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Dealing With Life During and After Illness or Injury

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When we come down with an illness, there is a determination of being able to fight it off by ourselves by drowning ourselves in fluids and getting a lot of rest. Often, we see ourselves as no need to be a bother to the doctor as it is (surely) nothing serious, right?

Well, no. When it comes to your health, there is no such thing as being too cautious. There is no point in believing you are invincible because that is, unfortunately, not the case. You need to take as great care of your health and your body as you possibly can, and so taking a small amount of time out of your day to ensure that whatever is causing you problems is nothing serious.

And typically, it is not something serious, just something unfamiliar that you have perhaps never experienced before. As you get older, this will become more frequent and so making sure that you do not worry too much is essential. When the problem is even the most minor cause for concern, then you need to know the best course of action.

IDENTIFY

Identifying what is wrong with you is sometimes as easy as a quick Google search of your symptoms that can give you the chance to self-diagnose and take steps towards treating this problem all by yourself.

However, sometimes this search can only bring about further panic and worry. Finding something that aligns with your general symptoms but does not narrow it down to one specific issue can still give you the chance to go into the doctor’s office with an idea of what might be the problem.

From here, the doctor can help you identify the cause of the problem and diagnose you from there. Furthermore, they will have the chance to recommend the appropriate treatment to help you tackle this issue as effectively as possible.

TREATMENT

Depending on the type of problem you might be suffering from, it might be that treatment is as simple as antibiotics and sufficient medication. If this is the case, then simply following the instructions given to you by the doctor should get you back to being fighting fit.

However, there will be times where treatment requires more focus to help you get better. This sort of treatment can range from consulting a lower back pain doctor to help any issues with mobility and leaning down - especially if you are still relatively young - to more intense treatment that might involve scans, injections, and more.

While this treatment may be inconvenient and uncomfortable, remember that it is necessary to get back to better health. While the trips to the doctors may seem laborious, they will help you live a happier and healthier life as you get older.

RECOVERY

When recovering from your illness no matter how small or severe, you will need to ensure that you take things one step at a time and not rush back to any strenuous activity. If it is a muscular injury suffered when playing sport, then the affected body part will have had little exercise over however-many months. You do not want to further aggravate this problem before it is fully healed.

Furthermore, if you have been advised to make a lifestyle change, then taking this advice seriously is essential to avoiding any repeat issues later on in your life. Things such as quitting smoking and taking up exercise to mitigate further problems, as well as things associated with promoting better mental health, are vital towards putting and keeping you on the road to proper recovery.

Sometimes, the road to recovery can be long and arduous, and it can often feel like there no light at the end of the tunnel. However, understanding the needs to get you back to full health as quickly but also as effectively as possible will make this process much more comfortable.

EATING WELL

No matter what sort of illness or injury plagued you, it is essential that you start or continue eating right. You only get one body and so ensuring that you look after it as well as it looks after you will save you needing greater treatment later in your life.

Focusing on essential food groups, getting your five-a-day, and maintaining a balanced diet will not only make you stay healthy but also make you feel healthier and happier, too. It can be a challenge to change your habits and if you believe you do not have the proper discipline, then speaking with qualified professionals to help you start this journey will give you the best idea of what route to take.

GETTING OUT THERE

It can be a challenge after your treatment to find the energy to get back out there and start living your life again. However, spending too much time inside following recovery can only exacerbate any feelings of isolation and loneliness you might have experienced during your time inside.

Battling these issues by getting yourself back out into the world will make the transition back into real life much more streamlined. If it was a particularly dangerous injury or illness you suffered from, then you might feel nervous. However, understanding that everyone around you is there to support you should help ease any of the stress associated with going out in public.

Seeing people and being sociable is not everyone’s idea of a good time, however getting too wrapped up in your own thoughts can have even more detrimental effects on your health.

DEALING WITH IT

Dealing with pain can cause massive rifts in your personal and professional life. However, just because you have suffered a little does not mean you need to continue suffering once you are back to excellent health.

Understanding what options you have from diagnosis to recovery and further will give you the chance to get your life back on track and back to normal as soon as possible. Furthermore, you will be able to continue as if nothing ever happened. Letting any past injuries impact your future can have disastrous effects and so coping and dealing with them sensibly and efficiently will help you remain happy and healthy.

Why Your Business Needs a Regular Solution

Owning a business comes with a list of responsibilities, some you may not have considered, list pest control. Until your inundated with pests, that is. Your best line of defense is to start your pest control plan as early on as possible – before you have an infestation. Some of the most common pests that business properties have to suffer are flies, rodents, bed bugs and cockroaches.

While these pests are annoying, it can cost your business a lot of money, effort and time. At the worst case, they could end up shutting the business down for a period of time.

What’s more, pests are a health threat to you, your staff and your customers. For instance, cockroaches and flies are known to carry diseases that can be transmitted from one human to another.

If you’re a restaurant owner, it’s extremely hazardous to have a pest problem, since pests usually lurk around inside looking for perishables. If your food is contaminated, it will spread to your patrons and it can cost you a fortune to resolve the problem.

With this in mind, here are a few more reasons why scientifically tested natural pest control solutions can actually improve business for you.

Offer Customers a Pleasant Experience

All business owners want their clientele to have a pleasant experience so that they will keep coming back. If you have a pest infestation at your business, even if it seems like a minor one, it can ruin people’s experience, leaving a rather bad taste in their mouth. That’s why it’s important to have pest control solutions in place, even before problems arise.

Maintain Your Reputation

Your reputation is the most valuable asset to your business, so hiring a professional pest control company just makes good business sense. If your customers notice a pest problem at your workplace, they might mention it to you, but chances are, they will also tell other people. Word, as you know, is quick to spread, especially in our digital age. Just one online negative review can linger a long time after the pests have been exterminated. Regular pest control visits from professionals can help maintain your reputation.

Protect the Property

Believe it or not, pests can cause a great deal of damage to your property. Some kinds of pests can attack your inventory while others could bother and bit you and your staff and customers, while others can even damage the structure of the building. Termites, for instance, eat away at the structure, while mice are known to damage ceilings and walls, and can be a fire hazard if they chew through electrical wiring. Regular maintenance services can help to eliminate such threats before they become an issue.

Avoiding Unnecessary Expenses

If you don’t know what you’re doing when an infestation hits, you could use the wrong products. Professional pest control companies exist for a reason. They use specifically-designed products and techniques to manage pests. You can avoid unnecessary costs by implementing pest control solutions for your business.

These are just 4 ways in which pest control professional can help improve your business.

Stop Wasting Energy at Your Company for Big Business Savings

One of the worst ways your business could be losing money is through unnecessarily expensive energy bills. Paying your energy bills is essential if you want your business to keep going, but a lot of people don't realize that they're paying too much. You might be trying to save energy by having energy usage policies to ensure people turn off equipment or only use electrical items when they need to. However, you could be wasting your money if you're not ensuring that you are making the most of the energy you do use. To check that your energy bills aren't higher than they should be, make sure you do the following things.

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Reinforce the Roof

When you heat your business, heat can very easily escape through various means. One of the worst culprits for this is an inadequate roof, which can allow heat to leak out or require your business to use more energy to maintain the building. If you get a commercial contractor to install a sprayed polyurethane foam roofing system, you can stop air filtration, which will prevent energy loss. It also has a reflective coating, which helps to keep the roof cool. This means that less energy is required to cool the building.

Check Insulation Levels

Poor insulation is also a leading cause of energy loss for your business. Energy can escape through the attic or roof space, as well as through the walls. You might think that your building is already insulated, but insulation only lasts so long. If it's a few decades old, it might have deteriorated to the point that it is no longer as effective as it should be. You might need to repair the existing insulation or perhaps replace it completely if it's no longer adequate for the job it's supposed to do.

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Seal Windows and Doors

Another way your business could be wasting energy is by air moving through doors and windows. Leavings doors and windows open can obviously mean that heating or cooling systems aren't as effective as they should be. However, there can also be issues with gaps and deteriorating frames. You might need to ensure that windows are caulked to stop air flow that allows heat to escape or lets in cold air from outside. In some cases, completely replacing windows or doors is the best course of action.

Get Rid Of Energy-hungry Equipment

Your business could also be wasting energy on the appliances and equipment you use. You might have been trying to change people's behavior, so these things are used less, but sometimes you need to change the items completely. If your whole office needs to use computers all day, choosing ones that won't use up too much energy will help you save money long-term. Consider the various things that use electricity and other types of energy in your business and how you can get them to use less.

Your business could be wasting energy right now. A few smart changes can save you a lot of money and make your business greener too.

REAL Tuck Mattress Review from Someone Who Paid $1,200 For One (Tuck is Merging With Another Business)

*Spoiler alert: I do recommend this Tuck mattress and I wouldn't have written about it if I didn't, especially since I paid real money for it and didn't get it for free to write about. Actually, you all know me and I would have written a BAD review if I had hated it, so there's that.

 

Just like this product over here, I wish I had this mattress when my kids were younger. Let me start at the beginning of our Tuck Mattress Journey.

We moved in to our new digs in the country at the end of October last year. We realized we had an old, nasty queen-sized mattress that had housed not just us for probably 15 years, but also housed 5 kids in our family bed (not all at once, of course).

So now that all kids are out of our family bed, we thought it would be a good time to take the leap and get a king-sized mattress. Weird, huh? Doesn't make sense. Man, I wish we had this king-sized situation when the kids were little and my husband was traveling and all the kids were in bed with me!

When we first moved in, I was sleeping on the couch sometimes because I so uncomfortable in our bed. My hips always hurt in our old bed. My husband snored like a buzz saw. We tossed and turned all night. Ugh.

Now my husband honestly snores less, so I sleep more. He tosses and turns less. I toss and turn less so we wake each other rarely. I also think the king-sized upgrade factors in ... we have more space for spreading out. I actually have DREAMS now!

The cool thing about Tuck is that you can customize your side (I guess if you are single you just make them both the same). Each side was customized based on weight and height, whether you get cold or hot at night, sleeping position, any sleeping issues like restless leg syndrome (yes, I had some but I don't anymore).

Climbing into my Tuck at night is heavenly.

WHAT ABOUT THE BOOM BOOM?
Look, my parents read this blog and probably also my grandmother and someday maybe even my kids. I'm not going to give a lot of details here for sure, but just know that I know one of your concerns might be the bounce factor of this mattress. All I'm going to say is that it's good to go, m'kay? (there could be a bit more bounce, but it's fine ... you're going to do more sleeping than boom boom on a mattress anyway)

IT IS EXPENSIVE BUT ...
Yes, it's a lot of money to spend on a mattress. Our king-sized Tuck was about $1,200 delivered to our front door. But my husband and the chiropractor were seeing a little too much of each other for my budget, so it was time to take drastic measures. It's a little scary how well I sleep now on the Tuck. I wake up at 6:30 to my alarm and feel like I really slept well and like I wasn't up and down and moving all around.

DISCLAIMER
This is just a mattress. It does not come with a box spring because you don't need that junk, which is just more stuff to make and buy and throw out. Put your mattress on a platform of wood (my husband is going to build a cool one for us) or on the floor and your back support will be great. Yes, it is a lot of money to spend on a mattress. I understand. There is a money-back guarantee and they will come and get your bed and donate it to someone in the community if you hate it. You won't hate it. We are currently sleeping with the mattress on the floor and it's fabulous.

INCENTIVE TO CHECK IT OUT
**If you want to take the plunge, you and I both get a $75 Amazon gift code for doing so. Just click here to start to customize and order your Tuck and you'll get your discount. Come back here to let me know what you think. Or you can come to my page on Facebook and message me or leave me a comment there.

MY DISCUSSION WITH TUCK
The rest of you can go about your business while I have a little talk with Tuck (or you can totally eavesdrop):

Tuck, some of your pictures on your site and materials that came with the mattress are a little ... shall we say, RACY? I'm no prude, but is it really necessary? I mean, must I see a dude in his undergear (yes, I spelled that how I wanted to) on the mattress? A female in black lace panties and another chick in bra and panties? No thanks. Take a hint from everyone storming Hollywood for movies with less gratuitous skin shots and eff bombs (heard of VidAngel and their popularity and how many people want to see less of this stuff?).

I don't want to see a picture of 6 random people on one bed. I want to see something way more realistic that happens more often: a family bed. A bed with two actual parents and a kid or two sleeping soundly because the Tuck makes it so you don't feel the other people moving around all the time. That's MY demographic and my fan base ... I know a ton of people who have done family bed, are doing it now, or plan to. Yes, I know in America we are weird about people rolling onto babies and smooshing them, but that seriously rarely happens (and usually when a parent has been imbibing).

Tuck, I love you and feel like we are friends at this point, so I'm just keeping it real.

April 2018 update from their website, which kinda stinks but it's still an amazing mattress!

While we have enjoyed sharing our bed with you, we have an amazing opportunity to merge with another business and expand in the sleep world. At this time, we will no longer offer our mattress. That being said, our team is still on board and 100% here for you, so please reach out to contact@trytuck.com with any questions you may have