That'll light a fire under you...

Friday morning about two in the morning I was awakened to horrific stomach pain... I did all the things that I thought might alleviate it and nothing helped, and it kept getting worse... Finally, sometime after 5:00 am I gave up and got dressed and drove myself through the "winter apocalypse" to the emergency room 15 minutes away, at this point I was convinced I had another strangulated hernia and that I would be facing more surgery, I was also terrified of the possibility of going through all that again... The doctor looked young and did all the right things, so after a goodly amount of pain medicine, labs, a CT scan, and one ominous comment about having to be sent to Tyler for any and all surgical procedures Doogie Howser came back in to give me the verdict, I have diverticulitis, bad... He was recommending two antibiotics, a liquid diet, and to follow up with the PC in a week... Then I went to "The Google", what was I thinking...

My health has never been the greatest, that was one of the things that spurred on the vision/dream/plan that eventually became this adventure, but in my pompous silly mortal ways I honestly thought I was doing a better job of balancing it all... I take supplements (most days), I eat lots of raw fruits and veggies (when I'm not hangry or running late), I listen to my body (when it's screaming at me), and I make sure I drink clean water (the quantity and frequency are questionable), but my heart is in the right place... That should count for something right??? Negative Ghost rider, my half measures have once again availed me nothing, consider the scales removed from my eyes, I am determined to heal this naturally and keep plodding forward no matter how close I am to a Cinnabon...

I say all this and share this icky facet of my journey to make this point, we may get multiple chances at making a better life, but we don't get but one body to do it in... My body has held up remarkably well for all the miles and crazy it has endured but no matter how mosh pit ready my head is, my body is struggling, and I need to address that immediately... I have a plan and I am going forward with it... I am going to stick with the liquid diet for a while and increase certain vitamins and minerals... Dale is so tired of hangry me, bless him, he is steady trying to find projects that put distance between him and my whiny self, I can't blame him I am pretty tired of hearing me whine too... Food can heal, I have known this and seen this in action so many times, now I just have to put it in action in my life today... Go eat an apple y'all, seriously...

TTFN,

Shannon

(The Hangriest)