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Ok. Here it goes.... You can read about the current issues I'm having here but short version is I may be dealing with a lot of pain in the short term. I'm not sure how much, and if it's like my really bad days as of late, I'll be couch-ridden and unable to do much at all. I almost wasn't going to put up a challenge whatsoever this month, but I've been doing a lot of thinking (and a lot of time on the phone with doctors and insurance company) and have come up with a lists of truths - things I know that I can apply right now. This is not the end of the world. It's not a new, degenerative, life-threatening diagnosis. It's one, possibly two months. Modify, modify, modify. Good Rebels modify when they need to, and Rangers are the best jack-of-all-trades, try-anything, make-due-with-what-ya-got Rebels out there. I am a damn good Ranger. I will modify. Self care will take me far. If I can focus on taking care of me, I can get through this. I may have to take time off work. I may not increase my lifting or decrease my weight, but I will do what I need to better myself - even if that means just scraping by for one-two months. Lift heavy things. My body is heavy, especially when I am in pain. So is the emotional weight of dealing with this crap day in and day out. I will move myself, even if it is down the driveway. Goals will be determined later. But this is a start.