Dec 24 2008
Not once, but twice!
Are you healthy at the moment?
There’s a lot of “stuff” going round. Predictions of nine times more cases of flu than usual for this time of year… Have you escaped? I do hope so!
I got my first taste, not of flu but of a very heavy cold, in mid-December. It wasn’t fun but with the help of extra vitamin C, a good deal of positive visualisation, extreme-self-care and a selection of cold remedy treatments, I managed to get to the end of my working schedule with a bunch of happy clients and a longer than usual (for me!) list of things to be done. In my cold-fogged haze I hadn’t been as efficient with my paperwork as normal but, not to worry, there was plenty of time before Christmas to catch up!
Well, blow me, as soon as I started to make a recovery, I was struck low by another bug! This wasn’t a case of my immune system being ready to fight it off but, at it’s lowest ebb it was ready to be subverted by the next attack. So for the last week I’ve been coughing and spluttering my way through Christmas.
It’s exhausting.
I can only praise the patience and caring skills of people around me who have helped make Christmas a smooth and successful family affair despite my attempts to interfere and take over!
What have I learned through this experience?
- Take time… everything takes longer when you’re operating below par so don’t try to do too much.
- Accept help. People want to help and being fiercly independent doesn’t make you (me) or them feel any better!
- Sleep… sometimes little and often feels better than struggling on.
My paperwork is still undone… I can’t say that I’m a well-behaved patient but I’m learning to accept my limitations. My admin will get sorted, not as soon as I had planned, but before I get started again in the New Year.
Until then, good food, gentle exercise and the acceptance that I can afford to ease off and be gentle on myself will ease my passage into 2009.
I hope that you are fit, healthy, happy and enjoying the Christmas season, whatever that means to you!
