So I dropped a post. I said Pinterest Schminterest and made my Wordless Wednesday also an absent/retreated Wednesday. Also a driving day with an early departure. I got less than an hour of sleep Tuesday night, so I kept the promise that I would sleep, but just barely.
I forgave myself for missing a post, outrageous as it seemed--why couldn't I just stay up another hour and knock one out, after a day on the road with two intense appointments and the usual intensity of the big town. Tomorrow i leave for Athens, Georgia. So much to look forward to about being there, so many unknowns. We'll see how well I manage to keep in touch from over there. my intentions are good.
And since it's already the next day, can we please indulge me and pretend it's still Thursday? Time is fluid, right? This time tomorrow, having lost four hours, I'll be just about to land in Atlanta. Sleep, girl, no??
Today's prompt:
Share something you learned from another Health Activist (that everyone should know!).
Share something you’d like to teach other Health Activists.
Something everyone should know, as expressed by Health Activist---I'm going to go with something I've heard over and over again from different people. Namely, if someone has a chronic health condition, managing that condition should be considered as a member of the set of things s/he must pay attention to every day, making sure basic needs are met to function well, evaluating whether this is a good or a bad day and if the latter what to do to help it. Being a good Health Activist is very difficult when you're beaten down and depleted yourself.
Something (else) I'd like to teach Health Activists. I'd love to be able to teach Health Activist an attitude of nonjudgment around different ways people get help. My excursions off my meds are generally responses to a sense of being judged for taking them. I've seen medical literature absolutely scoff at the idea of someone deriving significant effects from herbs or homeopathy.
I am literally falling asleep as I type this, and should try to get at least three or four hours here, before I have to finally be finished packing already!
Much love,,,
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