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Last Updated: 4/6/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 59
Sign: Gemini

City: Clarksville
State: Tennessee
Country: US
Signup Date: 3/12/2007
Thursday, March 20, 2008 

Current mood:  frustrated
Category: Life
Life comes at you fast (or so the commercial says...)

No kidding. I am home from a 10-day hospital stay and recovering from a fast-hitting illness and subsequent surgery that has drained my energy. For now. Now that my brain is clear from painkillers and a plethora of intravenous meds, I find myself wanting the body to keep up. It can’t, at least not yet. So I have plenty of time to think, read, nap, and regain my strength through the gentler manipulations of restorative yoga and the old standby’s of movements that strengthen the back and legs.

Though I have been a strong advocate of being an active participant in your own recovery, I had to admit that this thing knocked me for a loop. Or maybe I am just that much older since the last time I was sick enough to warrant a hospital (Back injury 1998). I came home just plain tired. I don’t like being tired.

I watched a unusual but lovely snowfall from my bed, and listened to the wind and rain yesterday. I move around the house, doing a bit of this or that, and can feel my energy filtering in, one little shard at time. I want to work on my garden. I want to walk downtown. I want...to be back to normal.

Oh, well. If I eat right, build on my exercise and movement, I’ll be back on track soon.

Even if my brain says "it’s not soon enough."
6:31 AM
 
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