I seem to be finally making my way out of the haze of unhealth that has permeated my life. My skin is finally healing, which was the last big problem, and I don’t anticipate any more as large as the recent ones have been. At least, not soon. Like most problems I encounter, it was multifaceted. I needed different soap, stricter gluten avoidance, fixing my lymph issues, turning down the temperature of my showers, more Vitamin D, and it’s possible I still missed something. Hopefully not something critical, I would like my wrists back as soon as possible.
One thing I have learned from this is that if I do something daily I must also do it moderately. Taking extremely hot and scrubby showers with fairly harsh soap is not a big problem if it’s done once or twice a week, but done daily and at a time of physical weakness it can become near-disastrous. Large swaths of scalded, abraded, chemical burned skin do not a happy person make. Of course, I thought a heat I could stand was sufficiently safe, forgetting my own tolerances, and I didn’t know the soap was harsh, nor that it was diminishing my ability to feel the heat, nor did I have any idea the showers were contributing to the problem. I thought I was being diligent, and was proud of myself for it. As I’m working on being diligent about eating, I’ll have to watch out for similar foolishness.
Plans on the horizon: Gym membership. A bit later, returning to dojo. Assuming my rib keeps holding up, my ankle doesn’t go out, my wrists heal, and I don’t do anything else to myself. Oh, and it’s raining. =)
