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Hi Happy People!
How are ya'll doing? I've kinda been skirting the shadows again lately. I've done some major..well, maybe not major..just very painful damage to myself lately. I'm not sure what the culprit was. This past weekend i processed40 lbs of chicken and i guess the constant standing, lifting and butchering did some wear and tear on my body. I've never done anything like that before, so...I should have worn my sturdy gym shoes for standing on that concrete kitchen floor. At least i think that substance is concrete. anyway, I hurt a little after that and still decided to go to yoga. well, i thought it would help. and at first it did. but it had been two weeks since we had been and i hadn't kept up with it at home so... The next day, i had pain i've never felt before. My core was "tore up from the floor up"! I'm not supposed to take any INSAADS medications so i tried to rely on Tylenol. No go. Tylenol just doesn't do it for me anymore. I had to take at least 4 500mg extra strength pills just to get a little bit of relief Finally i couldn't take it anymore and just borrowed some of my sister's generic ibueprofin (spelled it wrong, i'm sure so Advil). It was a lot better because it got to some of the inflimation in my back and upper shoulder area, but still left me in some pain. I broke down again and bought my savior Aleve. I'm ready to take one now and maybe i can get some real rest today.
no yoga next week because i have Pre-op class for the Ruin-y surgery. I actually might need that rest but when i go back i'll take it super slow. I looked up some herbal teas for help with inflimation. Ginger tea and Cranberry and Rose hips are the best it seems. So, i'll have to stock my pantry with that and start using them on the daily to get my body used to them and get their effects built up for before and after surgery. because i've been told that Advil and Aleve are a gigantic no-no. (heavy sigh)
Lol! Bending down is a challenge and my poor cat think's i'm trying to torcher him when i feed him. It takes forever for me to get his tray to the floor so he can eat. this morning he decided to let me know about it by standing up on his hind legs and trying to grasp the tray himself. at least i think tha'ts what he was trying to do. Well, it didn't work. all he managed to do was dump the tray, his dish and cat food all over the floor. he must have been super duper hungry cause he started eating it off the floor. Now, that's something Mr. persnickety never does. ah well. We'll see how he feels about lunch today...on the try or the floor. didn't make me happy. I had to clean up what he didn't eat. More bending. Cats!
Peace and love, FS Family
Diet Calendar Entry for 10 March 2017:
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1369 kcal
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Fat: 67.48g | Prot: 97.53g | Carb: 93.05g.
Breakfast: 12" Ultimate Meat Pizza. Lunch: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Red Bell Pepper, Cucumber (with Peel), Romaine Lettuce, Finely Shredded Mexican Style Cheese, Skinless Chicken Breast. Dinner: Fish Sticks, Maryland Style Crab Cakes. Snacks/Other: Bottled Water, Mint Chocolate Protein Bar, Light & Fit Greek Yogurt - Strawberry Cheesecake. more...
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I love the cat story. All my fur-babies keep me moving so I consider the extra effort my own personal form of physical therapy. Due to lots of serious injuries, I continue to have pain with swelling. I really don't like taking a whole lot of things and with a sensitive stomach, many pills just really mess me up. Long ago I was trying to find alternatives and like you, found many teas that had benefit. Just a quick thought though, there are lots of foods that can help too. Green leafy vegetables like spinach, cabbage, kale & bok choy help as do, celery, beets, broccoli, blueberries, strawberries, cherries, pineapple, salmon, tuna, almonds and walnuts. I'm sure there are bunches more that you can find online but those are some of the ones that I eat regularly and which fit into my healthy eating plan. Those hard floors kick my butt so I do hope you feel better soon.
10 Mar 17 by member: Miandreah
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I hope you feel better soon and all goes well with your surgery! Hang in there!!!
10 Mar 17 by member: gokona
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Miandreah
, thanks for all the food ideas. Luckily, i do eat allot of them and i have noticed that generally, my inflimation is down, but injuries like this one make me reach for the pain killers. I'm actually doing allot better since taking the Aleve, but i know it's a temp solution and not even one i can consider after surgery. i also use hot pads, personal massager/vibrator pillows and even topical capsaysen (yeah, spelled that one wrong, too..lol) creams. P.s. Ozzie seemsed very apologetic atlunchtime. Even though he meowed his head off, but didn't swipe the tray out of my hand again. smart cat.
thanks gokona
, i'm feeling a little better today. Ikeep forgetting that i'm 48 not 18. Slow and steady with this healing stuff.
11 Mar 17 by member: BPaula47
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