Self reliance
Jan. 24th, 2006 11:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lurkittyAs depressed as I was last week, I am now cheerful, at times, nearly giddy. I guess my mood swings are on the up side. There's no real reason for it. It is extremely foggy out and turning cold. Still little or no sunshine. I'm not a real fan of sunshine anyway ("the light, it burns us"), but everyone has been floating the seasonal affective disorder theory so I thought I'd mention that.
I'm reading a book by Ram Dass called The Miracle of Love. I actually wrote an email a few months ago to Krishna Das (what was I thinking?) and he recommended it. It's the least read of all Ram Dass' works. The book is about Neem Karoli Baba -- Maharajji, their Guru. It is so full of love and caring it's hard not to be infected.
One small triumph has come in taking a step toward more self-reliance. I have been taking this incredible medicine that has eliminated my asthma and allergies. Three shots every two weeks. It is unusual for patients to give themselves this medicine for a couple of reasons. First, you have to mix it. It comes as a lyophillized powder and you have to add sterile saline to it in the proper amount. No problem. I'm used to dealing with this. We have a lyophillizer at work and dry down and rehydrate samples all the time. Big deal.
Subcutaneous shots aren't usually that hard to do, but this stuff is viscous. It's just this side of gelatin, or so it seems. So pushing the plunger is hard. I always had T do it for me. Easier to have somebody else on it. This week, though, I did it all myself. It wasn't fun, but I did it. Maybe I will make it after all.
I'm reading a book by Ram Dass called The Miracle of Love. I actually wrote an email a few months ago to Krishna Das (what was I thinking?) and he recommended it. It's the least read of all Ram Dass' works. The book is about Neem Karoli Baba -- Maharajji, their Guru. It is so full of love and caring it's hard not to be infected.
One small triumph has come in taking a step toward more self-reliance. I have been taking this incredible medicine that has eliminated my asthma and allergies. Three shots every two weeks. It is unusual for patients to give themselves this medicine for a couple of reasons. First, you have to mix it. It comes as a lyophillized powder and you have to add sterile saline to it in the proper amount. No problem. I'm used to dealing with this. We have a lyophillizer at work and dry down and rehydrate samples all the time. Big deal.
Subcutaneous shots aren't usually that hard to do, but this stuff is viscous. It's just this side of gelatin, or so it seems. So pushing the plunger is hard. I always had T do it for me. Easier to have somebody else on it. This week, though, I did it all myself. It wasn't fun, but I did it. Maybe I will make it after all.
