This is just a quick entry update. Thus far I've done about four sessions of massage therapy. So far so good. However, they did warn me when I signed the paper that it could cause pain afterward depending on what muscles are stimulated. Needless to say, they were right. The therapist has done some work on my lower back this time as well as shoulders and though I can walk better it seems, it hurts as if my buttocks were bruised. She said there were a lot of tense muscles, so much so that it's extending into my upper back as well. And though it's mostly on my left, it's in my right as well. She told me to apply heat on it almost every day especially after work and sitting all day for about 15-20 min. She also said to do my shoulder as well. It certainly helps.
I'm also going to be having an ergo assessment for my workstation which will be good too because then I'll perhaps be more comfortable and be able to do my job better. Let's hope this truly does help because, well I don't like my job and I truly believe that it's part of what's making me so ill. Luckily though in the first week of December when I have my birthday I have the week off practically so that will be good rest.
Moving on to other things, just a reminder to all of you folk out there that you should not wait to go to the hospital if you're having chest pains or any major pain of any kind! That's right! DON'T WAIT. It could be a heart attack and certainly your body's way of saying, wait there is something seriously wrong! Also don't drive yourself to the hospital in said condition, please keep safe and have someone else take you whether it be friend, family, a cab or ambulance, please!
You may ask why I bring this to your attention, well first of all lots of reports have been popping up about heart attack and stroke and how especially women don't even know it's happening and women a lot of the time we shrug it off and say it's nothing and postpone a lot of things and ignore. We're stubborn and have to get things done right? Well guys can do the same thing. Secondly, recent events and the person shall remain anonymous, has made me come to realize that stubbornness is not the way to good health. I can be stubborn, done it before and wouldn't go until someone made me go. Not the best thing to do, to wait it out, but it was best to go to the hospital and if it comes to mind that you should then do it!
So that's my words of advice this week. More updates to come. Hope everyone has a safe, warm/cozy week!
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Winnipeg Man Ignored, Flu Shot, and Eternal Youth
Hello dear readers, I write this as I sip on some Neocitrine (hot lemon drink), getting ready for bed. If I didn't write I feel as if not only I failed you but also myself for not keeping up with this. That being said my health isn't the greatest still. I'm going for massage therapy as mentioned last time and my second appointment last Friday went well. I am starting to notice all the muscles and more so where they tense up as I sit at work. It's hard now to sit comfortably at work at all without my back and shoulders tensing up and feeling like I'm crouching down or slumping into my chair even though my back is straight against the back of the chair I still feel myself pushing forward with my shoulders as I type and use the mouse. I was told to apply heat when applicable.
I also now am getting yet again another cold or flu. My chest hurts when I breathe unless I have a warm drink or soup and my abdomen and round to my middle to lower back hurt even when I walk. Today I felt like I could keel over. So after I write this I'm heading directly to bed for a good sleep. I don't have to leave for work tomorrow til 8:30. Hopefully I don't feel as dizzy and out of it as I did today. I would have played my new Zumba game too had it not been for this cold and my breathing. Yes, I caved and bought the new Zumba: World Party game. I played it yesterday when I got home for a bit, did 3 songs before I was out of breath because of this illness. But it was good! It's so much fun and I really have to get back to it because I have to lose this belly. It's part of what's making me sluggish and feel horrible about myself when I look in the mirror. I don't like myself, and it's making me sick. By that I don't mean sick when I look at myself, I mean sick as in I'm near diabetic and weight is an issue and part of that. I can't allow myself to fall ill like that. This game allows for goals and goal tracking as well as the more you do the more you unlock. So it allows for progression in the game to keep you motivated as well as doing the workout. :)
And now onto the controversial topics of this week. I've just picked a few, there are so many more I want to discuss but not enough time tonight to write them all. I'll start with a topic I mentioned a few articles back where a gentleman here in Canada was left to essentially die. It sickens me that 17 nurses walked by this man before anyone noticed and by the time they did he was already dead. No one, no one bothered. This just says something about humanity. Here is the article with new info. It breaks my heart knowing that this poor man was assumed drunk and that he didn't receive any treatment and that people ignored him. Yes, that's right, people ignored him and then when already dead they tried to help and resuscitate? What is wrong with people!!!? It makes me angry. This was IN the HOSPITAL itself! *shakes head in disgust*.
Next topic, why not to get the flu vaccine. Ok well some of you might say well it's a good idea, it helps your immune system etc. but did you know that there is so much more to any vaccine or any medicinal item? I'm not screaming conspiracy here, I'm just saying that not everything is as great as it seems and from personal experience I refuse to get it myself and would rather have nature take it's course and have my own body fight it as the more we take a vaccine in this case we are fighting a continual mutating item. Mother nature is trying to kill us off in many ways. Here is an article I found about the flu vaccine. My question is why don't we allow our systems to do it naturally? What is it about taking a shot that seems so comforting? I for one got so very very ill the last time I ever got a shot, for a week, that I never again will take one. I have been better and stronger for it and get better faster from whatever flu or cold virus I have had than I ever did with the shot. Sure it's a pain to get the flu but it doesn't prevent you from getting it, it prevents you from getting that strain but doesn't stop it from mutating to something else. We are essentially encouraging it. We are live test subjects.
Last topic of the night is, what is our fascination with youth all about? I would not want to be stuck as a child, I would not want to forever look young or forever be trapped and never die. And even the undead/immortal, can essentially die or have their weaknesses. Even the Gods, should you not believe, they die. They then have no purpose. Why do we fear death so? Well this little girl, or shall I say 20 year old that never grew up, I wonder if she actually could perceive the concept. Here is the news report. I can understand about Alzheimer's and other age related diseases, where it is damaging to the brain etc. and research using her dna could be beneficial but I still feel that we shouldn't be searching for the fountain of youth and there will always be someone searching for it. One thing I've learned from reading a great many articles and items is that eternal youth, beauty or living forever really, has it's downside and consequences. Just like they say on Once Upon a Time "Magic always comes with a price" , and indeed it does just like anything else eternal.
And that is all for tonight. It is now time for this gal to get herself to bed for lots of sleep. :) Night everyone and enjoy your week/weekend!
I also now am getting yet again another cold or flu. My chest hurts when I breathe unless I have a warm drink or soup and my abdomen and round to my middle to lower back hurt even when I walk. Today I felt like I could keel over. So after I write this I'm heading directly to bed for a good sleep. I don't have to leave for work tomorrow til 8:30. Hopefully I don't feel as dizzy and out of it as I did today. I would have played my new Zumba game too had it not been for this cold and my breathing. Yes, I caved and bought the new Zumba: World Party game. I played it yesterday when I got home for a bit, did 3 songs before I was out of breath because of this illness. But it was good! It's so much fun and I really have to get back to it because I have to lose this belly. It's part of what's making me sluggish and feel horrible about myself when I look in the mirror. I don't like myself, and it's making me sick. By that I don't mean sick when I look at myself, I mean sick as in I'm near diabetic and weight is an issue and part of that. I can't allow myself to fall ill like that. This game allows for goals and goal tracking as well as the more you do the more you unlock. So it allows for progression in the game to keep you motivated as well as doing the workout. :)
And now onto the controversial topics of this week. I've just picked a few, there are so many more I want to discuss but not enough time tonight to write them all. I'll start with a topic I mentioned a few articles back where a gentleman here in Canada was left to essentially die. It sickens me that 17 nurses walked by this man before anyone noticed and by the time they did he was already dead. No one, no one bothered. This just says something about humanity. Here is the article with new info. It breaks my heart knowing that this poor man was assumed drunk and that he didn't receive any treatment and that people ignored him. Yes, that's right, people ignored him and then when already dead they tried to help and resuscitate? What is wrong with people!!!? It makes me angry. This was IN the HOSPITAL itself! *shakes head in disgust*.
Next topic, why not to get the flu vaccine. Ok well some of you might say well it's a good idea, it helps your immune system etc. but did you know that there is so much more to any vaccine or any medicinal item? I'm not screaming conspiracy here, I'm just saying that not everything is as great as it seems and from personal experience I refuse to get it myself and would rather have nature take it's course and have my own body fight it as the more we take a vaccine in this case we are fighting a continual mutating item. Mother nature is trying to kill us off in many ways. Here is an article I found about the flu vaccine. My question is why don't we allow our systems to do it naturally? What is it about taking a shot that seems so comforting? I for one got so very very ill the last time I ever got a shot, for a week, that I never again will take one. I have been better and stronger for it and get better faster from whatever flu or cold virus I have had than I ever did with the shot. Sure it's a pain to get the flu but it doesn't prevent you from getting it, it prevents you from getting that strain but doesn't stop it from mutating to something else. We are essentially encouraging it. We are live test subjects.
Last topic of the night is, what is our fascination with youth all about? I would not want to be stuck as a child, I would not want to forever look young or forever be trapped and never die. And even the undead/immortal, can essentially die or have their weaknesses. Even the Gods, should you not believe, they die. They then have no purpose. Why do we fear death so? Well this little girl, or shall I say 20 year old that never grew up, I wonder if she actually could perceive the concept. Here is the news report. I can understand about Alzheimer's and other age related diseases, where it is damaging to the brain etc. and research using her dna could be beneficial but I still feel that we shouldn't be searching for the fountain of youth and there will always be someone searching for it. One thing I've learned from reading a great many articles and items is that eternal youth, beauty or living forever really, has it's downside and consequences. Just like they say on Once Upon a Time "Magic always comes with a price" , and indeed it does just like anything else eternal.
And that is all for tonight. It is now time for this gal to get herself to bed for lots of sleep. :) Night everyone and enjoy your week/weekend!
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