Stressed is “desserts” spelled backwards
So why is it not fun? I haven’t been doing a lot of blogging lately because I’ve been a little emotionally and physically stressed. I’m in a bit of a fog. It just doesn’t make for very upbeat blogging!
The stress has been causing some pretty wicked tension in my neck and causing a doozer of a headache which in turn makes me feel more stressed. It’s affecting my eyes, which causes more tension headaches from the strain. It makes me restless when I lie down to sleep, so I don’t sleep too much, which causes more headaches from tiredness. Then on top of all of that I got a nasty case of something akin to vertigo from being on the dock for too long at the lake and it has yet to recede. I feel like I’m constantly on the dock, swaying and a little dizzy. It’s causing a pretty unbalanced feeling and making my stomach feel queasy from the combined swaying feeling and headache. The vertigo happened to me last year for the first time and it took many weeks for it to go away. Yuck! I’m not one to complain too much about my physical state because I’ve been much worse off, but enough is enough.
I went to see my naturopath today (who I’ve been seeing since I was diagnosed with Crohn’s 15 years ago and has helped my overcome many physical hurdles in my life) and she had a suggestion for me. She recommended I go for CranioSacral Massage. Sounds kind of spooky, doesn’t it? I’m up for pretty much anything at this point because I’m living in zombie land. I can hardly drag myself out of bed and that’s just no fun. I’ve been for deep tissue and therapeutic massage in the last few months and nothing is helping. So what can it hurt? And hopefully it will help! She also gave me some natural pills to help with relaxing (and sleep) and stress relief. You know, I haven’t had an undisturbed night’s sleep in almost 6 years. Can you imagine the havoc I could wreak on a good uninterrupted night of sleep? : )
I’m hoping that this means that things will be looking up for me. It’s worth a shot. I feel completely unlike myself and it makes me sad. So if you have a moment to send up a prayer that things will right themselves soonly, I’d really appreciate it : )
praying for you
that things will get easy to handle and that the side effects
disappear
HUGS
Jen
I dont think I knew you had Crohn’s so Im praying for you about that too
Comment by jen — August 13, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
I know that foggy feeling all too well, hun. I come in and out of it a lot but you know, every single time I get out of that bad headspace I realize it was totally worth the effort. ~Hugs~
Comment by Kimberly — August 13, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
I hope this helps. Feel better soon ((hugs))
Comment by Alexis — August 13, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
so sorry to hear about your foggy-ness. No fun…praying for you and hope things work out soon….
Comment by JaimeM — August 14, 2008 @ 12:08 am
Prayers sent your way…. hope you feel better soon.
Comment by Carol VR — August 14, 2008 @ 5:42 am
xoxo
Comment by Ruth — August 14, 2008 @ 8:51 am
Praying that you find a solution soon and you are able to feel 100% as you should:)
Hugs!
Comment by Randi — August 14, 2008 @ 8:58 am
God, I ask that you touch Erin’s body right now and completely heal her. Take away all her headaches, dizziness, and any other symptoms she’s feeling. I ask that you help her to sleep deeply at night and that she would feel totally 100% very very soon. Amen.
Love you!
Comment by Elleah — August 14, 2008 @ 9:35 am
Hey there!
Praying for you, hope you feel better soon!!
Comment by Louise — August 14, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
You got it, girl! Feel better soon.
Comment by Denise — August 14, 2008 @ 3:04 pm
prayers headed your way!
and what the heck are you so stressed about? just eat some dessert you took home and hopefully that helps!
Comment by PamJ — August 14, 2008 @ 10:53 pm
ooooooooooh, a cranial massage. let me know how that was.
Comment by gloria — August 15, 2008 @ 8:08 am
Praying for you here too. Here’s to hoping the whats-it massage works for you.
Comment by Quirky — August 15, 2008 @ 11:09 am
Hope you are feeling better.
I can’t imagine not sleeping a full night for 6 years. Did the sleeping pills help?
Comment by lil ole me — August 17, 2008 @ 7:14 am