Medical Update
Mar 7, 2007

A possible reason for my absences, lack of energy, etc etc. After this past Thursday, I had a severe coughing fit that was so bad I had to force myself to take in breath or I'd probably have keeled over coughing. This is about the 8th breathing issue I've had since moving to New York from Illinois. I was going to wait until the tax return money to get it checked out, but Thursday was scarey so I decided not to wait.

Diagnosis was as figured: Asthma. Been getting medicated for the last half week to take down the inflammation and all that I've let build up, once Saturday comes, I'll be off those meds, thank goodness. They have made me feel better, no more wheezing and coughing, etc. but one makes me hyper and the other makes me sleepy and sometimes both effects exist at the same time--have you ever been sleepy and hyper all at the same time? It's confusing, let me tell you hehe. Once those meds are up, I'll be going on some sort of powder inhaler to keep the asthma under control and I don't have to see the doctor again for another month from now. I've been highly irritable since the second day on these two meds, I think it has to do with the energy roller coster I'm finding myself on.

Good news, I can sing again, haven't been able to really comfortably let out my song bird habits for several months now (they come out anyway, but they were painful and probably not very pleasant to the ears).

Under financial strain (but who isn't these days?) can't wait for the tax return to get all caught up again and maybe even try to get a bit ahead of this game. Trying to get healthier, and now that my breathing is coming under control I can start yoga again, so hopefully that and a clean house will see me well on my way to better days than I've been having.

So, if you want to know about why I've been absent, seemingly forgetting about my pages and all that, it's health issues. I've been drowning out the discomfort and sleepy-foggy headedness from constantly feeling under the weather by letting my head immerse itself in video games. Most specifically, in World of Warcraft in which I have about 20 characters. The game is a blessing and a curse for me. However, in all these months of having no head for anything much, playing this game has helped me keep writing, granted none of it is publishable as is, but at least this game is keeping my creative juices flowing, keeping me thinking, keeping me learning to make my worlds more real, my characters more real, etc.

I guess that's really all the update I have for now, and I'm feeling tired after it again, so I'll let this go, it feels to be a very flat and boring update anyhow, but there you have it!