So after waking up at 6:48am and having gone to bed around 1:30am, it's hardly suprising to say "i'm still tired" but the reason i woke up in the first place was because i was in pain. Not from my neck, mind you, although the way my head was tilted on the pillow wasn't exactly comfortable (but through the amazing power of the unconscious mind when one is asleep, i had put my forearm under my neck to give it support). No, my pain was coming from my chest, from gas pains. I have no idea why i'm having these pains, but i have had them in the past where my lungs just feel painful due to the trapped air, and i'll do anything to relieve that pressure. I have theories as to why i've been suffering discomfort from gas pains in my chest (i feel the most acute pain in my back sorta between my shoulder blades and in the front below my bra line) such as i could be close to a period (which is when many unexplainable changes in the female body can occur due to hormones) or it could be that acne medication i'm taking.
My face is clearing up of the acne problem quite well, and whether the capsules are creating part of the problem or not, i don't know, but gas discomfort isn't the only problem i've been having most recently.
My other problem is blood pressure...sorta. Basically, when someone is lying down and suddenly gets up, a shift in how the blood is distributed through the body immediatly happens to compensate for the best flow through the body. When a person gets up to fast, very often one is dizzy for a moment or gets blurred vision and it takes a moment or two for their blood pressure to neutralize again and equilibrium to return. Well, for me, i've been having some serious moments of dizziness and blurred vision just from bending over a bit and standing straight. I normally am close to something to hold onto while my vision clears, but i've already had to fall to my knees in one case just so i didn't fall in a more painful way. It's more likely that this is because my body is still recovering from the tumor being removed; tissue is repairing, muscles in my neck are re-fusing, and nerves are slowly reconnecting.
Speaking of nerves, my right shoulder (still persistently partially numb) now has a new sensation. Every now and then, at no particular time, i will get a sudden painful twinge go right through the top of my shoulder. The pain feels like it goes straight into the joint and slightly into the right side of my neck. I think it's a spasm of some sort, but while it hurts, it also means my body is well on its recovery, considering that right after surgery i couldn't even feel my right shoulder!
So as i eat a pear as my breakfast i pause to think what it is i've neglected to put down in blog posts. Lots of things have been happening, so i'll try and just review with little backstory retelling (unless it needs to be told of course! Makes for good conversations :D )
Let me see....: -pastor Clapper used me in a sermon illustration yesterday
-i downloaded itunes to finally get songs i've kept on my comp just so i could eventually import them to my ipod OFF my comp
-i've gotten back to burning scrap twigs and other wood debris like i was doing before July
-World Pulse Fest had it's 25th Anniversary and, like usual
-i could hear the sound of the base and other noises from the Fest just standing in my back yard (i live pretty close to where it's held every year after all)
-i've been editing vacation photos like crazy, i've been trying to make a dvd video of some of my favorite comedians so i can just watch them whenever on DVD instead of needing a comp
-i've been working on trying to teach Charle some new tricks using tennis balls and frisbees to get his attention (Because if you throw it, he'll get it, even if he's got four broken legs. That dog LOVES fetch) (one thing i've done is taken the harness i bought for Ozzy and put it on Charle, and Shawn and i have experimented with Charle pulling Shawn when he's on rollerblades. One thing we do now is Shawn holds the leash attached to the harness and i get Charle's attention with a tennis ball then toss it and Charle will chase that sucker down, hauling Shawn behind him. He picks up some nice speed being dragged by Charle, and once Charle reaches the ball, Shawn will let go, tossing the leash over Charle's back to make sure he dosen't end up tripping, and Shawn will roll on like he got slingshotted. One thing i've been able to be impressed about is just how talented Shawn is on rollerblades. That kid has a gift)
-i've learned the names of my neighbor Mike's (in this case i refer to the Mike who owns an old, totally spoiled-and-she-knows-it golden retriever named Molly who, Mike has told me, that if he was to move somewhere more isolated like deep farm country, Molly would leave him to find more people becaue she loves attention that much! lol ) fish he has in his garden pond: Butterfly Koi ( (nishikigoi- Jap: brocaded carp) (A hybrid of koi and Asian carp with long flowing fins. Various coloration depending on the koi stock used to hybrid. Considered by some to not be Nishikigoi.)-wikipedia), 2 Shubunkin (Fancy and hardy Japanese Shubunkins (translated literally as "red brocade") have a single tail with nacreous(lustrous colors) scales, and a pattern known as calico.), and a few goldfish. I looked up koi because i was curious about varieties so i decided to add those wikipedia definitions. Honestly, it makes me wanna try having a koi pond :)
- I'm finally getting used to the reorientation of my room since Beck took it upon herself to clean up and reorgaize when i was in the hospital
-I'm listening to and deleting/keeping songs on itunes to clean more space out of all the songs i have on my harddrive
-I found my movie 'Once Upon A Mattress' (i had watched it once or twice those first few days home from the hospital, and then a week or so ago it suddenly seemed to vanish and i ended up looking all over the place because i knew i had it, and ended up finding it in my bookcase, where Beck had for some reason put it...she never explained why she put it there when she knows i keep my dvds elsewhere)
-Paul officially turned 6 and now has his very own Nintedo DS, which i hear more arguing about between all three boys (but that's pretty normal)
-i've gotten to see Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (Phineas and Ferb is by far one of the best cartoons created in a long time that appeals to all ages, sorta like Spongebob except there's less of that hidden adult humor, but it's still quite appealing. A few days ago i ended up watching the show for a little over an hour and got Dad to watch with me and he enjoyed it too)
-I gave Charlie a bath a few days back on a day i took him to swim in the giant retention pond/lake (to hard to describe where it is located, but it's nearby and is close to a developing neighborhood area) and then ended up giving Ozzy nearly an hour-long bath because he had dried mud all over his legs and belly and Beck was being lazy and having a really grouchy moment in which, even though both me and Mom told her she needed to sweep up the dirt that Ozzy ended up shaking off where he went because it was on him, Beck ended up going to see Captain America rather than take care of her dog or clean up his mess! I know she's on her period, but that's no reason to act like an A-hole. So when Beck didn't act when she should have, i ended up taking Ozzy into the shower and took, like i said, close to an hour getting all the dirt out of his incredibly fluffy and dense coat.)
-the day after giving both dogs baths was a blah day because doing so much put a strain on my neck and caused a bit of pain so i had to take it easy
-thanks to the waffle cushion i pilfered from the hospital, sitting it my desk for long periods of times hasn't caused lower back ache or discomfort
-by now that gas pain i was feeling earlier has eased, but it's still lingering, so ugh! Guess i should get back to editing photos and what not
