How to heal faster, in the winter, and summer.

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Okay, I knew this.  I simply forgot.  My legs hurt a good deal, from pushing, pulling, lifting.  As do my arms and back, high and low on the back, shoulders.  No problem, I pushed them.  The young gent working with me was about at his limits, as to work, as well as me.  So... that... it was serious effort.  Of course, he wasn't even sore the next day.  And, often, he works that hard on any given, if not every, day.  Bleh.

I was simply not healing, though.  Then again, I wasn't dressing as well as I usually had been, so I wasn't as warm.  This morning, after showering, I layered as I had been before falling down from exhaustion.  And?  And I can tell it is helping to heal.  It will still take a while.  I don't, won't, can't, heal as quickly as used to be the case.  But this will help heal a good deal faster.

As to the summer?  The trick is to be cool.  I remember, now.  It has always been the case.  So... I'll take care to dress and be warmers.  It'll work.  It will still take a week or two to heal up.  That is better than a month or two, I guess.  If you are young, or healthy enough to heal quickly, enjoy it.  When it is gone, it's a brutal life.

I realize, now, why ritalin was so difficult for me to take.  It allowed me to work beyond my body's ability to heal.  It was brutal to take, actually.  If I had access to it, again, I might try it, but not daily.  It was so harsh, if I didn't understand why, back then.  There is no chance for me to become truly addicted.  I was on the stuff for two years, and tried to take it daily as my doctor preferred.  I couldn't.  Had to take time off from the stuff, from days to even months.  Brutal stuff for me to take.  I would do more work than my body could repair from, and every day I took it.  I just wanted to sleep, on the stuff, but couldn't sleep!

Well, now I do understand.

Chores are done.  Warming to begin repairing.  Tired, still, and quite sore.  But the warmth is really a generous thing.  Back on to a bit of resting, perhaps gaming, or on back to bed for a bit.  So very tired, sore, even if better.