Jen's Health Journeys

  First, I just want to apologize for my long absence. My health was not great, and my job was busy and demanding. I started walking with a walker, and the hotel where I work became incredibly understaffed. I was so busy and tired that I wasn't able to post. I have been fighting to be able to use my accommodations under the ADA at work, such as sitting down to work and taking regular breaks. Even now, they don't want me to sit on my walker, it's the rollator type with a seat and wheels, and I have a doctor's note stating I can use it as needed at work as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA. I have had to open another EEOC claim against them; this is the second one I have had to do. I returned to physical therapy, as the first time it helped me a lot and I was able to walk much better and get off of my crutches. They want one of my goals to be to stop needing my walker so much, but that's not a goal I said I wanted with my PT. The nature of my conditions is such...

  I have been struggling recently with my bipolar, ADHD, IBS, migraines, and fibromyalgia. My IBS keeps getting flared up into constipation and it is painful and makes me often feel nauseated and full even if I didn't eat yet. The fibro and migraines are just flaring up so much and giving me so much pain. The bipolar is in a mixed manic state right now which is miserable. I am struggling horribly to focus and remember things and the ADHD is not helping one bit, nor does the fibro fog. I find myself often walking into a room to get something and then saying "Now, what did I come in here for?" Or I will be at work and open the drawer for something and not remember what I wanted out of it, and I am always forgetting what I did with my phone. I am making a lot of mistakes at work right now and having a hard time working because of these problems. I have to keep my training notebook at the front desk with me so that I don't forget things at the hotel, as well as I always h...

I am feeling pretty good today. I did yoga this morning and it was hard because I am not used to it and I'm not very flexible for some of the exercises yet. Even with those things, I felt so great after I finished the yoga workout video. I am pretty surprised that I felt so good after with the difficulty of the yoga itself. It really made me feel a lot better and I can see that it is really going to be quite helpful for my fibromyalgia symptoms, even the fibro fog. After the session this morning I already felt the fibro fog decrease a lot. I am pretty happy and I can see why my Rheumatologist, Dr. Kushi, prescribed it as a treatment for my fibromyalgia. I just need to make sure I do it regularly and not let it go the way walking and biking have done. I have to make sure I do it regularly and not deny myself something that feels so much better because I am feeling whatever kind of way or something. I saw my primary care doctor this afternoon and it was a good appointment, I was a...