[beetle1303]

NO kids here yet (just 23:P) but had two rough times in hospitals.
first one when i was about 50-60 days old in Saudi Arabia (dad worked there and mom took me after giving birth to in Athens, Greece). got sick from another kid and went straight to the hospital with 40.5 C fever after a day or so. fever lasted a few days and the only thing to get it down was peniciline...
second when i was 6 or 7 got laringhitis (air stream infection) of the worst scenarios. woke up cos i was suffocating, parents got me to the hospital. stayed in for about a week. 24-7 inside a specialy covered bed with a humidator ?correct?, in order to "soften" the irritation in my throat. given mainstream medicine.

I come from a country with great doctor's culture and im proud of it (Greece) . What im trying to say is get a few opinions. and try to get opinions of doctors from different ethnicities. no offence but is the best way imo, because in some countries a certain practice would be an extreme act, while on another could be everyday's.
personally i hate medicine. My advice is take the less u can (ex dont when u have just a funny headache) so they can have a full effect when u really need them.

IMHO the american way is wrong because they give u medicine for nothing. so your body learns to live with them and becomes even more vulnerable to diceases and infections. IMO the best way to develop a fully functioning defence system is to live in a clean environment, but not hystericly clean, so your system comes to constant "battles" with potentially harmful bacteria.
its the only way to have your system constantly "upgraded"

PLEASE do not take what i say for granted. Im only 23and only child, so i cant say i have too much experience. Only sick-free the last 7-8 years.

Chris