I missed worship on Sunday morning and took a sick day. Late Saturday night, I woke up with a migraine headache--hadn't had one in probably 9 months or so. My headaches are caused by a "perfect storm" of stress, poor diet, and dehydration. They build and build until I'm nauseous. After that, it takes me 6 or more hours to recover.
I'm pretty sure this weekend's headache was spurred by the emotional stress of saying goodbye to Amelia.
Pretty intense to think that the human body is wired in such a way that the loss of an emotional connection can contribute to such a severe physical breakdown.
Headaches and heartaches are connected.
Today, I recovered by going for a morning jog, and eating a more diverse diet (which included more fruit, oatmeal for breakfast, a chocolate donut, vegetables, and a beautifully delicate kabob at Ravagh on 30th St--thanks, JA, for a nice lunch).
((((david))))
ReplyDeleteglad your feeling physically better.
hope your heart heals soon.
headaches are a bitch.
Hi David, I haven't been on blogger now for some time. We've been so very busy! Tonight I checked and yours was one of the first ones I went to, as I always love reading your entries. My heart was saddened when I read about Amelia. I'm so sorry! I know what you're going through as we just had to do something very similar. Three years ago, we had to put our faithful friend and companion "Sam" down. He had cancer that returned twice and we just couldn't put him through another surgery at his age. He was 12 1/2 and we'd had him since he was 8 weeks old. We still miss him! Then last Christmas, a female Rottweiler adopted us and we tried hard to get her to leave but she just wouldn't go. We couldn't find an owner so we took her to the vet and got her checked out and then took her into our home with our Boxer "Sarge" that we got to help perk Sam up those last few months. We tried to find the Rottweiler a home to no avail and we really fell in love with her, but just couldn't keep two large dogs, as we travel a lot. We took her to a no-kill shelter and adoption center and we're so thankful that she has found a wonderful home with a single lady! But every time I see her picture, it breaks my heart that we couldn't keep her. She had I hope the Lord will bring peace to your heart and the pain will lessen with each day. Sometimes choices are so hard to make, even when we know it's the right thing to do. God bless you and your family.
ReplyDeleteDavid, I hope you won't mind me leaving 2 comments, but the 1st comment was after I'd read both today's post and also yesterdays and was more related to Amelia. The one today on headaches and heartaches made me think of a conversation I had with my sister yesterday! We were in her church service and the music was so beautiful that we both became emotional and were talking about the feelings and how it just wears you out and makes you feel depleted emotionally when this happens. The thought came to me that if we get that emotional and emotionally drained just 'thinking' about God... I can really understand why a person could not survive being fully in God's presence in these weak human bodies. We couldn't stand it! God had to cover or shield Moses so he wouldn't look on Him and die! Just think, one day we'll see Him face to face in our new glorified bodies! You're right, our emotions are very much connected to our physical wellbeing. I hope your head and your heart both feel better tomorrow. God understands our human emotions.
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