A good day. In fact, a good week! – 23 Jan 2019
Today is most definitely a good day. And it is not because of wine. It is an actual good day. And to be fair, it has not been a bad week all in all.
I feel pretty good generally at the moment. Ron the acupuncturist performed a little bit of actual magic last Wednesday with my back I think, and it has been feeling a lot better. Not as tight. I can put on shoes, socks or tights without straining or having to man-handle my foot in position which is exciting. Probably more exciting than it should be but then it is the simple things that you forget about. Ron did so many points on various parts of my body that I can’t really remember what he did. He also repeated the burny burny thing designed to tighten up the ligaments around my sacrum. Whatever it was, hopefully he has written it down so it can be repeated next week. As well as going about my business in a fairly standard way this week, I have also been to the gym 3 times and managed a couple of hours of gardening at the weekend. I am not showing off here, any of these events in isolation normally causes an issue but the fact I have managed all of those things in a week without serious problem is promising indeed.
I am back on the full range of supplements that Dr Helena prescribed in the summer pre the dental treatment. As they had been running out I had not been replacing them but as had recently started feeling really tired and lacklustre so thought I would reinstate them. What is there to lose…? I am super keen to get my dental work concluded so I will do anything right now. Which apparently includes shining a green laser pointer on the latest dodgy tooth regularly and taking some crazy drops I had to order from Germany (VULPUR). Sometimes I wonder if she is testing me to see just how far I will go. I am still working on the basis that as long as it can’t hurt me, I will do it and just hope that there is not some sort of secret camera trained on me. Plus, the other advantage of a green laser pointer is that you can wind up the cats with it.
Once the dental treatment is concluded I can then proceed with the heavy metal detox and then repeat the poo therapy… Lots to get on with.
Other good news… I have seen the MS nurse today. Not only did I not hyperventilate in the car park of the hospital (it is massive, the car park is ALWAYS full and generally a very stressful experience) but it turns out that my lymphocyte count has returned to a more healthy level whereby I can return to the standard dosage of Gilenya.
I also had a great chat with Marvellous Marlene the physio today. Not only was she pleased with the progress on my back, she was also very helpful on advising me about getting access to treatment space to start offering Reiki treatments commercially. I had previously been getting nowhere. In fact, she has spare treatment space she would be prepared to rent me (although it is not super local) and has other contacts who also I may be able to work with in partnership. This is pleasing as I have not been getting very far on this front….
On that note….. I have told school I want to leave at the end of the academic year. So that is a ‘bit real’ now. I am fluctuating between ‘this is a great opportunity‘ and ‘oh my god, what have I done?‘. One of the best things to come out of it though is that fact that my mum is very supportive. My mum is a gorgeous human being but despite being a tiny, soon-to-be-octogenarian can also be extremely terrifying. I am known for my general flaki-ness and inability to stick at anything and I was scared she was going to give me a hard time about my career decision. Turns out that is not the case. Makes me think that maybe I can make this work and that I can do stuff… Hope so…