Today was a decent day. I had an appointment with the Rheumatologist this morning. When I went to my GP, I commented that I felt like I had a lot of inflammation in my body. I mention that my carpal tunnel had been acting up and my shoulders hurt especially, the one with the rotator tendinopathy. I was wanting a stronger anti-inflammatory. She sent me to a Rheumatologist.
Good news is that my joints all seem to be good. I have good movement and flexibility and I am very strong. He doesn't believe that I have fibromyalgia. He did do some blood work to check for any possible issues. (6 vials worth of tests) I do have arthritis in the joints where my thumbs connect to my hands. I had suspected as much. I go back in 3 weeks and find out the results. In the mean time, he told me to take vitamin B6 for my carpal tunnel and he prescribed Meloxicam for the achy shoulders and hips.
Today's chapter of the book is "Learn to Live in the Present" I honestly believe that we all need to do this. Some of us more than others. The author says we allow past problems and future concerns to dominate out lives. We put off our happiness for some future time that may never come.
We all do this. We figure that we'll take that trip later when we retire. Do you know how many women out there are saving the "Good China" for that special occasion. We need to stop. Tomorrow is not promised.
I never knew my paternal grandfather. He was looking forward to retiring and fishing in his retirement. He died at age 57. I had a friend Sarah Mansfield, who was looking forward to and had saved for a very long and expensive cruise. They were going to take it as soon as the kids were old enough to be left home alone. She died suddenly and the money paid for her funeral. My sister in-law died at age 32 from breast cancer. She had 3 boys (12, 10 & 8 when she died) and a long awaited for little girl. She only had 3 years with her little girl and she was battling cancer for most of those 3 years.
Let's all start enjoying ourselves now. Work will always be there, turn it off when you get home. Burn the fancy candle. Wear that fancy dress. Eat pizza on the good dishes. If you want multicolored hair go for it. Do what makes you happy now. There is not enough happiness in the world. And we all deserve to be happy.
If we stop letting past mistakes and fears of future problems dominate out thoughts, We will find more to be happy about. It also allows us to step back from work and take a day off now and again. Afterall we can't do anything about the past and there is only so much control we have over the future. Sure have savings, prepare for your future, but don't deprive yourself of today's happiness for a few extra dollars in 50 years.
What makes you happy?
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