Boo Hoo Hoo For Me

Ok, I realize I am a Murphy but "Murphy's Law" (Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.)  has truly been following me here in the area of health.  At home, I get a cold  once a year, if that.  I've been here for four months now and I've been sick almost every week!  Colds, stomach flu, throat infection etc--every other week!  On the weeks I'm not sick, I suffer from extreme fatigue and exhaustion.  I finally realized I have to get really agressive with my health or else I won't be here much longer.  I spoke with the friends here about the severity of my health problems (unfortunately I'm not always open about not feeling well so no one really knew how bad it was :-( )  They have kicked into high gear my requests for tons of fruits, veggies and eliminating alot of the white bread and other things I was eating.  It's been about a week and a half and I can really feel the difference, whew!  Unfortunately, in my quest to try and get more energy a few weeks ago before I changed my diet, I went to the gym.  I got a little over zealous with the weights, thinking I was She-Ra or somebody.  I picked up a weight that was too heavy to do dead lifts in bad form and as I was doing them, I knew something was very wrong.  Did I stop?  Of course not.  Hey don't judge!  I've said I'm working on modesty and knowing my limits!  Anywho, I pulled a muscle in my back.  Again, I said nothing as I was still able to get around.  I thought it was feeling a little better until I wore heels two days ago.  I guess that made my back tighten more and good googly moogly did I regret that!  Later that night, I was totally unable to move and thought for sure my next post would be about the Nicaraguan ER!  Fortunately, I got some ice on it which has gotten me back moving although apparently not very well.   As I walked through the market today thinking I was doing a good job of seeming ok, a lady at a booth called out to me, "Hey you! Yeah you, American!  You need medicine?  I got lots of medicine!  You NEED some medicine!!"  I couldn't help but laugh.  I'm going to keep on with the ice and heat also to see if that eventually helps.  If not, I guess I'll try a massage or accupuncture like some people here are recommending.  Any suggestions on what to do for a pulled back muscle??   So now to the point of this post!  As I was laying in bed incapacitated yesterday feeling sorry for myself *smile* I decided to try to find other need greater blogs to encourage myself.  I found a really cute video called "Bad Day" that made me feel better.  Thanks Zach at Gravy Train for letting me post it!  Here is the link:  http://gravytrain5.com/movies/bad_day.html  I hope everyone at home is well!

I feel weird not putting at least one picture on this post so here is a random picture I took today.  (See mom and dad-- I'm ok, really!!!!)