My journey back to health part one.
So this post is going to come with the disclaimer that I am
not a medical professional in any way shape or form but I feel its worth documenting to see what
changes happen in my life as if you read my post about cleaning I am not
starting to eat down what is existing in my fridge and pantry and I have asked
my support team, to help me on a journey back to health and well being.
This includes major changes in my life and one I have successfully
implemented and that is having some form of exercise in my life most days. So
that could be a walk, swimming or running around with my nephews, but the next
step is going to required a lot of dedication to do and I am going to definitely
going to talk to my doctor about it and that is diet, as I knew but didn’t really
have the time too go down the rabbit hole of diet and health, I did have a balanced
diet, but when I look objectively I eat a lot of processed foods, foods with
high levels of sugar added and things with a lot of additives I am sitting
writing this drinking a iced tea ( but
it’s from a lovely little tea shop and it was a gift) but I also live on a lot
of caffeine and this can’t be helping so, lets do the chunking thing to break
this down into smaller achievable steps.
So what that is going to look like is going to change I know
that but the first one is swapping over to more natural based cleaning products,
the one that I can’t eliminate due to house hygiene is bleach for the bathroom
and toilet and I see that as fair enough but I can swap out the dish washing
liquid, and laundry liquid to more natural based products and I can start
supporting the local green grocery store
as they are new Australian’s and have
fresh produce, and it hasn’t been in cold storage so I will have to eat it a
lot quicker as well but this is something that ties into my food wastage issue, and the food scraps program
I am apart of, I can’t remember the official
name but I know I have written about it in the past and it is a program that connects people in appartements to people with
compost in towns and gives them connections on both end, I do mine through, Toowoomba
home produce swap group and I have made a lot of friends there as well. But
programs such as share the Waste is the official
curated program for people in town’s, and post covid I think connections for
remote and people who run there own business, on there own as well so this can
provide connections.
The next one I have
started but when my house mate moves and I move up stairs is a decent sleep schedule and not mucking
around with sleep hygiene as well, so that is using my CPAP, not eating in bed
at night and not using my phone in bed, even if it is to go to sleep, this is
something that I struggle with as well.
The other thing is going to be a bit more complex to do but
its spending time out doors and connecting with others so I am going to talk to
my local pharmacy and see if they know of any walking groups or if they would
support me to start one, or to get a group from
any of my agencies together to walk as well.
But the big one is going to be limiting and being very aware
of spending time on screens and having time away from them as well so this
being spending time on craft activities and again decluttering and getting upstairs
organized so my new house mate can come into a clean house as I don’t want her
to come into a mess like I did and to have to spend months cleaning to have a environment
that is hygienic.
The other thing I am going to do is to invest in a water
filtration system for drinking water and then see how it goes to see if I can
get one for the shower I would be using as well, so let’s see how I go and what
impact good or bad it has on my health, I don’t know what baseline my general
health is at but I know that long time readers will be aware that I live with
several health conditions as well as the TBI so lets see how this all goes and
what resistance people have to it or what support I get as well.
The other big one for me is going to be huge it’s going to
be a massive adjustment as well is being very intentional about relationships
and not being entitled and not avoiding conflict but leaning how to be mature
about it as if I am going back into a “traditional workplace” I am going to
need these skills, however this is going to be a massive change and I am seeing
that as a very long term goal as I need to be well first and this means working
with my health team to get me back on track in regards to my heath and wellbeing
as I know that the emotional stuff is effecting me as well, so lots of changes
and I will document, what is working hear and over on the YouTube as well, and
I am going to ask permission to talk much more in depth about how support helps
me due to the fact that I have some family that don’t see me as disabled when its
just us but when it suits them they are able to use it to there advantage so I
am going to start document how this makes me feel and how to handle it with out
getting them off side and how to be mature about it due to the fact that people
need to be aware they don’t get to dictate how you identify if your disabled it
doesn’t go away and just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there
at all in fact it makes it worse as it at times prevents me from asking for
practical help and support due to the fact that I have been conditioned to do
it all, and this makes my fatigue worse.
As there is something that I am starting to read about and
its an interesting rabbit hole to go down and that is emotional fatigue and it’s
exactly that, it’s to my understanding similar to burn out but not as intense
due to the fact that it mainly happens in people who have different brain structures,
such as ADHD, Autism or a TBI and these are all hidden disabilities so even family unless you live with them don’t
see the full impact and it can be hard when your family dynamic most of the time
is very supportive so its going to be an interesting conversation to have with
the family around that if I wasn’t disabled I wouldn’t have a NDIS package and
they accept support workers in my life and ask them to do things for me so we
need to be aware that conflict is normal but it’s how you handle it and work
with it and we need to remember maybe this person is stressed and in pain as
well.
Really enjoyed reading this content. There is a long list of many things I can also relate to that I wish to change in my life as well. Love how you write, thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely comment and I know that there is many resources that we can use to help ourselves get to some level of physical health and well-being I know that haveing limitations. You have inspired me to collect a list of things and people who can help you to work through health issues including if you qualify for NDIS, or My aged care, or the health care at home team.
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