A Healthier 2012

One thing I really wanted for 2012 was not being sick as much. After my bout with insomnia after my Dad died, I seemed to catch any illness that came within 10 feet of me. I think my immune system was just weakened. I have never been as sick as I was in 2o11.

It honestly had reached a point that I found it embarrassing to be sick again. Like there was just something wrong with me. Well, sad to say that 2012 hasn't started off in the fashion I was hoping for.

First, my jaw locked up again, but this time with severe muscle spasms which caused a lot of pain. So while I wasn't sick, I was definitely slowed down by the pain. Imagine you have a toothache. Then also the tightness in my jaw caused some headaches even once the actual jaw pain resolved itself. It was finally time for physical therapy. That was a little eye opening actually. Not until I started physical therapy did I realize how limited my jaw movement was and how I had been functioning most of 2011 with limited jaw movement. Since it has been this way for awhile, I think it might take some time to get it back to normal. I am also not sure if the muscles will ever stretch back to how they were before this all occurred.

Then, over the weekend, I started to not feel well. Upset stomach and body aches. I could've just cried. Some really close friends of ours were really sick over the new year (with two of them ending up in the hospital and the third almost) so I was realy nervous since we had been in contact with them as they were getting sick that I would catch that. It doesn't really appear that I have, but I definitely caught something. It isn't the end of the world, but has slowed me down and kept me close to home. Luckily, I was off work this weekend so I could rest. I am still feeling a little achy today as well.

I keep hoping that I will meet my quota of illness and make more than a month without catching something. I have started taking more vitamins, trying to be extra good about getting sleep, trying to keep from letting stress affect me, and I plan to start taking a couple of exercise classes. I might even try advocare's cleanse to rid my body of toxins. Although, none of these things really will prevent illness, it does my heart good to try to do something about all of this illness.