Writing at the end of an educational week

This is Friday and the end of an educational week. I suppose educational is just as good a word as stressful or depressing, anyway it sounds better then either of the other two words. On Monday, I took Mom to another eye doctor, another specialist for a presurgery consultation.

After going to the eye doctor, we went to the hospital where Mom is having surgery on April 30. We have an appointment to go back on Monday, April 27. to preadmit Mom in for out patient surgery. Mom's appointment is at 9:20 AM. I have an appointment that afternoon to give blood at 1:40 PM.

I seem to have had some difficulty writing this week and I'm not sure why. I don't think I'm depressed but I've been going to bed early because of being tired. Perhaps my iron count is down, if it is I won't be able to give blood on Monday afternoon. Of course, I do have time to get my iron count up, so I'll cut down on the dairy products and increase the veggies and stuff that has iron in it.

I know being tired is no excuse for not posting, especially since I did post to my writing.com blog. I just don't know what's been the mater with me lately, maybe I'm worrying too much about finances or something. Well, I'm going to have to get over it because worrying doesn't do any good.

In fact, in my case worrying causes more problems because my ulcer acts up more when I worry. I don't enjoy my ulcer acting up because I can't focus on anything else. I think I'll close now and go get me something to eat. My ulcer also acts up when I don't eat properly.

I need to make a blog entry, but I don’t know what to write

I need to make a blog entry, but I don’t know what to write. I'm not sure but I think I have blog block. All right, it's been a long day and I'm tired. Not only am I tired, but I have a stomach ulcer. Until recently, I didn't know what the problem was, so I talked to a friend and explained the symptoms and he said it was an ulcer. I talked to my doctor and she confirmed it.



I have figured out that foods don't set it off. Not eating breakfast causes it to act up, but my biggest problem is stress. Now I have to figure out what causes the stress and do something about it. I know what causes most of my stress. Part of the problem is financial, but that isn't all the problem. The financial issues I can do something about, I can contact the people we owe money and make payment arrangement.



The financial issues are only 25% of the problem. It's the other 75% that I'm not sure how to take care of. I'll figure it out though, I just have to calm down, take a deep breath and let go. I have found one thing that alleviates the ulcer and that is prayer. Another thing that alleviates it, is writing. Writing is therapeutic and it calms me. Therefore, I am going to have to make myself sit down and write when I get upset.



At least I solved the problem of what to write about in this blog entry. I wish all my problems were that easily solved. I'm not surprised that I have an ulcer, I'm a worrier and worriers have a tendency to have ulcers. I just have to learn to let go of the worry and put everything in God's hands. I also have to learn that breakfast is a meal I can't skip any more. Breakfast should be no problem for the next several weeks because I have a cupboard full of cereal. In addition, I have both canned and powdered milk so I don't have to worry about what to have for breakfast. If I get tired of cereal, then I can always eat apple sauce.