Bad Night

Between the hacking up a lung thing from my allergies and the side hurting thing from the cancer, I didn't get much sleep last night. OK, I didn't get any sleep last night. Normally, I would have just gone to work anyways, but the added tiredness (maybe from yesterday's all day retreat where I did some presenting and was out of the normal routine) was enough to make me call in for both jobs and go see my doctor. Maybe it was also realizing that I need to kick this thing before I see the specialist. I can't very well have enough energy and stamina to fight cancer and heal from surgery if I am still working on little stuff.

So the doctor said I have a sinus infection. He gave me the appropriate prescriptions, and was very kind. But I decided there was more to it than just that. The vitamins I have been taking were what I had on hand, not exactly fresh and new, and almost gone. So I hied me to the vitamin store where I was appropriately overwhelmed by the sheer number of selections. You can't just look at a handful of varieties of vitamin C. There's natural, organic, famous name brands, with acerola, with rose hips, with bioflavonoids, ester-C - in fact, three whole sections of floor to ceiling shelves to scan and pick from. Strategies needed! First I eliminated everything that had junk or objectionable stuff in it. Then I looked at price (holy cow - really? $100 for 150 tablets???), then narrowed it down to the parts I thought were really necessary. THEN I read what they had to say about their products and ditched everything that sounded like mere hype. So I ended up with a half dozen, and picked the middle of the pack. Same for the multiple vitamins. I could have been there all day.

But I left with a new bottle of one a day vitamins and minerals, and a small bottle of vitamin C. If I like them, I'll get more. Who has time to make these decisions when there are more important things needing attention? Then to fancy grocery store (we don't have a Wegmans, but the Highland Park markets carry specialty things) where I was able to get some fresh carrot juice and organic yogurt. I already had strawberries and bananas from the last grocery shopping. I renew my commitment to drinking more water. Its hard to remember to do that at work (plus you have to deal with the inverse water breaks). So I dream up a strategy to remind myself to drink more often. I will take 5 marbles to work with me and put them in front of me on my desk. When I leave my office, I will place them in my chair. Everytime I return to my office from a meeting, desk hour, or errand, I will have to pick them up to sit, and that will remind me to take time to drink (I suppose if I were an alcoholic, I would not have this problem). Ya think this will work? Maybe. If not, I'll try something else.

I am nearly out of Olbas, so I will switch to White Flower until I can find a place that sells the Olbas. And I decide I will make an appointment to get a massage since the coughing has made my back sore. I'll aim for early Saturday morning before I leave for my brother's wedding celebration. And tonight I will get the rest I need so my body can rebuild. OK, I am tired from all this effort. I am on the way home, stopping just long enough at the library to post this blog and check out an old movie for tonight. Something drippingly romantic - the horrid 'chick flick' that my boys so disapprovingly wrinkle up their noses at. That and a good hot bowl of chicken soup followed by lemon honey tea should do the trick. I am relaxing already.