Be U: Achiness

Coming for the Real You.

I'm hoping to share thoughts, fun and insightful information and aha moments with all to better serve ourselves and the universe.

My background is that of Executive Secretary for the local Electric company (11 years).

Certified Personal Trainer (since 1991) and Fitness Consultant for my own company, Beachin Bodies (6 years) and certified in Reiki and Nutrition with training in Cranial Sacral work, Tai Chi, and Meditation. Certified as a Professional Life Coach (2015); Minister at Universal Life Church (2016);

and, possibly, most important,

my own journey through illness and avenues, roads and roadblocks that I have taken to find the real me. (35 plus years).

The me that I was born as. The me that is the all-knowing. I believe the search is endless and we are here to learn and to love and to share it all.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Achiness

A few people are experiencing the flu around me. They are achy, tired, uncomfortable and feel beat up. This is pretty much how I feel every day with the cold weather. I believe once it stays cold for a couple of weeks, my body will acclimate and I'll be more comfortable. Right now, struggling to find the comfort is close to impossible.

I know the flu will leave them and I am grateful for this. For 30 years, I have been wanting my symptoms to leave me trying anything that came my way. Some things have alleviated some of the symptoms like Bikram Yoga, Cranial Sacral work, Meditation, Acupuncture. Some things haven't worked for me like Hypnosis, Beta Blocker Drugs, Irridology.

Some are so far out there for me like laying on the floor next to a "Dreamer", who goes off into a dream state and came back and told me, in a past life, my arms were cut off at the elbows. I burned my arms with a herb called Moxa in hope that circulation would kick into my fingertips and for four months I ate or drank nothing but greens and fruit and water to try to cleanse my body. I was much less bloated and had good energy with this nutrient dense diet, however, I still didn't like the cold.

So, as I sit here with achiness (not accepting it at all) (willing it to go away), (Aha,) I am not even considering accepting this. Is this achiness something that would be beneficial to accept. How does one accept achiness, hurt and pain.

People must do it all the time because I am certain that I am not the only person with achiness, hurt and pain. It's like I have my life on hold (after 29 years of going and living life most fully with scleroderma). I have stopped doing things and I am waiting for my body to heal so I can then go back into the world and live. What if, I can live in the world, and hurt. Mmm, interesting question. I don't have that know-how anywhere here in my body. I do not comprehend living fully and hurting. I do not know this as a possibility.

What's a woman to do.

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My Past Story

The first thing I would always tell a new doctor was 'my dad left me when I was 10'. He just disappeared, ran away. It was pretty awful for me. I thought it was my fault as most kids sometimes do. I thought I was unlovable. Years later, 20 maybe, I realized it wasn't just that my dad left me that affected my life, but also that my mom stayed. She stayed and I'll be forever grateful. However, her staying wasn't all peaches and creme. She was so hurt, so distraught, so frightened to raise three kids on her own and find a job that it was very hard for her to be there for me and my needs. I chose to shutdown, be quiet and try not to make it any harder on her as to not ask for much, or voice much, or need much.

Years later, in 11/12th grade, I noticed my fingers being really cold and hurting all the time. I noticed them turning purple and the pain was very 'loud'. Humorously enough, I had chosen to be a secretary and typing was a big part of my everyday. I loved it even. Fingers flying across the keyboard with as little mistakes as possible was the goal. I was pretty good at it. While in typing class, I remember putting my hands on my neck to try to warm them and make them feel better. I was naive enough then to think this must be happening to everyone.

Anyway, years went by and nobody was able to tell me why this was happening or what to do to make it better. Then, approximately 4 years later, I remember (what I felt) was little me sitting across from a really big doctor at his really big desk and him telling me I was allergic to myself. Of course, this was him describing to me what auto-immune meant. I had a disease called scleroderma and it could kill me (sometimes in as little as five years) and I would most likely be on medicine and have it for the rest of my life and there was nothing to change it.

Anyway, almost 30 years later, I've had my share of pain and I'm alive. I've had ulcerations on my fingers and I have lost most of my nails on both hands from lack of circulation and producing too much collagen. My hands are somewhat not a pretty sight and to hit something with one of my fingers by accident (well, I refer to the feeling as 'going to the moon).

When I was about 30, I started looking at alternative medicine and I tried anything that came across my path to try to stop the pain. I have tried many normal and not so normal 'ideas'. I sometimes do not believe at what lengths I went to try to ease my pain and suffering!

This is what has brought me here to this point in my life.

I'm grateful to be able to learn so much about myself and life and I wouldn't take it back (well, some days I might want to).

Something was telling me to blog. I really didn't know much about blogging - I am still a novice at best. Approximately 5 weeks ago, I sat at my computer and started typing.

I am surprised at where my blogs have led me. I thought I was trying to help others and that still is a big goal of mine. However, what I am finding out is that this is a great outlet for me.

A way to feel like I'm doing something. I told a friend this morning about my blog and I said that it's draining because I put everything out there and do not hold back as I post each individual blog; its fun because it does give me an outlet and I feel a little purpose in my life; and it's scary because I don't want anyone laughing at me or telling me that I am completely 'off my rocker'!

Coming for the Real You.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Achiness

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