plodding along

[noo19noo]

So today im plodding  along kinda having a downer as its just hit me that this pain, fatigue, head  aches and legs and arms made from lead is my "New normal "  kinda wish id could go back in time and and lap up the old normal.

[davincidanes]

I think we all can relate to these feelings.  I've had to accept a "new normal" at many points in my life, and although this one is hard, I've had worse.  And so it goes...  I've learn to cope and find happiness& peace in distractions.  Hugs.

~Linda

[jenphilly]

Like you, there was a moment, I realized how I was feeling and that it was the new normal...   I barely notice the numbness in my left arm and hand unless I think about how its feeling...  but I also wish I could go back and be the old me...  sometimes I have no clue how I was a single mom, worked full time, ran a hobby business and we had horses.  Surprising all that energy came out of the same body that has trouble vacuuming one floor of the house without taking a rest..  

I hope you're feeling okay and you're new normal is letting you get done what you need to today!!  :)

[HVAC]

We go through grieving. That is normal. It can last two years. Learning to live with the new normal is part of it. Adaptation is the key to living with illness. "True contentment comes from playing the hand you are dealt" is my mantra.

My new normal in the last three years is having MS and a late stage cancer. I will be in treatment may be for the rest of my life.  Last week I was so sick I could not stand it. Monday I got two units of blood. This is my new normal. I have accepted it and am happier than I have ever been. I do not like having cancer and MS but it is not as bad as I thought it would be.

I hope if you are in pain you let your doctors know and push for symptom relief. I go to a pain clinic.

Alex

[slaytheday]

Hi.  Melinda here.

I'd be willing to bet almost anything that most people here can relate personally to how you're feeling, your outlook.  

I want a timre machine too.  I don't feel this way all the time and neither will you.

If you have something to lessen your physical pain whether it's meds, meditation, whatever and if it's appropriate now's the time.

A distraction is in order.  Or you just might want to wallow in your condition and get it out of your system that way.  There's a time and a place for that too.

Hang in there.  This feeling will hit the high road.

I know what I've said is inadequate.  Others here better than me will be talking to you as soon as they can.

Blessings,
M