Empty

I've sat down to write my blog everyday and seem to have hit a brick wall.  It's got a lot to do with the fact that Mr C has been diagnosed with shingles and my thoughts are wrapped up in trying to heal him.  What started as a little rash has developed into a pain that is triggered by the lightest material against his skin.  Shingles in adults comes from the chicken pox virus you caught as a child travelling down your nerve endings and infecting your skin.  When your immune system is compromised (stress is a factor) the virus is then reactivated as your immune system can no longer suppress it.

So I am trying to build up his immune system with lots of goodness.  Fresh berry smoothies packed with sunflower and pumpkin seeds.  Lysine, Vit B, Vit C and Zinc supplements.  But I think it's going to be a long journey, he woke up in lots of pain today but having a long soak with a few epsom salts, he's feeling a little better.

I hear so much about friends never being able to shift a cold, feeling run-down, T.A.T.T. (tired all the time as the doc calls it) and generally losing our mojo.  Last December I had literally run out of all the goodness that I had fed my immune system over the years.  Within the space of four weeks I'd caught a viral infection and was off sick for the latter part of December.  I have never felt so low, it truly knocked me out.  This had something to with the the fact that a job which I'd truly loved had began to fall apart, triggering off the stress I felt at the time.  Sometimes you need to take some time out and recognise the only thing that matters is keeping yourself fit and healthy.

As much as Mr C acknowledges that he should have been exercising more, listening to his body more, I can't help but wish I'd been a bit more vocal about his workload.  He is my best friend and the best husband I could ever have wished for and it's really sad to see the wind knocked out of him.

I guess that's why I'm running on empty this week...