During the first six weeks, I had a tremendous appetite. It wasn’t just the cannabis, as my appetite faded first. How tremendous? I was eating five full meals each day. Basically, I became ravenously hungry about every 90 minutes to 2 hours. For my mid-morning meal I made a huge smoothie, with input from my…
There may be times that you are experiencing uncomfortable sensations with a strong intensity. Your body may instinctively tense up against those sensations, but I invite you to explore another way. Let the sensations move through you, as if they were waves. Waves of sound. Waves of water (we are mostly water, after all). Breathe. Wiggle. Sing…
And how much energy should we put into this question? Here’s the Buddha’s perspective on the matter (Dr. Bradley K. Hawkins’ version; there are others.) “Imagine that you are walking along a path in the forest and suddenly, out of the trees, comes an arrow and punctures you in the thigh. When the arrow goes into…
Give me a D! Vitamin D helps the body build and maintain strong bones by aiding the absorption of calcium, and by maintaining normal blood levels of calcium and phosphorus. There is also strong evidence that Vitamin D protects against osteoporosis, high blood pressure, many cancers(!), and that’s not even all. While we can produce D ourselves through…
This is a topic I know nearly nothing about (except that resurfacing does not involve replacing part of your bone with titanium). I just know that in my particular case, it wasn’t an option. But for some people, it’s all they need, apparently. Add it to your list of questions to ask your orthopedic surgeon. Here’s the…
So you need a total joint replacement. Perhaps it feels as if a calamity has befallen you. It’s terrifying to imagine. A hard road lies ahead. Those are all possible mindsets you could be in. But you can adopt a different mindset, so you can readily find in yourself the willingness to do all the constructive…
It’s an important question. I am neither a doctor nor a physical therapist. I have studied with masters of various healing arts (including osteopath/acupuncturist Dan Bensky, osteopath Dr. John “can talk to tumors” Upledger, and Kathmandu’s cherished ayurvedic physician Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya, as well as chiropractor/breema practitioner Jon Schreiber), and I have studied, practiced, shared widely and…
No, I’m not suggesting you do home surgery. Nor am I suggesting you ignore anything your MD, surgeon, nurse, PT or other medical professional guides you to do. Do what they tell you! But it will not serve you to follow blindly (ask questions if you don’t understand, or if you are thinking that you…
Directly following surgery and at least for the next week or two, you’ll be pretty fragile and I would even say permeable, vulnerable. So be mindful of what you’re taking in by way of TV and movie and news. Of course, I had my surgery just before the 2016 election so the airwaves and news…
Overdoing it by overruling my intution and following a PT’s suggestion On my fourth day post-surgery, my Kaiser home visit PT (someone I had never met before) visited and, impressed with how easily I was moving around the house, asked me if I had been outside. “Outside?” I replied. “I wasn’t planning on leaving the…