Last night was the second night in a row that I slept through the night without interruption! I am so grateful! It's like a miracle! My hormones must be re-aligning! I can't even remember the last time I slept through the night without awakening multiple times. I think it must have been in Australia, prior to hot flash onset. That's another thing for which I am grateful: my hot flashes have completely ceased! If I only had to suffer those for 2 months, I am the luckiest woman in the world! I have heard women complain of their many years of suffering with hot flashes and insomnia due to menopause; my symptoms started late January and ended i few weeks back in mid-March! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I credited codeine for my first night of uninterrupted sleep, but I didn't need any yesterday for my ankle and still, I enjoyed a second full night of sleep. Oh, it is beauteous! If you have ever suffered insomnia, you now how precious a full 8 hours can be! I have to admit I am feeling sorry for myself today, which is why I am hoping this Gratitude and Intention Post will help. Stepping in a hole on Monday, right as we had begun work on the garden, really brought me down physically and emotionally. This always seems to happen when I am making strides toward health — be it physical, mental, or emotional health! I am pissed! On the upside, I researched physical therapy for ankle injuries so I have a list of exercises I can do to heal quickly and I will order an ankle brace so I can start walking again. But damnit, I suppose I need to do some writing about these injuries and try to figure out what is behind them, subconsciously or emotionally.
Anyhooha, today is a Fasting Day, so I intend to do my best at not eating until tomorrow, which will be a good 36-42 hours if I can keep it up. It’s not the hunger that gets to me; rather, it’s boredom and frustration and despair. These are the feelings that always get me! On the other hand, I am grateful that I can walk, that I found rehabilitation exercises, and that I am in a lovely setting with lovely people. I am also grateful to have discovered IF and that I have the will to do it! I am also grateful that I found a way to sit relatively comfortably so I could practice pranayama this morning: kapalabhati, bhastrika, and nadi shodanham.
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