Teresa...thanks for the advice about supplements and spices. For some they have healing powers. But for me they go in the opposite direction. I have a condition called Menieres's and it reacts badly to just about anything foreign (vitamins, almost all meds), even some foods. Read wonderful things about turmeric, bought a bottle of those from a health store. One pill and I went into a vertigo nightmare. This has happened with so many medications that I fear anything serious popping up that requires pain meds. I would literally be up the creek without a paddle.
And yes, it will be grand indeed when we finally reach the other side. I literally pray for it at times and then when something like my recent scare happens, I fight with all my might to remain here. What a conflict of emotions! Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. My dad said that a lot. Didn't pay it a lot of mind back then but I sure do now!