I had a rather unsettling afternoon/early evening yesterday. I've had various "things" going on with toes, feet, ankles, calves, knees, thighs off and on for months. Some days they don't amount to much; other days I'm feeling the blues. The charley horse calf cramps are common with most people and I've dealt with them occasionally. Thankfully, they don't last more than a few days and I hope that's the case now. In the past, they've struck while sleeping. Yesterday, they decided to flare up while I was up and about. And they weren't the usual feeling cramp that lasts a few seconds in bed until you get on your feet. These were strong 'grabber' aches like a huge knot in my leg and made me feel like I was going to fall over.
Needless to say, I was not pleased! I proceeded to take all the steps I have read about to ease the pain. First of all, though, I made a foot doctor appt. Can't get in for five weeks so back to Dr. Google. I watched videos on Youtube on how to stretch correctly. I applied my heated rice pack. I used my electric massager and gave the ole calf a good rubdown. I took an Ibuprofen. I drank water with vinegar. I sipped a tsp. of mustard. I took a gulp of pickle juice from the pickle jar. I downed more water all day. I'm drinking tonic water (with quinine) and bananas. Made banana cookies too. I continued to stretch. I even took a bar of soap to bed with me last night. Oh, and I took an anxiety pill I had on hand when I was going to have to go thru an MRI tube. Well, crap! . I just got back from running an errand and had no problems while walking. Now I'm sitting and they're back. This after I just downed a glass of vinegar water and my calcium and other pills. Not just one rolling on through; but several. Oh dear. Needless to say I'm getting upset.
I have a "special pill" a friend gave me a few weeks ago that I've been saving and I'll probably use it tonight, two hours before bed. It's got marijuana ingredients but not the kind that make you high. These are medicinal. I'm also considering going to the pot store to purchase a small amount of these chocolate candies you can buy. Also not to make you high but to relieve cramps.
I suppose this all sounds like I'm going over the top and making a mountain out of a molehill but I intend to take whatever steps are necessary to fight these cramps. Especially when my mobility is challenged because of it. You may notice I didn't mention that I was going to drop some weight. I've been mentioning that all my life and obviously I'm not taking myself seriously. Somehow, though, I've got to get my act together. Sadly, just writing about dieting MAKES ME WANT TO EAT! tee hee
On a brighter note, I started a new book yesterday. Got over 2000 words done. I'm editing some of the 80 blogs I put on my Leader Town Kid blog and I'm adding other notes on family genealogy and stories of friends and memories about my life. I think I'm going to take pre-orders this time so I can get a better idea on how many to self publish. I might even look into finding a publisher this time but that road can be difficult to walk and heaven knows how much longer my road is gonna be. I know. I'm being fatalistic again. You do that when you start to lose friends faster than you used to.
My cough and chest congestion continues to go away a day and come back a day. Really starting to tick me off too!
I plan on laying low the next few days. Gonna do those stretches several times a day and will work on my book. Also intend to start a quilt. That helps calm me down. Jenni goes to scrapbooking camp (between Sequim and the casino) on Thursday and that lasts through the weekend. I'm driving to the casino on Friday to have lunch with friends and wish Linda Lou a happy birthday.
Here's the latest picture Mary sent me of Jacob. Looks like a little model to me.
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