I remember several times blogging over on Spark about only ever being issued one body, so we have to take care of it, be kind to it, etc. As we age, this becomes even more important, doesn't it? As we accumulate (or discover) the weak bits and challenges, we seek ways to live in the body we were issued.
Just now, I'm dealing with finding the way to "live in" the body as it is. I have another appointment with the doc in Omaha the end of April. Between now and then, it is what it is. The experiment of one continues, next chapter.
In this chapter, we are trying things, related to the "leaking" issue :
1. Does the workout with the trainer (now at once a week) help or hurt the condition I'm "living with"? Based on this week's trainer workout, it seems that lunges and crunches make it worse. My current plan is to discuss this with the trainer next week and maybe do less of those. I think it may have something to do with my pelvic tilt (or lack thereof), and that might be correctable with the right kind of exercise?
2. What about dietary things? During the time period I was without a weigh-in scale (three days), I was extra careful about the quantity of food I was consuming. This seemed to help. Plan is always to exhibit more care about what I'm taking in. Cronometer, you're up!
I keep having lapses where the dietary issues are concerned, and the scale keeps creeping up. I was super careful while no scale was keeping tabs, and it dropped a bit, but the very next day, ate badly. There's a part of me that says, "You've lived your Biblical 3 score and ten, why not enjoy a few things?" Then of course, there is the bodily price one pays for having "enjoyed" those few things. As the old folk song says, "When will they ever learn?"
Life is good. Working at continuing the Spark!
As a bionic woman, I am a supporter of the amazing work that can now be done to accommodate our "changes".
ReplyDeleteMy dental implants are a blessing. I also thank those who gave their body parts to make the bone grafts possible. Perhaps an "ick" factor to some.
The greater "ick" factor may be the donated ligaments used as a matrix for my own body to create new supports for my bladder, which years after some major gynecological surgeries, found itself unsupported and rolled into a ball. Peeing every hour, anyone?
Today I put on a regular pair of jeans to wear with my regular sneakers to walk WITHOUT a cane to take my man to the doctor. My titanium hip works just fine; no oil can necessary.
Had my man used the CGM monitor, he would have been alerted to his blood sugar and NOT passed out with subsequent brain injury.
We don't have to live "as is". Just smarter.