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August/September
It’s Your Life Magazine
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Health Genesis
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I
was sick and out of antibiotics. I
mother was anti medications so when
really did not think I would make it
given antibiotics by the doctor, she refused
through the night without more so
them. Well I wouldn’t, so I took her two
I needed help fast. Please let me
week course and felt much better. April, I
digress….
am sick again and extremely tired! Now I
I started getting sick in February 2014,
nothing serious, just a little cold. I took
care of it with some over the counter
meds, but the experience left me tired.
Then in March, I got sick again for about
two weeks. No need to see a doctor, I just
needed some antibiotics. I knew my grandIsssue 3
am really worried. I put my symptoms into
Web MD, sure enough, my worst fears
were manifest. But how? How had I con-
May introduced new symptoms. Pain.
the constant white patches at the back of
tracted HIV? Time to get tested. Nah, HIV
Pain from swollen lymph nodes in my
my throat were opening up and becoming
didn’t make sense and I was feeling better
neck, under my arms, and in vaginal area.
sores. My throat hurt, making eating dif-
again. Web MD was just making me para-
Light hurt my eyes and intensified the
ficult and my voice became hoarse. I am
noid. So I moved on with life.
headaches that I had gotten used to. Plus,
an extremely busy person with little time
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