2. Keep the joint elevated. This again will reduce some of the pain and keep the blood from rushing to the area, which can cause additional inflammation.

3. Immobilize the joint. This could be achieved by lying still or by actually building a splint for the joint. The less you move the joint, the better it feels.

4. Take ibuprofen. “This will help to reduce some of the swelling and decrease some of the pain associated with that swelling”. Ibuprofen and aspirin are anti-inflammatories, but taking aspirin is not advisable. Aspirin in low levels can actually exacerbate the problem.

5. Avoid icing or heating the area. Heat may feel good in the area, but it also increases circulation to the area and brings in more white blood cells, which can make it more irritated. Icing the joint can cause more crystals to form.

6. Wear comfortable shoes. Shoe that forces big toe inward can make the problem of gout worse.

1. Do no harm. Don’t pick, press, rub, or otherwise manipulate those pimples. Your increasing the risk of spreading the bacteria and increasing the chances of scarring. You can pop it, but below the surface, the sebum, bacteria, and skin cells may leak into the surrounding tissue, causing inflammation.

2. Use benzoyl peroxide. A number of over-the-counter products contains this ingredient, which helps break up the plug of dead skin cells, bacteria, and oil in pores and cuts down on the bacteria as well. Start with the lowest concentration, and work your way up, especially if you have sensitive skin, because the higher the concentration, the more irritating it may be. Use it once or twice a day. If it dries the skin too much, Kligman suggests applying a mild moisturizer.

3. Give one of the other over-the-counter products a shot. Other acne products contain sulfur or resorcinol, which help unplug oil glands by irritating the skin.

4. Apply over-the-counter products for prevention. “Don’t just spot the product on existing acne”. “Put it on acne-prone areas”. That can include your entire face (avoiding the lips and eyes,however), back, and chest,

5. Go easy on your face. Teens with oily skin use hot water, a washcloth, and a drying soap and think they can wash their acne away but they can’t. “You can wash your face ten times a day and still have acne. It has nothing to do with cleanliness.” Washing removes oils from the surface of the skin, not from within the plugged ducts.

6. Wash properly. Use a mild soap like dove unscented. Rub lightly with your fingertips and warm water. Do not use a washcloth. If your skin is oily, use a soap with benzoyl peroxide for its drying properties. And wash once or twice a day.

7. Don’t exfoliate. This refers to removing the top layer of dead skin cells. Don’t use brushes, rough sponges, cleansers with granules or walnut hulls, or anything else of that nature on the delicate facial skin. For the back and chest, where skin is less sensitive, you can try one of the acne scrub pads along with soap that contains benzoyl peroxide.

8. Watch out for oily products. That goes for oily pomades on your hair, heavy oil-based moisturizers, and even oily cleansers.

9. Use water-based makeup. If you’re not sure if its water base or not try if its separates into water and powder, its water-based. If it doesn’t, it contains oil. Opt for powder blushes and loose powders. Eye makeup and lipstick are Okay but because you don’t generally get acne in those areas.

10. Forego the facial. Most people are giving facials aren’t trained to treat acne-prone skin properly and may end up doing more harm than good said DeLeo.

11. Don’t rest your chin on your hands. Try not to constantly touch your face. “People who do a lot of telephone work will get chin-line acne”. It causes trauma to acne, just like picking the pimples does. Tight sweatbands and chin  straps from sports equipment can have the same effect.

12. Soak up the oil. Some cosmetic companies make a paper product that can be pressed onto the skin to soak up oil. It doesn’t help the acne, but it helps relieve the oiliness, which is disagreeable.

13. Screen out the sun. Sun exposure was believed to help acne. However, too much sub can lead to skin cancer and premature aging, making the risks outweigh the benefits. wear sunscreen with SPF of 15 or higher for protection.

14. Don’t worry about diet. Chocolate, french fries, and other foods have not been proven to have anything at all to do with causing teenage acne. Eating chocolate, nuts, or greasy foods is not to blame when it comes to the zits on your face. On the other hand, if you notice a correlation between something you eat and your face breaking out, then avoid it.

15. Watch out for iodine. This is till somewhat controversial, but some doctors believe that high levels of iodine, found in some multiple vitamins and in iodized salt, may encourage acne.

1. Play “hear no evil.” You put your fingers in your ears - and not because they don’t want you to hear yourself hiccup. It seems that branches of the vagus nerve also reach into the auditory system, and by stimulating the nerve endings there, the vagus nerve goes into action. “The pressure you create in the ears”, “is similar to the gag reflex of your mouth”. Remember not to put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear to avoid irritating or damaging the ear canal.

2. Get scared silly. Having someone surprise you may be the one method that overwhelms the vagus nerve more than anything els. “It’s similar to the method an adult uses to quiet a child who’s crying endlessly. Out of frustration, a parent may yell at the child to stop, and sure enough, the child who’s crying endlessly. Out of frustration, a parent may yell at the child to stop, and sure enough, the child will stop, almost as if on cue,”. Scaring the vagus may shut it up.

3. Drink Water. Swallowing water interrupts the hiccuping cycle, which can quiet the nerves. Gargling with water may also have the same hiccup-stopping effect.

4. Sweeten the hiccups. “The nerve endings in the mouth become overloaded with the sweet sensation” Have a teaspoonful of sugar, and if you can, place the sugar on the back of the tongue, where “sour” is tasted. This way, the sugar overloaded will pack the most punch.

5. Pull on your tongue. Sticking out your tongue and yanking on it may stop hiccups.

6. Tickle it away. Tickling the soft palate of the roof of your mouth with a cotton swab may do the trick. Or, if you’re the type who enjoys getting tickled, it may be more fun to have someone find your ticklish spots.

7. Hold your breath. Hold your nose and close your mouth-like when you jump in a pool.

8. Bag those hiccups. Breathing into a paper bag is believed to work on the same principle as breathholding. They increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, and the body becomes preoccupied with getting rid of it.

9. Take an antacid. “One or two tablets may help, especially if you take the kind that contains magnesium”. Magnesium tends to decrease the irritation and quiet the nerves.

10. Eat more slowly. “People who eat too fast tend not to chew well, which can cause hiccups” 

11. Don’t pig out. Overloading the stomach with food is another cause of hiccups. If you’re eating too much or too fast, hiccups may be the body’s way of stopping you from continuing to binge, which gives the digestive system a chance to catch up and recover.

12. Avoid spicy foods. Some spices can irritate the lining of the esophagus and stomach.

13. Drink only in moderation. Excessive drinking can damage the lining of the food pipe.

Sharing one pic with my nephew. That’s Justin and I, playing all day in the room. Can’t go outside because the rain pours heavily. All we got to do is lie in bed, play the boxing gloves, shoot the ball in the ring (of course inside the house). Taking pictures is not exemption to that!

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I would tuck you more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep,

If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out that door,

I would give you hug and kiss and call you back once more…

If I knew it would be the last time I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise,

I would videotape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time I could spare an extra minute or two

To stop and say, “I love you,” instead of assuming, you would know I do

If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day,

Well I’m sure you’ll have so many more, so I can let this one slip away.

For surely there’s always, tomorrow to make up an overnight,

And we always get a chance to make everything right.

There will always be another day to say our “I love you’s,”

And certainly there’s another day to say our “Anything I can do’s?”

But just in case I mgiht be wrong and today is all I get,

I’d like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget,

Tomorrow is not a promise to anyone, young and old alike,

And today may be the last chance you have to hold your love one tight.

For if tomorrow never comes, you’ll surely regret the day

So if you’re waiting for tomorrow, why not do ti today?

That you didn’t have that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss

And you were too busy to grant someone what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today, whisper in their ear,

Tell them how much you love them and you’ll alway hold them dear.

And if tomorrow never come, you’ll have no regrets about todays….

by Rochelle Amores

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