5-minute Freewrite Day 550 prompt: Bison
This is the time of year when I usually make my semi-annual visit to my sister's house in Montana. My customary route takes me past the National Bison Range at Moiese, Montana, and sometimes I take the time to travel around Prairie Drive and see if there are any bison in view.
This year I didn't make plans to go in April, because my husband was scheduled for rotator cuff surgery on his right (dominant) shoulder on April 2, and I figured I'd be busy helping him out and driving him to physical therapy. Well, he got sick late in March and was not well enough for surgery on April 2, so it has been rescheduled for May 9. I still didn't get to go to Montana, though, because then I got sick, too, and wasted two weeks coughing and blowing. Then my new health care provider decided my estrogen level was dangerously high, changed my bio-identical hormone cream ingredients, and threw me back into peri-menopause, basically. I am lucky if I get two hours of sleep uninterrupted by a night sweat. I am too tired and sleep-deprived to drive all the way to my sister's house, and I am very peeved.
The tiny sliver of silver lining inside this cloud of disappointment is that I have time to read lots of Steemit posts while I sit around being tired and groggy. But I need to find a balance between reading lots of posts and getting around to posting something myself. Seems like it is one or the other.
Sorry to hear about your health issues and sleeplessness on top of it all. At least if you can sleep you can escape the misery for a bit.
And with no further ado, your prompt for today is:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-551-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-i-m-blessed
Thank you! I have been away from my computer for a couple of days, but am determined to do a weekend freewrite!
The picture is beautiful and it must be magnificent to see them in the flesh.
So sorry to hear about your health troubles. Hope that your body adjusts soon and that your husband’s surgery will go well!
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Thank you for the well-wishes!
@scribblingramma when I went through menopause I was in a thrift shop and sweating my ass off, a woman approached me and told me to take these supplements, flaxseed oil, primrose oil and black cohash, I am not sure if the last one is spelled right. I took them and in like a month all my symptoms were gone and never came back. When my sister was going through it, I told her what to take and her symptoms stopped. I would check with your Dr first before taking since you are on other medication, but I swear by it.
Thanks for the suggestions. The first time I went through this, several years ago, I tried everything anybody suggested, and nothing really helped until the doctor got the right concoction of bio-identical hormone cream for me. It took a while for him to figure it out; he admitted I was one of his more challenging patients! Now I'm just super-annoyed because it's all back again. I had been actually living and enjoying life for about two years, not just going through the motions like I did for years, and am now.
@scribblingramma I can not imagine going through it for that long then have it come back, I feel for you.
Sounds like a whirlwind of troubles all at once. Even with all the positivity in my posts, I face a lot of stress and drama here was well.
Stay strong, and remain positive!
Some good ole Vitamin D whilst you write make you feel real good!
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Yes, the long-awaited recent sunshine has been quite helpful!
I don't see a bison photo, but I bet that Bison Range is cool @scribblingramma 👍
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Now I see it, my stupid photo must be acting up. Time to reboot
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There are days when my computer refuses to show me any photos on Steemit. I don't get it.
When it rains it pours or in your case, you are pouring sweat. No fun and I hope you feel better real soon. Wishing your husband a successful surgery on May 9th. The photo if the bison is awesome.
Thank you very much!