On some -mornings- ...err, on some days, I notice when I wake up, my hands are notably more sore and stiff than on others. My knees and bag feel week and achy. Something just isn’t right.

Last week, I was experiencing exceptionally stressful neck pain which stopped me from getting to sleep. I caved and, against my better judgment, took a TylenolPM I found in the medicine closet. I woke up the next day, achy, swollen, stiff, and quite frankly, afraid. It wore off. When it happened again a few days later after not having taken any meds, I decided I should start writing down the details of everything I subject my body to to draw conclusions from the patterns that arise. So I’ve started keeping a log of the food I’ve been eating. In it, I also keep track of the way I feel each morning, whether I’ve exercised or practiced qi gong, and what adjustments or treatments I’ve received that day. Hopefully I’ll be able to find some dots big enough to connect, or at the very least, improve my handwriting, however incrementally.