A New Step

Yay for being at work and doing something else.

First of all, an update on my various illnesses. I think the tonsillitis has been beaten, but I managed to get a sinus infection because of my allergies shortly after that went away. So, I'm on my 4th round of antibiotics, along with various allergy meds and some nasal spray. I'm also taking iron suppliments for the anemia. While I'm still very tired, I do feel a lot better than I did last week.

I started my t'ai chi class today. This martial art, I think, will be very beneficial to me, because it teaches balance and stregthens your core body. I only did the steps for about 20 minutes today, but I'm already exhausted from it. I think it will really help, and I'm looking forward to actually getting into it.

I continue to have back, knee, and foot problems, though they've seemed to reach a plataeu on how bad they've gotten. I'm happy to say that my feet haven't caused me immense amounts of pain lately, but I can feel the cramps sometimes. I do not have arthritis, which I figured, so it's most likely related to my back.

The main reason for this post is to mention a new treatment option for me. The physician that I've been going to for a couple weeks now refered me to a massage therapist that works with nerves. Basically, from my understanding, this technique will "turn off" the nerves that cause me so much pain. It sounds valid enough to try, and I am willing to try new things to get this pain under control.

I must admit that, lately, it's been weighing on me pretty heavily. I've always tried to be as optimistic as possible, but I do have my times where it gets to me. An example of this is on Saturday night, I was out with my friends, just hanging out at a local bar, and I had to take the hydrocodone for my back (I was DD already for several reasons, so I hadn't been drinking. Just letting you know). One thing about the hydrocodone that I've noticed is that whatever emotion I am feeling is intensified. Meaning, if I'm happy, I'm really happy, and if I'm irritated, I'm really irritated. This can get hard to control. I prefer not to have my emotions and actions be influenced by external forces, such as, say, painkillers, so even the little bit that I took it out on my friends made me unhappy. It is another reason to try to get off of my painkillers as soon as I can. There are just so many good reasons to not be on them. But I digress.

Massage appointment is on Friday. We will see how it goes.