What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

For the past month, I’ve been plagued with heartburn from hell (have you noticed…ALL my afflictions are from ‘hell’?). The affliction has been as regular as the rising and setting of the sun…EVERY single day. It started out hitting me somewhere between 2-4pm each day, but during the last couple of weeks, it has been hitting me within hours after waking, and continuing throughout the day.

I’ve gone through a box of Zantac, even doubled up the dosages, I’ve gone through almost an entire bottle of Mylanta, I’ve snacked on Tums and Rolaids and am presently into my first week of a 14-day treatment of Prilosec – ALL to absolutely NO avail. NONE of this $50 worth of modern medicine’s miracles has done as much as even PHASE my pain, which, according to my research and symptoms, is acid reflux.

Then comes this grain of unfathomable wisdom from the great pixelpyro, which was substantially verified through my further Internet research. An apple. A plain, raw, ordinary, everyday APPLE. As usual, I’ve spent the entire day in varying degrees of pain from this glorious acidic digestive condition. I’ve come to be somewhat frightened by food in general, and believe me, when my pain begins to affect my appetite, it’s SERIOUS! Tonight, I followed my supper (consisting of a baked potato) with this humble fruit. Within 15 mins after polishing it off, my pain was almost completely and totally GONE. Just one small APPLE brings me the first real relief I’ve had in WEEKS, and over $50 worth of medical miracles has done absolutely NOTHING.

Go figure. So it’s true, an apple a day really DOES keep the doctor away…or at the very least, can save you a BUNDLE in medicine costs. Believe me, I’m going to be downing more than ONE apple a day for a while!

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