Full Heart (& Lungs)
Being home is so wonderful - my kids are amazing, my husband is the kindest man I've ever known, and Atticus can't get over the fact that, "You're HERE! You're really HERE!
I think my limit from this point on will be 1 week away - after I finish up the gigs I've already scheduled.
Speaking of gigs, I feel terrible announcing that I have to cancel the lecture I was going to give at the NY Handweavers Guild today. This cold thingie got worse (of course) and moved to my lungs. That must be one hot property because EVERYONE wants to move into my lungs. When I get that heavy hearted feeling I know that there will be more doctor visits, more hemming and hawing, more procedures and, eventually, more airflow.
Right now I'm experiencing dueling sensations with my breathing. My lung capacity is greater than it's probably been since last Summer, the herbs & meds are working beautifully (the place I ordered them, by the way, is www.hnmrc.net - there are many places to order Chinese herbs, but this was suggested by a friend).
At the same time, though, my lungs are full of wet, icky, stuff. So full, in fact, that it felt for a bit like pneumonia - but apparently this is just how colds will settle in my lungs (perhaps for the time being) so a headcold is more serious that I had originally thought.
The doctor told me this, and the COPD websites I visited also said, "At the first sign of a cold alert your doctor." - but of course, I didn't. I mean, it was just a COLD, right?
So now I'm being a good girl. Resting (which, in my case, means writing patterns and knitting like a fiend to finish a few projects) and taking my meds. I should be patched up by mid week and perfect by Friday when I shuffle off to Buffalo.
I'm finishing up a crocheted jacket for a book and - like the poor - the crochet calendar is always with us...
I'm hoping to:
- finish the crochet jacket and send off the pattern to the book author.
- have a marathon pattern formatting session today and tomorrow and get a huge amount of the patterns in and shipped off.
- I also need to assign more yarn for Romantic Knits projects (I've been slow in this, please don't fret if you've been waiting for me to get in touch with you!)
- and work up a modular hat in Silk Rhapsody by Artyarns(what a delicious yarn!) for IK. I am in love with this yarn - and I'm not usually a mohair fan - and am considering this project my treat for the week!
- as well as a skirt in 2 magnificent new yarns by Tilli Tomas - Nile & Cleopatra (not on their website yet...) These yarns are dupioni silk ribbon (Nile) with beads (Cleopatra).
New Pattern!
I'm FINALLY offering the pattern for the mitered jacket I showed before on my website!
Let's see how it goes - maybe we'll have a knitalong!
I think my limit from this point on will be 1 week away - after I finish up the gigs I've already scheduled.
Speaking of gigs, I feel terrible announcing that I have to cancel the lecture I was going to give at the NY Handweavers Guild today. This cold thingie got worse (of course) and moved to my lungs. That must be one hot property because EVERYONE wants to move into my lungs. When I get that heavy hearted feeling I know that there will be more doctor visits, more hemming and hawing, more procedures and, eventually, more airflow.
Right now I'm experiencing dueling sensations with my breathing. My lung capacity is greater than it's probably been since last Summer, the herbs & meds are working beautifully (the place I ordered them, by the way, is www.hnmrc.net - there are many places to order Chinese herbs, but this was suggested by a friend).
At the same time, though, my lungs are full of wet, icky, stuff. So full, in fact, that it felt for a bit like pneumonia - but apparently this is just how colds will settle in my lungs (perhaps for the time being) so a headcold is more serious that I had originally thought.
The doctor told me this, and the COPD websites I visited also said, "At the first sign of a cold alert your doctor." - but of course, I didn't. I mean, it was just a COLD, right?
So now I'm being a good girl. Resting (which, in my case, means writing patterns and knitting like a fiend to finish a few projects) and taking my meds. I should be patched up by mid week and perfect by Friday when I shuffle off to Buffalo.
I'm finishing up a crocheted jacket for a book and - like the poor - the crochet calendar is always with us...
I'm hoping to:
- finish the crochet jacket and send off the pattern to the book author.
- have a marathon pattern formatting session today and tomorrow and get a huge amount of the patterns in and shipped off.
- I also need to assign more yarn for Romantic Knits projects (I've been slow in this, please don't fret if you've been waiting for me to get in touch with you!)
- and work up a modular hat in Silk Rhapsody by Artyarns(what a delicious yarn!) for IK. I am in love with this yarn - and I'm not usually a mohair fan - and am considering this project my treat for the week!
- as well as a skirt in 2 magnificent new yarns by Tilli Tomas - Nile & Cleopatra (not on their website yet...) These yarns are dupioni silk ribbon (Nile) with beads (Cleopatra).
New Pattern!
I'm FINALLY offering the pattern for the mitered jacket I showed before on my website!
Let's see how it goes - maybe we'll have a knitalong!
posted by Annie at
Saturday, March 25, 2006
6 Comments:
a couple of times a day, you should rest with your head lower than you body.
rest one end of an ironing board (or something about the same size) on something to raise it up. (not to high-- one of those carton used by grocery stores for milk is good) the other end on the floor. put a pillow on the floor, and lie with your head on the floor (pillow) and your body stretched out on the ironing board.
have plenty of tissues handy.
gravity will help the gunk in your lungs flow out.
its gross. but its very effective, cheap, and safe.
after 15 minutes or so with your head lower than your body, you'll begin to cough. and each cough will clear more and more of the gunk from your lungs.
after a half hour, you'll be breathing easier, (and by this time the ironing board will be really uncomfortable) get off and go back to regular rest. you'll rest easier, breath easier, too.
to increase the clearing power of gravity, have hubby (or kids) gently pat your back (just like you pat a babies back to bring up gas, gently rythmic patting) starting at the waist, moving up to shoulder, repeat.
its a process use by doctors for infants, and for CF sufferors to clear their lungs. it really works.
(which is why you'll need lots of tissues, you'll cough up hunks of icky, gross 'congestion')
Oh, I love the Tilli Thomas...that's got to be a treat, too...
I'm ready whenever you are for the Romantic Knits stuff - so get better FIRST and don't worry about any of us getting impatient (hey, everyone, don't be impatient, lol)!
Feel better...
Annie, surely your doctor told you that COPD is very serious, and can even be ultimately fatal. Don't mess with this. There's a reason that the info says call your doc at the FIRST sign of a cold.
I think anyone who's been reading my blog understands that I do know that this is serious. I refuse, however, to let it color everthing in my world. I am taking care of myself, as much as I can.
(maybe next time identify yourself? I like to meet folks who are worried about me...)
(sorry, didn't mean to sound snarky...)
Hope you get to feeling much better soon!
As for the new pattern, it's great. I will be adding it to my collection soon.
If the KAL(oh you know there will be one) is as fun as the corset one was, count me in!
:)
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