October 5 2015

November 5 2015 Greetings My Friend My steps to deal with my allergies is paying off because I am getting bronchitis less and less. I am now going a few months at a time before I come down with bronchitis and this girl is a happy girl. First we took all the area rugs and throw rugs out. We bought another bigger air purifier and added it to the ones we already have. This too is keeping a lot of allergens out of the air. The weather has broken from all the heat and humidity which is also helping me and my doctor has prescribed a stronger inhaler and I am not so winded these days. Along with switching between allergy medication and supplemental allergy oils and supplements my allergies are staying under control better. It is too hard to get rid of all of our fur children which might help me more so but our emotional health needs them more so. It may mean we won’t keep as many as they leave us but I am sure we will always have a couple of pets. Daisy has given me my focus back and taken a lot of my inward thoughts of me away. With less focus on all that is wrong I am able to keep looking for ways to deal with my disabilities and function at my best ability. I am willing to deal with a few allergy struggles for that reason alone. Daisy is an older dog so she has her struggles too. She has dry eye which has left her eyes cloudy and her sight minimal. She has arthritis and some other dog/joint struggles so I rub her down with Emu oil and give her joint supplements. Daily I watch her attempting to defend me by barking at Junior each time he walks in or out of the house. She stays at my side keeping me company and together we are growing old. As my lungs are able to function better and my windedness declines I find my energy level increasing again. I also am moving about the house with the walker less but my balance issues still arise and I use the walker as I feel the need. As I reflect again on where I was and where I am today I am so thankful for God prompting me to keep at it. The more I enjoy a day of productivity the more I am thankful to have worked hard at overcoming the limitations that brought me low. It has been worth the long journey back to some semblance of health. I don’t feel like a victim but I feel like a survivor. The journey out of abuse was a very long and winding road too. I knew abuse as a child and I married into an abusive relationship. I had anger issues and my bully quickly started teaching me how anger issues are so destructive. I still have that “you can’t make me” attitude when someone tries to force their ways on me. I don’t react in anger though. That I am grateful for each day. Proverbs teaches often on anger and how it seeps into other people’s ways of life so silently. I think on Proverbs when I am feeling agitated and I remember again keeping company with angry people takes me down to their level. I go to prayer today when I feel anger rising in me and God shows me a better way to deal with the situation. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet