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The saying I've heard from my doc's over the years is listen to your body. Do what it's telling you. If your tired, take a nap. If your sick, rest, etc etc. Well, my body has been talking to me and I have been ignoring it. If Im tired, I just keep pushing myself til I drop, no nap for me. Im so tired of feeling lazy because of the fatigue, I try to just keep going. Well, I have finally decided to listen to it. I am giving into what my body is saying it needs. I have found I can sleep for 12 hours straight, get up for an hour and be totally ready for bed again and sleep another 4 hours. My appetite is low, and drinking fluids is a joke. Im never thirsty anymore. The hug seems to be creeping back into my life. I have been having problems with my shots. Every shot is a lump, or bruise, or welt. My body says "give me a break", so a break it will get. The time has come to stop ignoring what the body is crying for. Do you pay attention or ignore it and push on??
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Dx RRMS April 1992 Yearly flares from 92 to 11 MS induced seizures 2002 Flare Oct 2011 Flare Dec 2011 Left disabled after 2 previous flares Betaseron '02, Copaxone '12, Tecfidera '13 (allergic reaction to all) No longer taking any MS therapy meds |
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That was my day...all weekend. Now I have to go to work; this month's schedule sux! The heat sux! I'm still learning that I am not Super Woman.
Besides, I wouldn't fit in her sexy outfit.
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It isn't a quest; it's the unknown reaction to the unaswered question. If you don't ask it, you'll never know. The journey, needs answers. . |
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I used to push myself. Told my body NO! you cant have that! you cant have a cigarette! you cant have chocolate! you cannot rest now, and not even at 10pm, we have stuff to do. I used to push, vacuum, dust, mop, scrub, come on! whats wrong with you! Take your meds! I dont care if you dont like them, lets go!
After that huge attack that left me legally blind, I am MUCH more kind to myself. My body said this med is making your MORE sick, and its causing trouble. I quit! You need a nap, off to bed we go! We want dessert first! ok...have a bite first. I found that after eating clean, my body craves the clean food, and finds the junk distasteful, so I did something right. DS wanted to come visit last night, I said NO! I dont feel good today, and you my dear need to do something else, somewhere else, and I watched junk on TV till I finally fell asleep. Honor they self. it will lead you to good places.
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RRMS 3/26/07 . Betaseron 5/18/07 . Elevated LFTs Beta DC 7/07 Copaxone 8/7/07 . . |
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I usually tend to listen to the old body only after she has reared up and smacked me upside my head. Too little, too late -so she teaches me a lesson the hard way. sigh...
I thought I was suppossed to get wiser the older I got???
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Jane Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult! |
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When I was a young scamp in my 40s & 50s, I didn't need no "body" telling me what to do, but now my body doesn't take no for an answer. If it's done, it just stops and I either lie down and take a rest or fall down, whichever comes first.
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~Love, Sally . "The best way out is always through". Robert Frost ~If The World Didn't Suck, We Would All Fall Off~ |
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Not so much. While I expect my recuperation time to get longer in time, I'll push myself knowing it will only affect me for a few hours. The more and longer I'm affected by symptoms, the more I'll start listening.
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RRMS, diagnosed '00 Everything will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not yet the end. |
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I don't think my body is speaking to me anymore...
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* * * **My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26) |
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In Remembrance
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Mine is not speaking to me either B2Y, It's screaming at me..
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~Love, Sally . "The best way out is always through". Robert Frost ~If The World Didn't Suck, We Would All Fall Off~ |
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