self care
 

self care seems like such a chore right now...showering is a hassle have to make myself shower every other day. Washing my face twice a day with a special cleaner, and putting on the metro gel just to have decent skin, but I still break out...can't seem to wash my face with out getting my hair wet...so that messes up my hair for the day...which seems to not be cooperating most days but I don't care. then I have to eat breakfast which I normally did not but have to take a handful of pills with food. then I have to take 2 handful of pills (16)after dinner, lots of vitamins, big antibiotic, 2 advil, bromelain for bone healing, 2 big calcium pills, mucinex, this is temporary as it will go down to 10 when I am no longer sick and when my arm is healed. ugh! all of this self care stuff...any body else find it difficult to follow thru with "simple" stuff. I am impatient with my arm in healing, have a long way to go...sigh.
bizi

Dear Bizi

i have difficulty with self care ... gets real bad during extended depression and then it doesn't really automatically bounce back, the bad habits just get ground in i guess... it depends. when i'm manic i do whatever without thinking about it too much including shower shave you name it and ENJOY IT but then, they medicate me out of it, pronto!!! :o

for the most part, i really have to put myself through the paces when it's necessary.

and when it's cold that puts me off even more.

my hair is a mess right now needs a wash. when i'm sick i'm even worse... :rolleyes:

i do use some "short-cuts" when necessary... more than one way to skin a cat. i am lucky with my skin for the most part.

other than metal allergies and conditioners i don't react too badly to different products. i don't tend to use things with strong perfumes however... then my respiratory allergies act up.

~ waves ~

Sorry bizi sounds like alot of yucky pills to take my hair never cooperates its like curly springs an with humid florida weather i have to put anti freeze stuff in it daily i hope your arm gets better soon i to find it difficult on some days just to roll out of bed

I totally understand....

Wait til you get OLD....;) it doesn't get any easier!:rolleyes:

triage
 

Dear Bizi,
I assign tasks priority. Not everything is important everyday.
Take very good care of your shoulder and mood.

Do you have an easy care hair style? It's ok if hair is not cooperating. It probably looks ok to other people.
Do you really shower once a day? You have lots more energy than I do.

I agree with you that adding something (like the shoulder) to normal self care throws out the whole routine and makes things hard.

I don't shower every day. I have dry skin and hair and the water is not good for it. More importantly, I hate showers -- my current status is depressed and tired. Showers are yucky.

M.

Hey bizi i cant even spell lately did you notice what i said i put in my hair no wonder my hair has problems ive lost some of my ability to remember my words goes with my brain damage hate to see what i put in car lol:D

no i shower every 2-3 days....in the evening before bed so I am not rushed. When I was going to the gym, I would shower there before coming home after working out. I have not really adjusted to not going to the gym...I miss it alot.
I still have chest congestion, sinus stuff even though I have been on antibiotics a week.Mucinex is still working...sigh
my shoulder still has limited range of motion....I am impatient. I have a goal to go back to the gym on june 1st. Jeff and I have been walking around the neighborhood after dinner, it has been nice out very breezy.
we need rain!
I got a facial today for the mini massage, felt great.
hoping that my face won't freak out about the use of different products.
WE went out for dinner tonight. Great fresh shrimp boiled in a buttery peppered sauce. very good. Jeff had the boiled crawfish which he loved.
I miss harriet.....
bizi

Dear Bizi,
I'm sorry that you are missing Harriet.

Walking in the evening breeze sounds nice. Our evening weather has been good too.

Why are you rushing your shoulder? There is no due date or contest.
It will have range of motion when it is ready. Thank your shoulder for doing such a good job working with the rest of your body. Talk gently to your body.

Can you take a class at the gym that does not require use of your shoulder?
Check with the the PT or mdoc for ideas.

M.

(((Bizi)))

i hope you feel better soon. i'm so sorry about Harriet.

~ waves ~

p.s. Your dinner sounded scrumptious.

Sounds like a bit of depression (hugs) and yep, as we get older it seems to get a tad harder too. I can NOT believe how many vitamins and even scripts I seem to have these days...blood pressure, etc. Some mornings I think about how my daily routine is getting to be a drag! I use whatever "TRICKS" I can to pull myself out and UP some days. One of my latest and fondest is REAL simple. I smell lime fragrance. I use lime oil from the health store. Sometimes I burn it in a oil burner...sometimes I put a few drops in the four corners of my hot shower..it is minor....a tad meager...but hexk.....I do whatever little thing works...inch by inch...I move forward. ;) Hang in there!!! :)

Hang in there, Bizi...:hug:

I still miss Sheba and Tippy... with spring here I think of all the neat things they did outside! (even tho Weezie is consuming, she is more like a toddler than companion. It will be a while I guess when I can stop worrying about her! )

Check out my Easter pic in my profile with Weez in the Scilla. ;)

Hi Mrs D

I'm sorry for the loss of your kitty companions... yes a kitten is different, just like a child ... but kittens grow faster than toddlers... won't be that long. ;)

Weezie looks cute in the Scilla, nice pic as usual. :)

:hug:

~ waves ~

thank you for your kind words...I think that I am a bit depressed, and impatient.
I don't like being sick and want to be rid of this sinus infection,maybe the mucinex is making secretions????? I know that doesn't make sense...I bet I would have pnuemonia if I were not taking it....keep coughing up loose stuff. sorry....
jeff accidentally hugged me too hard and hurt my shoulder...I don't think he believes me that it hurt....
sigh:(
bizi

To all that have posted: Hello

I have to say, I also take lots of pills. I take a shower every two to 3 days
also. I do my hair when it needs it. Its dry and its hard to get it right
if I do it to much.

My neck and shoulders are doing lots better. I'm making it till the night
or the day before my next session. But I have to admit I caused part
of my problem this time. So I know that there are still some things
I can't do.

Donna:grouphug:

hi donna, glad that your neck and shoulders are somewhat better. happy easter.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

weezie
 

weezie is such a dollface!
bobby

i take a bath every three or four days and the thought of it is a big to do but once i decide to do it i enjoy it. I am overwhelmed with the amount of pills i take and supplements. now i feel so dependent on them. It was only about nine years ago that i took no pills and had no problems walking. I did lose another pound and haven't reached a plateau yet. I am so hoping that the more weight i lose,, the easier it will be for me to have the energy to walk.
I don't push myself. I already feel i am under so much pressure.
bobby

congratulations on another pound lost. that is great!
that is 4 sticks of butter!
keep up the wonderful job that you are doing bobby. good luck with all of your appointments this week.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

I have to admit. I'm going to therapy tomorrow with a different therapist.
Mine is going to a funeral. So I have to see one I haven't ever seen.

I sure wish they had scheduled me with one of the two I have seen
this time. Or one of the ones I know. It seems so weird that I've
never seen this one.

Donna:grouphug:

Donna,

I'm sure your therapy appointment will go well, even though you have a new therapist. You may just want to give him/her a little background info before you start.

Good luck!

I dread getting into the shower. It's worse when I'm down. The whole process is exhausting, and it's monotonous. There is an element of fear because I have fallen in the bathtub a couple of times (only once was serious), and I'm afraid if I take a bath I won't be able to get out. I always take my cell phone into the BR with me.
Despite all that, I do take a shower almost every day because I feel dirty if I don't and it helps wake me up.

I try to conserve energy though. After my shower, I sit on the couch for a while to rest until my hair is almost dry, then I blow dry the rest of it. I keep cutting my hair shorter so it's easier to deal with. I won't go out if I don't dry may hair, but don't always dry it if I'm not going out.

Oh, my legs are a veritable forest!!! It is just way too much for me to shave them regularly. Spring is here and I'm trying to remember how I got away with this last year....

I take less pills now, but I still resent taking them and filling my pill case. I do what I have to, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. Looking on the bright side, I don't have to give myself injections anymore, not that I could.

Kay

They all know me there. As it was I had a good appt. The only problem
is the traction machine that we are using is something that all the
therapist use. So it was hard to put back the way we needed it.

So I am better right now.

Donna:grouphug:

hmmm... comin' around to a full scrubdown in prospect for this weekend...

one time i would have liked that

and sometimes i do (but at my own place i preferred not to have the vent on HMPHHH it makes the air coldddd :mad::()

but i feel frankly lazy. and i don't want to uncover myself is another thing. it's nippy and humid here - a wet weekend starting last night. i've spent the day in bed, poor little me here, eeeh?;):nopity::D

i wonder, sometimes, am i just lazy. not all the time, but sometimes.

~ waves ~ who isn't really all up for all that uncoverin and showerin and hair washing and conditioning etc etc etc and stuff. i am lucky i have good skin. i really should be moisturizing but i don't... it could look better than it does, because i don't ... it seems like so much effort to get through the whole "treatment" good and proper....:o i could not imagine doing it daily... yet once i did... i lived in a very hot climate though.

Have to admit I had a rough week last week. But I bought some therapads.
And the one I used last night on my neck helped a lot. I have two left
and will try using one a day. See what this does. And will probably
try using my heating pads on my legs. I don't know exactly why they
got so bad, but they are. So I have to try and find a way to get to
a massage each week.

Donna:grouphug:

have you already checked your vit d level? my sister had leg pains and they checked hers and it was very low so she is taking mega doses for 3 months then recheck. she takes 50,000 IU a week.:eek:
bizi

I hope your sister is using D3 OTC and not that RX D2 which doesn't work!

New studies show D2 is 87% less effective than D3.

I hate showering and dealing with that but I force myself to because I know I have to do it. I really hate to do it, I mean it's just scary for me because I know I could slip or something. Since I have started really being good about doing my nails they've grown a lot and it gives me a great deal of pride in them to at least have ONE thing I do religiously and do well. I feel good when I look down at my hands and that's enough reason for me to keep up on taking the biotin supplement I take for the nails and hair growth, and I really think it makes other people look at me in a nicer light, giving them something besides my wheelchair to focus on. :)

well mrs. d, she takes the prescription kind and will be retested in 3 months. She is a nurse too and works for a doctors office....give me a journal article that I can tell her about if you have one.
thank you
bizi

Bizi,

I totally agree with Mrs. D.

B12 and vit. D deficiencies are often seen in MS patients. My levels were in the basement.

I was taking 50,000 iu of prescription vit. D for a while, until I found out that all script vit. D is really D2.
Once I started taking real D3, my levels went too high and I reduced my dose. I need much less D3 to keep my levels up.

My B12 saga would be merely OT.