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| Your brain on Buddha |
Take last night - I was suddenly stricken with Herpes on my lips - cold sores to you - so suddenly that it scared me. I felt unwell, and the whole left side of my face felt irritated and involved, including that eye. My eyes are one of my favorite organs.
A whole lot of people have had cold sores and harbor the herpes virus forever in their bodies, but it is dangerous to the elderly and to the immunesuppressed. I happened to have a doctor appointment today, so I mentioned it and he looked at it and talked to me about it. It looks okay, and he didn't prescribe an anti-viral, but I should call immediately if this infection gets worse. . . .
This is why it is said a transplant is a treatment for kidney failure, not a cure. So, you know, you do what you have to to stay alive, but you don't always enjoy it. Even if you meditate. Zen is not about eternal bliss, but about being fully alive.
I always like to post pictures, but you sure don't want to see pictures of cold sores, or if you do, GIY. Above, one of these pictures intended to make you want to meditate. Perhaps I should note that my kidney was given to me by a woman I hardly knew, who had sat with our Zen group one night when I was doing orientation. That's quite an outcome of being in a meditation group. Unusually good karma, indeed.
And that makes me want to post a favorite puppy-dog picture, which I may well have posted before. So here:
May you have some good luck today, too.
Have you tried to take L-Lysine the moment you feel one coming on, like 1000mg(double), and then tapering down to 500 taken daily as preventative? I have it in my system, and this has helped tremendously. Not sure if you can with your immune drugs. Watch out too much caffeine and chocolate sometimes trigger it.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I am taking L-Lysine, and it usually stops them the first day. My doctor even okayed it, says studies have been done. My nurse has recommended Abreva, which is OTC now. And I think I will add it to my daily pills as a preventative. Maybe should check my nephrologist on that. Sigh. I'm 3 years out from the transplant, and need to be careful I don't take it for granted.
DeleteOh good!
ReplyDeleteEverything is always a delicate balance. At least it seems that way for me. Even good things have to be balanced. I love the picture. I want to make a postcard out of it and send it to my sister but perhaps not. Katana might bite me in the ass and then .... You. Know. Xxoo
ReplyDeleteConnie, I laughed at loud of this. And so true about balance - it seems hard for me this time of year, all the weather change and wind. I mean inner balance.
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