October 10, 2007...11:17 am
Stress and Flair, Stress and Flair
Really I don’t have time for this post. I have to leave in about 20 minutes and I don’t have my stuff together. But what’s the point of a “Web log” if you don’t do quickies.
Anyway, I haven’t posted much recently. I’ve just had so much going on around me that I am having trouble juggling. The stress is starting to rear it’s ugly head.
I have arthritis. It’s in my hands, my neck and spine. A chiropractor found it in x-rays a few years ago. No other doctor had bothered to order one to that point, blaming the pain on muscles and physical activities. I spent a lot of money and a lot of time babying my pain. I used TENS units, heating pads, stinky rubs, ergonomic keyboards and chairs, all kinds of stuff. I was taking Vioxx when it was jerked off the market, then Celebrex.
Following a change in physicians, removal from all meds, and a directive to lose weight I have enjoyed a couple years of only minor twinges. Until this week.
I finally quit blaming the weather for my pain. I did a little reflexion on the increasing frequency of the pain and what is going on around me. As my stress has increased so has the pain. The stress has brought on a flair, I’m afraid.
It isn’t my weight. I’m down 35.5 lbs since October 2005 when I joined Weight Watchers. My diet is really good. I have almost no junk, very little caffeine and I drink more water. I haven’t started a new exercise routine, but I could do a little more walking. The only variable that I can point to is stress.
I didn’t work Monday or Tuesday. I’ll see today if I got an answer on the E&O issue. If not I am going to have to make a really hard decision. My classes are in full force now, been going 5 weeks. I have a presentation to give in Logan on Thursday and found out yesterday about a hearing on November 1. I gave my niece her baby-shower on Sunday, but that has been a few weeks of stress pulling it together.
All these things coincide with the flair. I’ve resisted taking any Tylenol or ibuprofen, but this morning I’m going to have to take something. The flair adds to the stress, which adds to the flair … and on and on.
I’d really hoped this wouldn’t happen.
3 Comments
October 10, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Ugh. Stress is a killer, I know. A few years ago, I had a lot of stress — a job that I didn’t hate but felt like I was set up to fail at… a new baby… some marriage issues… a friend that died unexpectedly… and I had a lot of stress. I had the weirdest health problems!!! My doctor never diagnosed it all as stress-related; he just sort of medicated what he could and that didn’t work.
Oddly enough, I switched jobs and lost weight, and the rest of the health problems disappeared, for the most part. The other stressors became things I could manage because I had energy — the job was sucking up so much of my energy that I couldn’t manage my life!
The moral of the story is… stress is bad. Like you didn’t know that. But I hope you can manage it, because it’s THAT bad.
I am envious of you kicking caffeine. I am so addicted, it’s not funny. I know I’m going to have to get off of it and make a point to get more sleep, but it never works out.
October 11, 2007 at 1:57 am
I could always try a hand massage.
October 11, 2007 at 10:58 am
You are such a bad boy!
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