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January 4, 2009
MR Is Never Sick
Never in the entire four years we've been together has he had even so much as a sniffle. Never sick. Not in eight years. He's never sick.
So last night when he got his first migraine in years, I was a little alarmed.
Before CR, he used to get them once a month, and they were debilitating. Horrible. Extreme pain, lasting more than 24 hours, with nausea, sensory disturbances, etc. His brother and father and sister get them too, but CR pretty much knocked out his. He had gotten only two in the approximately ten years he's practiced CR.
Until last night. At dinner he said he had a headache. Then it got worse and worse and he couldn't finish his food. MR ALWAYS eats all his food. I was scared. I put him to bed and hovered over him more than was helpful but I was freaked out! He never feels ill! And so soon upon Philomena's passing, I was worried he was going to die.
He recovered in record time, and in a few hours got up to finish his dinner do the dishes and go to bed (he did applaud my efforts to put the dishes in the dishwasher -- in our house, I cook and clean but he does dishes.) This morning he was fine, and he slept well.
It occurs to me that normal couples deal with one or the other being ill quite early in a relationship, and it is downright freakish that I had never seen my angel experience even the smallest amount of sickness in four years. CR does that -- it cures everything and what it doesn't cure it prevents. To me, that is worth just as much if not more than life-extension. Enjoying the life you have now, in a healthy body. Even with that one migraine (brought on I think by tremendous stress as I was needing so much support grieving for Philomena) he only felt extreme pain for a few hours, and mild pain for a day. No cold, no flu, nothing of the sort, ever.
More soon on weekend foods...
Posted by april at January 4, 2009 11:45 AM
Comments
Are you and MR okay April? Where are you? You are missed!!!
Posted by: Holly at January 10, 2009 6:10 PM