Never ending job.
There are days that the normal cycle of events I routinely do are taken for granted in how I feel and can function throughout the day, I wake early, often around 5am and start the process off by drinking water. Over time I’ve adopted a routine of drinking water with bicarbonate of soda first thing. I have a litre before I get out of bed, after my 30 minutes getting sorted in the bathroom I tend to have the first of my supplements with another 1/2 litre of water, this time with lots of natural and very essential nutrients.
This morning I deviated from my normal way and was reading/researching so didn’t have my water before getting up to get my main supplements, anyway while standing up for 20 minutes sorting them out for the day I noticed I was really weak, I could stand straight up but my body kept folding from the waist every 5 to 10 seconds. I was scared much more so than normal, I took my first group and the other two groups I put into my pockets. Trying to get back to the sofa was so difficult, my whole body was so weak and t was so difficult to support myself. Anyway I obviously got back the 10 feet which seemed like a marathon then quickly drank a 1/2 litre of water. Wow… the transformation was amazing, in 5 minutes I felt back to my normal level of weakness which honestly feels so good in comparison to how I felt earlier.
Now we all know that water is essential and most people will simply drink when thirsty, sadly it’s not the same for me, it would be so much easier to just have the normal quantities of fluids instead of the 4 plus litres of water I drink each day.
Every cell in the body uses water and needs it to function correctly, in my case as in an old geezer with MS the requirement is massively more. The diseased cells can’t retain liquids like normal so as they dry out and the cell efficiency becomes nigh on useless so the ability to perform the normal and essential jobs to live simply don’t happen. This morning I honestly thought my body was about to give up and totally fail, it was so frightening to feel that it was all about to end. I realise that the understanding, the knowledge I’ve gained over the years isn’t enough, learning about my body and MS is a never ending job.
Note to self…Drink, Drink and Drink.
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