Journal

Hello Journal,

Today is another gray gloomy day here. This is how it will be for a while. We have been here a couple of years and still not used to the gray. Many other places during the winter, it is cold and sometimes frigid but the sun will peek through frequently. Not here. I would rather have the snow and sun than NO SNOW and an overwhelming blanket of gray death. BLAH!

My pains always get worse this time of the year because of the weather. I see that the crazy fluxiations are what really tear my body up the worst. I was never in tune with the barometer as much as I am now. Being able to fortell the weather SOUNDS cool, but its really not. LOL.

My follow up at the Pain Center is coming up soon. I will be transferring my perscription to another pharmacy and I HOPE HOPE HOPE there are no snags there. The pharmacy I had gone to for a few years really ticked me off and screwed up bad so they do not deserve our business any longer. No pharmacist should overstep the doctor's orders. I will take both mine and my husbands scripts elsewhere. There should be no problem but you never know these days. There is always some space cadet behind the counter or someone who thinks that they are a god and oversteps their position. I think its always funny when someone gets up in arms about something at their job as if they OWN the company and by you returning an item or whatever they take it personal. Get a grip!

A friend of mine told me last night that she tried acupuncture for the first time last week. She has MS and is in lots of pain as well. She said she felt WONDERFUL after the treatment. Not that it lessened her pain, but that she was actually PAIN FREE for FOUR DAYS!!! WOW! I told her that was magnificent! Really happy for her. I want to get the name of the acupuncturist she saw so that I can go too. She takes insurance and I know our insurance covers acupuncture among other natural treatments as well. I am no longer going to Massage Envy for my massages. I had a year contract with them and it worked somewhat for the time. But, there were a few things I did NOT like about the place and so I am going somewhere else. I found an independent massage therapist across the street from where I work downtown which makes it very convenient for me. Before I went on my day off and had to drag myself out of bed to do it. Now, I can do it once a week on my lunch break. I graze throughout the day normally, fruits, almonds, etc so I take my lunch break by walking or running errands. Now on Wednesdays, I can get my massage without spending any extra gas and it will help me get through the rest of the work day. I hope it works out that way anyways. LOL

Today I am in a fair amount of pain but the meds have helped. I did some light stretching and I also want to walk on my lunch today. We shall see how I feel by then. I have been nausous since last night and it hasn't really gone away. I am at work so that makes it difficult. I just want to stay in bed under the warm blankets with a good book and some hot tea. Aaaah. I have a soy peppermint latte, heating pad on my back here at work so that will have to do. :)

'Till next time..

Hello,

I am at work today. I am in a good mood so far this morning but lots of pain, as usual. This journal entry is mainly to log in some new info about my vitamin and mineral regimen.

NEW VITAMINS I ADDED:

Milk Thistle - ( forgot dosage) For liver health.

Cranberry Extract ( forgot dosage) For kidney health. I donated a kidney to my father about 8 years ago and I need to keep my last one in tip-top shape. Especially to counteract my pain killers.

These were added to my usual daily regimen of:

Vitamin D - 2,000 I.U.

Vitamin C - 250 mg

Flax Oil - 1,000 mg

Multivitamin

5-HTP - trying to get into a routine with that. For mood.

and... that is all I can think of right now. I have some bad fog today so it is hard to think straight.

Gonna try to walk at lunch as usual.

TATA FOR NOW