Well I must say that last month was interesting! Things came to a full stop as I fought sinusitis and the ensuing cough that constantly went with this. Sore ribs, nasal congestion and lack of sleep made for some not fun times. I got a lot of use out of our Lazy Boy chair as it was the only way I would not cough all night.
I waited a bit too long to seek help and see my family doc, as it turned out he went on vacation for two weeks! So off to St. Joseph’s Hospital I went and three hours later after an x-ray (which was clear for my lungs) and a script for an antibiotic I headed home. Things did not change, in fact at times I felt worse.
Next step was to a local walk-in clinic, where I got some prednisone plus a new antibiotic from a Nurse Practitioner. Already I am finally feeling better. A light was seen at the end of a few tough weeks.
The hardest part for me in this experience was to cancel my clients. I work as a volunteer at Wellspring and give Reiki to cancer patients or their relative. I did not want to pass on anything to people who have compromised immune systems.
I truly love going there so it was hard to give that up. My regular Reiki clients understood and my long term client I have only rarely cancelled in the past few years. It is difficult to take time for yourself and get help. This was all I could do. I guess it was the Universes way of getting me to work on me.
Have you had a difficult time taking time for yourself? You don’t have to be sick to do so. I guess I wasn’t listening to myself, so my body took over and I had no choice.
Have you ever noticed when you need some help and put it out there, it comes to you? I was looking at my garden, which needed a lot of work for the spring cleanup. Along came three young men with rakes who had taken a day off school. For a nominal amount of money, they cleaned up my gardens, the grass and bagged everything. They even got our furniture out of the shed and cut the grass. I was eternally grateful.
I love our backyard, so to see it a total mess was hard to take. So again, I let go of my control and it got taken care of for me. Letting go of control is a big one for me.
I also had a good friend come over for tea and she brought me a motivational book plus some Borscht. It was yummy and it was so nice to not have to think about cooking a meal, or indeed having another bowl of soup. It was great to see a friend. You feel isolated when you have “germs”.
I did manage to change some birdhouses and remove the ones the squirrels had destroyed. They are still looking for their home! I did take pity on them and put a large holed bird house up in a tree. There are metal circles around the entrances all my birdhouses so they no longer will be wrecked!
So here is to a better week. I hope you are having a good one and that if you have any issues they get resolved quickly.
Sue