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I can only do 1.....breathe or make a cake!

Chelle104
Chelle104
I find that making decisions always involves my breathing. I will have to struggle every minute or two if I take on making the cake. Will I then be so tired out that I can't engage the rest of the day, or will an hour nap refresh me and allow me another decision. My little dog, Einstein would like to go out and get some fresh air. Everyday, every chore, no matter how small becomes a challenge because of my breathing. My breathing has to be figured in to every decision I make. How much am I willing to do, how often? How tired am I now? Is the decision worth it? Can I finish it? Will others have to help me, and will they want to? All of these questions and a hundred more are part of every decision in my day. So very tired I am most of the time. But I am, going to make the cake! Wish me luck......
deleted_user
deleted_user
Here's your first wish....

I'm wishing you can do your cake.....then take a rest....
and build yourself up some more energy !!!!!!

Hugs
Birdcat
zelli
zelli
Hi, Chelle, sometimes the more you do to keep active the better you will feel. On days when I just sit around I feel worse at night and more sob. Yet when I keep active and try to exercise a little my breathing seems to get better.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I believe you can do it. Yes, every task I engage to do has to be weighed against my physical abilities and stamina. Most take me far longer than they would have a year ago. But planning ahead gets it done nonetheless.
Chocolate cream cake? Yum...

Hugs,
Dennis
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deleted_user
I can so relate to what you are saying! Most days even talking on the phone for very long makes me tired! If I must go into a store I choose the one where I can park closest to the door and where I know there is a chair if I need to sit down.

I have noticed that by the time I shower, dress, make up the bed and get my 02 ready I'm not only extremely sob but pretty much out of the mood to do what ever it was that I had planned to do.

Through trial and error I have discovered that I need to schedule no more than one major thing a day. And that the best time for me to do anything is between about 10AM and 2PM. (Of course this could change at any time without any warning! lol)

Good luck on baking your cake. Don't make chocolate cream cake for Denny, make vanilla with pretty icing for me, okay?
Blessings to you, Vicki
jarca
jarca
i can relate too. and i have learned i have to plan for things that i never had to do before.
i find i have "a window of time" from about 12/1pm to about 4/5pm; during that time is when i need to make an appointment for or go shopping or do things around the house.
if going out, i need to bathe, wash my hair etc the evening before during my "window of time" or i am too tired by the time i get dressed to go anywhere.
at home is easier and i have learned to do a little, sit a little, do a little, sit a little. one day i may change my bedding & do laundry (thank goodness its only me to do for)
another day i may dust, another day vacuum.
i used to get so discouraged that i couldn't get all done in a day like i used to, but realized if i do 1 thing a day in 7 days i have 7 things done :)
i don't cook, i microwave---so your cake sounds ablolutely wonderful= choose it for today :)
(((HUGS)))