I was featured on Hooping.org! And, I received a message from The Oregon Coast Aquarium saying that they will be sharing the video as well on their twitter and Facebook sometime this week. I am really stoked that it is being shared.
I really want to start envisioning the next video-- I am having a hard time currently, because I have spent the last few days in severe pain. I got home Saturday evening from work, and about an hour/hour and half after getting home I got this sudden, sharp pain on my left side, and I've been home sleeping, or waiting it out since then.
It is weird how Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Diverticulitis, both are diseases I have been diagnosed with and struggle with for sometime, can sometimes feel so similar to one another at times, or at least play havoc in the same area in my body leaving me in so much pain.
I am really at a loss as to what I need to do differently at this point to lessen the symptoms I had under control just a year ago. I realize my diet is drastically different, but I still eat well, healthy, and real foods. I realize I need to remove some processed stuff, and lessen the gluten, and milk dairy I have been consuming, but those goals take a little bit of time.
See, really, taking care of one's self is a continuous journey. I think it is normal and healthy to take one's time to reach goals. I think if I were to completely over-haul everything, and completely cut things out (diary, gluten, a pantry full of groceries) I think it will effect me more negatively than positively, and I'll burn out quickly. These are the things I am weary of currently with the idea of an overhaul vs. 1) my body won't be use to the sudden change, and despite the change being a healthy one, there still needs some time for my body to get use to said changes, 2)I would be stressed-- I barely have time as it is to manage my household, and health while working opposite schedules to my partner, and 3)expense, I have a very strict budget that I try hard to follow.
Anyways, I feel like I walked away from that last paragraph giving a list of excuses, and have noticed a trend my last few blog posts as I've lamented about my struggles, and grief over the last year-- I've kinda gotten on a complaint train. Meaning, I am so grateful I can articulate the pain, and the hurt I've felt over my move; losing babies, losing a house, cats, my kids, wife, and her husband, but as far as my health is concerned I've done a lot of complaining.
And, granted there are times where there is a lot to complain about. Dude, there is nothing more frustrating than OWNING and BEING RESPONSIBLE over one's health and getting very little in return. I literally feel as if the two pregnancies, back-to-back, were like a game of Chutes and Ladders and I was slid all the way back to the beginning.
However, with that in mind, there is no where else to go, but up at this time, and for that I am glad. Plus, despite having hormone issues, pain, and the occasional digestive set-back-- I really have changed my entire life. My habits, despite needing some work, are ten times better than what they use to be. I hold what I put into my body in regard, and I work out consistently. Both of those things are things I changed years ago, and don't plan on changing again.
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