During this amazing time in history with the worldwide pandemic of Covid-19 the world has had to embrace something resembling the slow living movement. However, it rather does closely resemble a suspended animation of people living but not their normal lives. A massive adjustment to live a new normal is being thrust upon humanity. It is a time to learn to listen. To be silent. To adjust. To change. To adapt.
It has been a reminder for me to do everything slowly. Enjoying each moment and finding the gratitude in the small things. PVNS forced me into a slower lifestyle and I embraced it. I took every opportunity to do things slower. Eating, breathing, deciding, moving. Everything. It's exciting to find new things to practice doing slower.
I do feel there are more health benefits to living slower. I don't suffer the same as other PVNS sufferers. I do not live in pain. I have diffused PVNS in my right knee and I have a bit of swelling which I do assume to be attributed to the inflammation caused by not always eating the right things. I do feel that the consciousness of being slow has even slowed down the return of my PVNS since my last surgery nearly 2 years ago.
And although there is much suffering in the world currently, I find gratitude in the time I have to be slow. I hope that during this difficult time, people find the gratitude in what they have in this life. This is a wonderful time to reflect on what truly is important in life. Despite things in the world not being wonderful at all. I hope you find simple gratitude during any time of your life.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Sunday, March 1, 2020
I'm In Control Of My PVNS
I finally got a post op appointment with my surgeon almost 2 years from my last surgery on April 9, 2018. I was told after my surgery that I would be losing my insurance and that a post op appointment would cost me at least $500 out of pocket to see my surgeon who would just tell me what I already knew. My swelling is still present, I need ice and compression. Blah blah blah... Yep, ok doctor. So I saved the money and still am not icing and compressing.
I'm not on the diet I should be. But. I told the surgeon and the intake doctor that I seem to be having success with frankincense oil. The intake doctor asked me what that was and tilted her head at me. I was shocked she had never heard of it. Wasn't it a big deal for some kings to give it to Jesus? I had heard years ago that a few people had discovered that it had actually shrunk their tumors. I started adding it to coconut oil and slathering it on. The more I put it on the better I feel. I told the surgeon that maybe it's mental like a placebo but it seems to be working. And the proof is because I used it more between my last two surgeries than my first two. He said he noticed there was significantly less diffused from the second surgery when I wasn't applying it at all. And both surgeries were done in the same amount of time as the third, one and a half years apart.
There may be something to the frankincense. I have also started adding it to CBD/THC infused coconut oil. That seems to help with the pain too because I very rarely have pain. I get a tight feeling and catching sometimes. I find that happens when I'm not staying on top of applying it daily.
I'm not on the diet I should be. But. I told the surgeon and the intake doctor that I seem to be having success with frankincense oil. The intake doctor asked me what that was and tilted her head at me. I was shocked she had never heard of it. Wasn't it a big deal for some kings to give it to Jesus? I had heard years ago that a few people had discovered that it had actually shrunk their tumors. I started adding it to coconut oil and slathering it on. The more I put it on the better I feel. I told the surgeon that maybe it's mental like a placebo but it seems to be working. And the proof is because I used it more between my last two surgeries than my first two. He said he noticed there was significantly less diffused from the second surgery when I wasn't applying it at all. And both surgeries were done in the same amount of time as the third, one and a half years apart.
There may be something to the frankincense. I have also started adding it to CBD/THC infused coconut oil. That seems to help with the pain too because I very rarely have pain. I get a tight feeling and catching sometimes. I find that happens when I'm not staying on top of applying it daily.
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