Author: Tracy

I must have had strange dreams last night because I am all sortS of out of sorts today. I just want to go back to sleep. I added a new story on the writing page http://tracymurray.online/writing/ I had this idea popping around in my head but it wouldn’t fully flesh out so I just wrote…

While “researching”* scalene muscles I learned that it’s not uncommon for people with lung conditions to develop scalene problems. It’s because we stop breathing through our diaphragm and instead breath pushing out the top of the chest which pulls on the scalenes. Also people with TOC (which I have) also are prone to scalene issues.…

I have been in bed for the last 36 hours with a fever and headache, completely unable to function. I still have the fever and the headache but it feels at least a little manageable now. It started with the shakes on Friday night at 2:00 am. For 45 minutes I just shook. I’ve slept…

I woke up at ridiculous-not a real time – o’clock and could not fall back asleep! I couldn’t eat breakfast because my body has been very unpredictable the last couple of weeks and I had an oral surgeon appointment at 10:30. They yanked out my half a tooth in like five minutes but the bastard…

I am tired of feeling badFeeling bad makes me feel sadI am back to not being able to eatWhich makes me feel nothing but defeat I try so hard to be healthy and strongBut the chemo recovery is now taking so longI get a few good hours a day and then crashWhich would be okay…

So yay! Garmin all charged up, Boo!! NO energy!! I made it through all of my stretching but I only did 1 mile on the bike instead of three and it was a STRUGGLE! Today is all about eating and breathing. My oxygen levels are really down. I wonder if it’s got to do with…

There is a point during recovery week when I am both nauseated and starving. When all I want to do is eat but the thought of any type of food makes me queasy. Hmmmmm

I have patterns. For the last however long in the mornings I do my 15 minutes of stretching and body lifting and then I do 20-30 minutes of cardio. It is equipment dependent not ambition dependent. I have gained a lot of muscle and moved around a lot of fat and I am feeling pretty…

This is day 4 for the Dashing Diva nail strips. I didn’t have a lot of hope for these because the package said you could peel them off for removal. Don’t ever peel things off of your nails especially if your nails are thin like mine, I don’t care what a the package says. Yesterday…

Despite the picture in the context of the last two weeks nail strips experiment this post is not about nails but about arthritis of all things! I have arthritis in quite a few of my joints and a recent bout of sudden onset pain in my fingers has me wondering. The arthritis has appeared within…