20200612 SLLLAVERS for FRIDAY - POST VERTIGO ONSET - DAY 7

SILENCE

Did not do this this morning; I was focused on sleeping at a 45 degree angle (due to Vertigo), and I forgot.

LLL

Live.  Love.  Laugh.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
6. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
7. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
8. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
9. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
10. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.

Also said aloud for 70 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

Yesterday, I weighed 193.4 

Today, I weigh           193.2 (-0.2)

Tomorrow, I visualize weighing less than I weigh today.

EXERCISE

I did a PARTIAL base-70 routine.  This is the first day I've done my routine exercises since the onset of vertigo (BPPV) 6 days ago.  Last night I slept at a 45 degree angle - better than I thought I would.  Since the BPPV began during my inversion table sets, I have now eliminated them from my routine.  I'm also not doing push-ups or squats - at least until I'm sure I wouldn't be affecting my BPPV recovery:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. (while still in bed, at approx. 45 degree angle) bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. inversion table
6. push-ups

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says that if it were only brawn that determined social heirarchy, sapiens would be somewhere in the middle (between single-cell entities and dinosaurs).  But since sapiens are at the top, there are certainly other factors:  mental, social.  Harari comments that it's hard to believe that the most stable and influential social heirarchy is founded on males' ability to coerce females.

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says Dr. Seuss is genius, and simple.  I'd like to be remembered for my wit/written word.  But I need to remember that writing principles are simple - but not easy.  OK, I get that.

*sigh*

OK.  I know I'm "getting older" now.  I'll soon be saying "70" and I'm not in a rush to get there.  But what's really happened to me lately?

I was resuming my routine in anticipation of being in better shape (losing 20 pounds, building as much muscle and stamina as I can).  So that when I DO say "70," I will add "but look how I'm in such good shape for my age."

But no.  My plan was thwarted by the onset of vertigo (Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo).  Self-diagnosed, but I'm close to 100% sure that's what it is.  I'm on Day 7 of it.

GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

I'm still in denial that it will be a permanent condition.  I could be right about that.  Bill Laursen's vertigo plagued him 15 years ago, and now it's gone.  So mine could leave, too.

The prospect of weaving and hobbling through the rest of my life is, in a word, unappealing.  But the reality has set in.

Last night, I read a study about sleeping positions in people with BPPV, and it showed that those who slept at a 45 degree angle did better than those who slept flat.  I tried it last night, and had measurable success.  I still wore my CPAP mask, and was able to sleep most of the night.  I'm fairly sure that I'm more rested and less vertiginous (?) than I would have been.

So that's what I'm gonig to try to do.  It will be challenging since I'm going to be travelling for the next 2 weeks, but I'll do what I can.