I haven't really left bed today

[charlz_lynn]

I slept for ever and ever. And then I spent some time looking for jobs on craigslist. But now I am lying down with pllows under my knees because my sciatic nerve is KILLING me. This has been a problem in the past for me, and now it seems it might be pregnancy related? I did some looking around on the internet and saw some women reporting this beginning in their 6th week (I'm now in my 7th). It seems too early for pregnancy-related back pain, unless somehow this has to do with hormones. I wonder... Of course, I have not forgotten that I pretty much spent the last three weeks in a car, and have not been exercising regualrly in a very long time.
Things to fix... Things to do....

I need a job, pretty desperately. It's hard to feel hopeful about this, finding a job, since I am not supposed to paint. I've answered a lot of CL ads and gotten nothing back, not a question, a phone call, nothing. I need to work on my resume and pound some pavement, but.... Well, there is this thing happening where Microsoft Word has disappeared off my computer. I am using OpenOffice to access my documents, but the formatting is not translating very well. Oi. I'm all complaints today, but the thing is I feel pretty good. We went to a really sweet Seder-ette last night. The sun has been out a lot. I feel healthy aside from my back. I'm wildly in love. Things are good. I just have a lot of things stacking up that are stressful and not the right amount of motivation and resources to tackle them. It will be fine.

The baby is the size of a blueberry right now and making brain cells at a rate of 100 per minute. No wonder I am tired.

xo

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[cattack.livejournal.com]

Hey, Oona (ohanawa) is going to ask her dad if he knows anybody who is hiring at Pike Place (he owns a paper store there, as well as the Giant Shoe Museum!), etc. The farmers market season is apparently about to get in gear, which means that jobs might be available there soon...

[charlz-lynn.livejournal.com]

That is so sweet, thanks! And thanks to Oona! I should go check out the giant shoe museum, that sounds wild. xoxo

[cattack.livejournal.com]

No prob... gotta keep the fest network moving.

Do check out the Gian Shoe Museum, and the paper shop next to it, which Oona's dad owns. He's there much of the time (he's the guy with the graying ponytail) and is a real character!

[swifty70.livejournal.com]

hi there,

i just wanted to share a thing that i've learned from my acupuncturist in recent times due to disc herniation and the accompanying sciatic nerve pain:

it would make sense that this would be flaring up, because a non-pregnant person who is approaching their 'special womanly time" (aka your period) - pain usually flares up because your body heats up before your period and it sets off areas susceptible to inflammation. even though you're preggo - i imagine that there's SO much going on in your entire body, esp. around your lower trunk that it's heating up, hormones raging, etc and sets off your sciatic nerve. i'm no dr. but this just makes sense to me.

i would suggest lots of things that help reduce inflammation like leafy greens (kale, chard, watercress (realizing this may be difficult) papaya, berries, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, apples, and of course turmeric and ginger)

hugs,
swifty

[charlz-lynn.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks! I had no idea that those things helped to reduce inflammation. And the temperature thing does make sense! I hadn't even thought of that as a factor.
Damn, sorry about your herniated disc. How are you doing? And when did that happen?

Thanks again!
xoxo

[swifty70.livejournal.com]

oh good, glad to maybe be helpful!

the disc is better - way better and has been for many months (it happend in fall of '07 and was really bothering me for about a year) - i'm on to newer problems now including a mystery knee problem. :) glad you've arrived safely and that it's pretty there!