Just One of Those Days

Today is Tuesday, July 4, 2023 and the title says it all. We all have some good days and some bad days…Today is not a great day for me. Nothing major has happened الحمد لله , I just woke up not feeling that great…physically and emotionally. I was lucky that I didn’t have any early appointments to wake up for and rush off to. I finally got my bloodwork results in the morning and I’m super happy and grateful to report that my CK levels are continuing in the downward trend! Unfortunately my protein levels are the lowest that they’ve been, but hopefully my nutritionist will let me know what we can do to fix this situation.

My first appointment was occupational therapy at 10:00 am and thankfully most of my session was dedicated to a lot of lower body stretching that my muscles were in desperate need of! My OT also concentrated on stretching the tiny muscles in my foot because my joints there were causing some pain and stiffness that was very uncomfortable. While all the stretching was painful initially, I ended up feeling so much better when it was over since all the tension in my lower body was released. It’s amazing what a little stretching can do for your body…and especially for my body, wow!

Next up was my physical therapy session (we switched the timing of OT with PT today since I was going to swim and decided to keep that at the end). That was a good decision because we all know that being in the water is amazing, and the exercises I did felt great, but once I was out of the pool I could feel just how hard my muscles were worked. I was so ready to go back home and call it a day.

I had one more appointment and it couldn’t have come at a better time…my zoom therapy session. Lucky for me it’s from the comfort of my own home but it was quite an emotional session…a much-needed one though. Just as releasing the tension in muscles through the stretching felt amazing, so did releasing my emotions through talking. I’m extremely thankful that I am able to have the support needed to get me through all of this on a physical and mental level. I felt good by the time the session ended and hopefully I’ll wake tomorrow feeling even better and better. Until then…

اللهم اشرح لي صدري، ويسر لي أمري، واحلل عقدة من لساني يفقهوا قولي.

اللهم اجعل القرآن ربيع صدري، ونور قلبي، وجلاء حزني، وذهاب همي.

اللهم اختر الخير لي في الدين والدنيا والآخرة.

اللهم إني أسألك العفو والعافية والمعافاة الدائمة في الدين والدنيا والآخرة.