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I know it has been a while since my last post but I haven't been feeling myself lately as you can notice with my latest pcture. I had been paying attention to my body and everything was going along nicely. Or fairly well at least. Sure I have been tiring out more and I have been noticing my ability to concentrate seems to have suffered a bit. But who needs to concentrate? I am 'officially' on holiday.
Bouts of mild depression also sometimes come into play. That too is to be expected apparently. Could be hormones (rather a lack thereof), could be from feeling a little worried and sad about my work prospects here for the next several months. Though my voice is better, it would be hard to handle a heavy schedule. My voice tires out too much. So upcoming finances don't look great. Either way, was feeling a bit down. That was the case earlier this week but I snapped out of it partly because I have a great support system with Cláudia and Evan and partly because I started getting excited about my friend, Claudia (as in not my wife Cláudia), visiting from New York.
So all had been okay until Friday morning when I woke up to a nasty cold. Cláudia was convinced it was allergies because I was so congested and sneezing a lot. However, it turns out it must be a cold due to the fact that it seems to have moved down to my chest. I felt lousy all day Friday and all morning Saturday.
I felt so badly Friday that I asked the nurse who was takng out my stitches if I could take cold medication because, not only was I feeling so poorly, I also had a full weekend planned. Dinner at our friend's home on Friday night. Friends taking us to one of my favorte vegetarian restaurants in Lisbon on Satuday and then pickng up Claudia at the airport Saturday afternoon and hanging out with her. No possibility for a nap for two days. I didn't want to miss anything. However, I have grown quite dependent on my naps.
Suffice to say, it is hard to balance a social life with recovery but I am trying my best! Thankfully having Claudia with us is just like having family here. It truly is effortless to have her here. We have a few other visitors following...all of them easy to be with.
My scar is healing beautfully! More on that later.
Bouts of mild depression also sometimes come into play. That too is to be expected apparently. Could be hormones (rather a lack thereof), could be from feeling a little worried and sad about my work prospects here for the next several months. Though my voice is better, it would be hard to handle a heavy schedule. My voice tires out too much. So upcoming finances don't look great. Either way, was feeling a bit down. That was the case earlier this week but I snapped out of it partly because I have a great support system with Cláudia and Evan and partly because I started getting excited about my friend, Claudia (as in not my wife Cláudia), visiting from New York.
So all had been okay until Friday morning when I woke up to a nasty cold. Cláudia was convinced it was allergies because I was so congested and sneezing a lot. However, it turns out it must be a cold due to the fact that it seems to have moved down to my chest. I felt lousy all day Friday and all morning Saturday.
I felt so badly Friday that I asked the nurse who was takng out my stitches if I could take cold medication because, not only was I feeling so poorly, I also had a full weekend planned. Dinner at our friend's home on Friday night. Friends taking us to one of my favorte vegetarian restaurants in Lisbon on Satuday and then pickng up Claudia at the airport Saturday afternoon and hanging out with her. No possibility for a nap for two days. I didn't want to miss anything. However, I have grown quite dependent on my naps.
Suffice to say, it is hard to balance a social life with recovery but I am trying my best! Thankfully having Claudia with us is just like having family here. It truly is effortless to have her here. We have a few other visitors following...all of them easy to be with.
My scar is healing beautfully! More on that later.