V's Version

Health: The Good the Bad and the Ugly Mug

There is plenty to celebrate - spring turning to summer sun, connections with family, running doggie dogs, searching for old freinds, learning a new language. I have a charmed life and I am grateful every single day - counting my blessings until I lose my train of thought and have it replaced by either "ooo - look at that bird. I wonder what kind it is?" or "Did I put the laundry in the dryer?" or "I have to remember to fill out that paperwork..."

Dani says that I do not think in a linear way, but rather, I think atomically. So so true.

One of the best things to happen lately, is being able to be healthy enough that people are contacting me for my story - How did I make it? what impact did this/that/the other thing have? I have enjoyed being interviewed and being of service to people with diseases similar to my own. It is profoundly beautiful to me to be able to share.

One of the worst thing to happen lately is feeling so so so not sharp.

In the Formal Form of Non-Violent Communication I could say:

When I cough up mucous from my lungs and blow my nose for the 15th time this morning (observation that could be captured on video), I am weary (feeling or sensation) because my need for health (universal need) is not being met.

Street translation: I feel like crap.

A combination of the chronic on-again / off-again headache, week 2 of the crud cold from elementary school and my hormonal roller coaster ride has me wanting to crawl into bed. I would be in bed right now if it weren't for needing to pick up Pk at school.

In NVC, they say that unmet needs will either resolve themselves with strategies from the individual (thereby becoming a met need to be celebrated) or they won't resolve. (To be clear - I am not requesting strategies.) If needs are unmet, we mourn them. So let us mourn a moment, shall we?

I have complete faith that I will back in a matter of days to celebrate my health so don't you worry. It's not like cancer or scary immune diseases. It's just every day common stuff.

PMS in it's new peri-menapausal form lasts only a couple few days. There is no news on the MRI so I can only assume that that is good news (but I will check just to be sure.) The headaches come and go and probably have something to do with my posture and my eyesight. I am going to Boston to get my eyes checked and I am becoming increasingly aware of my posture so it should resolve. And the cold? Well - it's deep in my lungs and the last few colds that came from school, I just had to wait out.

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In the meantime, I am passing my time waiting for Pk in The Ugly Mug Coffeehouse and looking up old friends on Google. It's been fun. I feel like a sleuth. Thanks for checking in!