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Of health and Hospitals.
You may remember me hurting my back earlier in the year. Clumsy me tipped over on the computer chair leaving me with a sore spine as well as muscle and tissue damage. I had months of physio. It had been going well, i’d hurt it every now and then, but after some rest, it would get better. I threw it out again on Thursday, and could harldy walk by Saturday. I was super bummed because I was all set and ready to go to the Curvy Clothing Swap. Fast forward, pain + pain killers + a large dose of sedatives, which I later found out were out of date, landed me in…
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Anxiety.
Anxiety and I are old friends, but until recently, we only really met up when I’d have blood tests. Seem’s as of late she’s been weaseling her way back into my life and I seem to have forgotten (or blocked out) just how debilitating it can be. The flight or fight reflex kicks in, and in those moments, you honestly believe that this has to be the worst feeling in the world. My heart beats fast. I shake. I get a cold sweat. I feel so nauseous. I’ve been managing to push through most of them, but I suffered the largest one i’ve had in years a fortnight ago. Right now, it seems like…
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Musings on Life.
No doubt with everything that’s happened to me the past few months has me feeling like i’m living in a different universe. Sugars recent blog just got me thinking even more. So many people have a set plan for life. They are going to go to school, get a specific job, find a partner, get married, buy a house, have kids. For me, my ultimate goal is to find happiness. A general middle ground of feeling safe, loved and content. I think with my mental health, I just focus on the main goal. I sometimes find it hard to open up, to talk about things & also how much to share on…
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Bills Bills Bills! My health, my dogs health & quick pics!!
So Monday was my first visit to the physio. I was nervous as anything, I kept expecting it to hurt like hell & then I’d end up fainting like I did with my Xrays. I’m happy to say it didn’t hurt much & I didn’t faint. In fact, it left me feeling a lot better! Yay! I’m off to Physio again today, and again on Friday. Yes, 3 times a week. Yikes! The Physio was really great at explaining everything that was wrong! I still felt a little in the dark as to what exactly was happening as I was quite out of it at the hospital! She took the…
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Of Hospitals & Back Pain!
So, I managed to do grocery shopping on Friday. Very slowly. However, when I got home, I managed to hurt my back even further. Joy of all joys. In fact, I couldn’t move. In fact, my in-laws had to call an ambulance. I think this is the first time I’ve been a patient in an ambulance (Is it bad that I can’t remember if I’ve been in one before?). When the ambos arrived I was given this amazing green whistle type instrument that you breath through called a ‘Penthrox Inhaler’ & boy was that good! I have to say, I think Modbury Hospital has a good Emergency Room. I’ve visited…