas on the way to Interstate 4 and let the kids say “bye” and “we’ll see you real soon!” Leave for home on a happy note and with feelings that you’ll be happy to return later.

On the way back home, talk about all the good things that happened and how much fun you had.   Try to forget the bad events, unless you can turn them into funny happenings.

When you finally get back home, invite friends and family to look at your pictures or listen to your adventures while on vacation.  A vacation that others wish they had been on is worth its weight in gold.  After all, no one wants to admit they chose to go on a bad vacation.

All of us hope these tips will help you have a great vacation this year.

Just remember, common sense goes a long way on vacation.

Dr. Frank

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Mom: “Just where do you think you’re going young man?”
Tony: “To church.”
Mom: “What, with dirt all over your face and hands?”
Tony: “No, with Jimmy Greene from next door.”

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Outsmarting parents
Teddy came thundering down the stairs disturbing his father’s quiet reading.

“Teddy,” dad said, “How many times have I told you not to run down the stairs making so much noise?” “Now, go back up and come down like a civilized human.”

There were a few minutes of silence and Teddy reappeared in the living room.

“That’s much better,” said his dad. “In the future I expect you to come down that way every time.”

“Suits me,” said Teddy. “I like sliding down the banister.”

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Beginning this week I'm going to make some simple suggestions and offer alternative remedies for common health problems.  Of course, none of this is meant to replace visits to your doctor, but these simple ideas could save you money and improve your health, all at the same time.

If you have been experiencing angina, then your body is telling you that it's time to change your diet and your lifestyle.  Begin with an increase in exercise, eliminate smoking, and adopt a calmer, gentler outlook on life.

You should include vitamin C and lysine in your nutritional supplement program.  This combination is an excellent way of reducing arterial plaque. Also, add Coenzyme Q10 to your daily supplements.  This amazing nutrient has shown an ability
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Can exercise really help people stay sober?

Exercise is a great way to get in shape mentally and physically. It can help people cope better with life by allowing them to reduce stress and to feel better about themselves. It can also help people develop better health habits overall.

Richard Brown, director of addiction research at Butler Hospital in Rhode Island, reveals that exercising regularly can help smooth the road to recovery from addiction. He coordinated a 12-week study on 40 men and women in recovery from alcohol addiction. The participants initially worked out once a week and worked their way up to 4 times a week. The results indicated that the people who followed the exercise regimen stayed on the path to recovery.

Exercise is a great way to generate much needed structure and a feeling of accomplishment. It also helps build self-esteem and allows former addicts to better cope with the world around them.
 

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 Technically, glaucoma is a disorder that results in damage to the optic nerve, sometimes as a result of increased pressure of the aqueous humor, the clear watery fluid that circulates in the chamber of the eye between the cornea and the lens. To understand this fully, let's first discuss what happens inside the eye in glaucoma.

      In the healthy eye, aqueous humor is produced, and drained from the eye into the bloodstream at a constant rate so that you always have a fresh supply and always the right amount. The drainage occurs through a little opening (canal) between the iris and the cornea.

     Sometimes in certain people too much aqueous humor is produced and the eye can't get rid of it fast enough to maintain what is called normal intraocular pressure. In other patients, the drainage mechanism is faulty; the fluid can't escape fast enough to keep pressure down to normal levels. Either way, the abnormally high pressure that results is called intraocular hypertension. This increased pressure can damage the optic nerve, first affecting side or peripheral vision, leaving central or straight ahead vision perfectly normal. If this condition is left untreated, central vision is affected as well, and can eventually result in blindness.

Medical treatment depends on the nature and severity of each case. Commonly, open angle glaucoma is treated with eyedrops or oral medications. In the event this treatment does not lower the eye pressure inside the eye, laser therapy or surgery may be necessary.

To complement your doctor’s protocol for your glaucoma, one can also help lower intraocular pressure through regular exercise, reducing stress, eating a healthy diet, and taking specific nutrients such as vitamin C, alpha lipoic acid and coleus forskolii. Other nutrients such as taurine and B12 can help protect the optic nerve from damage.
 

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Dr. Grossman is the author of 4 books on natural eye care, leads workshops and lectures nationally on topics such as Natural
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