Even when bed bound, I would close my eyes and remember the beautiful places I have been.
Now, I can walk, I daily go to a canal and sit watching a local heron. Yesterday, I was disappointed that he was not perched on his usual branch. Within 2 minutes, he came gliding in. I had never seen his glorious wingspan nor his tremendous agility and precision of flying to landing.
It was a very special moment for me and I was awestruck.
I get lost in nature and it’s beauty. It can induce tranquility and can make a person particularly serene.
I hope you enjoy the image.
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Beautiful image Narwhal10. And the Heron, that Heron was just waiting for you to show up to give you that gift of gliding in. It was just his way of saying good day to you! 🙂
Here's an image, an Oak Tree friend of mine along one of my hiking trails. This old oak tree beaten up by time and the elements, much like myself with PA. So maybe that's the connection we share. I always have a chat with him as I walk by. Not quite as beautiful as your photo but if you look closely you can sense a beauty of its own.
It’s so beautiful, thanks Rex. It’s so grounding, just looking at the roots. How fascinating, integrated and interwoven they are to feed and nourish such a sturdy structure. A tree that withstands the elements whether it is scorching heat or a blizzard.
I’m mesmerised by the trunk that looks almost like scales of an amphibian. Compared to the contrast of its lush green leaves and nutty acorns.
To look at me you would have thought I had had a stroke or brain haemorrhage. I had severe vertigo so was at risk of collapse, when I sat up I would start to violently shake, when I stood up the same. When I attempted to walk, I could not coordinate my body to take a step in the right direction. It was sheer brute force determination to toilet myself. I managed 6 months at home like it.
Yes, vitamin B12 but needed all the other co-factors, B1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 12 and A, C, D, E, K, magnesium, calcium etc. My small intestine packed up (coeliac disease and SIBO).
Recovery wise, I have had a couple of relapses but I am going to get my bike fixed.
Many years ago, in writing, I handed a doctor a document,
‘If I was merely depressed I would do sport.’
Also in that document is our family motto, ‘Suck it up and get on with it.’
I didn’t put the other motto of, ‘Any doctor who claims they know everything is dangerous.’
We are a family of teachers or in the medical profession. 😘
Fab response. I looked like I’d had a stroke at first too. I’d had surgery with nitrous oxide and the fine bone with antibiotics that decimate b12 and just woke up looking like I’d had a stroke. Got taken to hospital but all scans clear. Was given the diagnosis of FND and told to get mobility aids and accept it. I knew it was a B12 crash started SI and about 27 of the 30 symptoms I had have gone and I can walk again. I still have issues with my legs and fatigue but I hope I will continue to approve. I too am coeliac. And had SIBO and SIFO. And I agree we need all the nutrients which is hard to absorb when you have got issues. My gut is much better but still work to do. It’s amazing to talk to people who’s experienced similar. Being housebound was grim. I lost a lot of people I thought were my friends - people I’ve carried when they needed me. It’s a funny old life. X
Gorgeous photo, thanks for that! I have views of trees outside my windows, being in a semi-rural small market town. It's torture not being able to walk those hills right on my doorstep, or walk along the river and canal towpath. I thrive in nature, need it to escape, to dream, for inspiration as well as exercise. I have many photos, I'll share some when out of this grim and scary stage of treatment.
I do wish you better soon. There are many of us here who have gone through this process of a failing body. I used to dream that I was a Russian princess. I have no idea why. Maybe the snow, the buildings, false fur, roaring fires and galloping on a horse through woods. Growing up I loved the film, The Slipper and the Rose with Richard Chamberlain and there is a scene in there.
What does all that coding mean? You got told FND too huh? Amazing how the injections help. I was categorically told it would not help. It’s lucky I’m a rebel.
LOl I know what the illnesses are, but I wondered the relevance of mentioning the codes for each one in our conversation? Were you reminiscing as you used to use the codes in your job?
I wrote the codes to make computers do amazing things in a ‘blink of an eye’. In lots of different ‘languages’.
In ALL of my posts and replies are encryptions because that is how I ‘think’. Alan Turing needed a large dose of hydroxocobalamin for cyanide poisoning.
You are lovely too. Gosh, mathematicians and computer scientists are very ‘weird’ people.
I used to be extremely quiet with all these mathematical algorithms in my head. I did not have social skills until my mid to late 30’s.
I saw my mother the other day. Bless her, she too could not keep up. However, I strongly believe that there is a ‘maths’ gene and I have inherited from both maternal and paternal side.
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seeing neurologist, advice on b12 injections welcomed…
Serum ferritin too high?
