13 February 2008
I read a great article today affirming that listening to classical music does have positive effects. Some of those listed were greater cognitive ability, mood improvement, faster healing of strokes, epileptic seizures, and other neurological problems. My husband works with learning and behavioral disordered children and has found that playing classical or other positive upbeat music prior to a test helped students improve their scores. To read the whole article go here.
Yesterday I woke up with a tingling on my lip and nerve pain all the way up to my eye! I have had one cold sore in my life up to this point. It was in 1995 after having a nightmare dental procedure. The dentist did not wear gloves and the office did not look all that clean. I went to this dentist because he claimed to do alternative dentistry. I was having a porcelain crown replaced with a Belle Glass crown. Well, I got the glass crown but he was rough to say the least. After tearing up my mouth, he threw a few arnica pellets in. Ugh! I now know that cold sores are just our body's way of detoxing. The skin is a great way to get stored up toxins out fast. This outbreak is similar to that one, but mild. By late afternoon it had all but disappeared.
I have not been eating enough as one can plainly see from my food lists. Each day I am determined to increase my calories and each day goes by and I realize I haven't. I'm going to put on some Baroque music and ponder my options;)
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
...William Congreve
