In Northern California the weather this year has been abnormal. I usually am able to remain healthy for most of the year, maybe falling with a light cold once or twice a year.
For the few months, I have almost been constantly ill.
Several changes have occured that I don't recall having in the past. For one, I am deathly afraid of the cold and the wind - simply being in the rainy and windy weather for a few days gave me the worst headaches I recall in my life for the past few days. Ultimately, I was bed-ridden and had such a headache that at the end of the day when I crawled into bed I almost contemplated not saying three Hail Mary's before going to sleep (yes, I did say them in the end, although it gave me an even more splitting headache, at least I didn't have to fear a devil-monkey dragging me to Hell last night).
I'm not sure if this aversion to the wind is just a psychological problem. It's so bad that the only time I have to wear a thick jacket with the hood on everywhere I go except for when I am in church.
Another thing that I've noticed is a hunger problem. I'm not sure if it's just gluttony. I've progressively cut down my food intake over the past year or so, and though I can eat a lot whenever I feel inclined to, usually I don't really feel like eating more than two whole meals a day. However, I've noticed lately that I never have the sensation of being "full" - even after I've eaten a lot. For example, one evening the sense of emptiness in my stomach was too much for me to handle and after devouring an entire chicken by myself, I still did not have that satisfying "full" feeling. I also have developed an insatiable craving for Chinese food, although at times I get sickened when I eat it because the flavors are to strong (or too much MSG, etc). A friend recommended I go on a vegetarian diet, which I tried - replacing my breakfast and lunch with bannanas, oranges, and apples (dinner, eaten with the family, was not vegetarian). It actually wasn't too bad, and I tried the diet for a while before I fell very ill and needed to resume eating other foods - however, even on the veg. diet I still felt the empty stomach.
Aside from that, I'm also growing weaker. I've gotten in the habit of doing pushups every evening and morning. I usually average around 120, the most being 145 (As far as correct form, I don't know - I just make a 90 degree angle with my arms). I did them the other week and only got 61.
Anyways, maybe it's just the cold that's been going around in this town. I'm also distrustful of pills, however, they do seem to help - and it can't be attributed to placebo since I don't really believe in them. My doctor told me when I expressed my concern about not knowing what was in vaccines that it's a valid concern, but you don't really know what's in a lot of other stuff as well (he used McDonald's as an example -ironically the next day I would get a bad case of food poisoning from McDonald's).
I've tried traditional Chinese medicine remedies and techniques and they seem to have immediate help, however need to be repeated frequently.