Got my Shingrix booster yesterday
afternoon. Today I am having a challenging time staying awake. I want to sleep!
The vaccine site is red and inflamed which means the vaccine is doing its job.
The longest I have been awake at any one time was three hours this morning when
I managed to get the laundry done after taking Joe to work. I also managed to
do Yoga and a ten-minute meditation. Then it was nap time.
I woke up to eat a snack and
went back to sleep. If it were not for my bladder I would have slept until
12:52pm. That was my alarm to hop on a virtual chat with my cousin,
Eleanor.
I enjoyed visiting with Eleanor
for an hour and seven minutes. I would still be talking to her except my
bladder had other ideas. That is also how I know how long we chatted. I glanced
at the computer clock thinking if we had only been talking half an hour, I
probably had five more minutes and could wait. Time flies when you are having
fun.
I then went back to bed and
here it is 4:30pm. I read for five to ten minutes at a time when I stirred once
or twice and then I would just doze off.
The good news is that the
Shingrix vaccine only needs repeating every ten years. The best news though is
that I should not get shingles. The people I know who have had shingles relay
that it is excruciating. Sleeping is not excruciating for me. I appear to be a
natural at it.
My joy moment today was when I
realized I have a comfortable bed to lay down on and no responsibilities to deal
with so I could sleep since my body was demanding it. I spent too many years
ignoring my physical needs to go to work or to take care of things I thought
were necessary. Not anymore!
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