Veiled Wounds #1

Veiled Wound

Originally uploaded by my.third.eye

It seems that the worst of the shingles pain may be over...fingers crossed...thanks to: 1) the normal course of shingles, 2) the "natural" medications I got from Dr. Cowan, combined with Tramadol pain pills and acyclovir, 3) the expensive but helpful topical analgesics I got from Scarlet Sage alternative supplements shop on Valencia Street.

I have had a headache for the past 18 hours and feel as if I've been run over by a truck, but the nerve pains have lessened considerably - and the sensation that scalding water was poured onto my skin where the hives are has also decreased to a simmer rather than a fire. 

Today Jack and I are going to attempt to get it together to make a batch of Bieler's Broth, plus a big pot of Italian vegetable soup that will, hopefully, last us several days.

I had planned to spend Friday, Saturday and Sunday getting going on the Writing Salon Spring Session scheduling and website update — a quarterly project that always takes me a couple of labor-intensive weeks to do — but that plan didn't pan out, of course. I need at least one more day to ignore the reality of my Workaday World. I might take a short walk with Jack and Ms. Livvy B. After that, I am going to spend most of Sunday in bed watching an On Demand movie or two, napping, popping meds, and smearing ointments onto angry blisters. 

I'm still saying my mantra prayer, too:

Oh Great Mystery, divine life force of my being, unto the Father and Mother within come forward this moment, this hour, and walk in front of me, help me do the right thing, help me say the right thing, help me stay on the path that is right for me in all that I am and strive to be. In kindness and in love, so be it.

Comments

[wound infections]

wounds like that can be treated only with medicines ?

[Jeff Kennedy]

"So be it" -- powerful words. I'm so glad you have some relief.

[linda]

Of course I wish that the subject matter for your photo didn't exist. But what an astoundingly beautiful image.

I'm so glad the pain is easing a bit. Soup is good.