I'll admit it - this is a little bit of a bragging post.
I've crossed a few more things off my Superhero To-Do List:
-I've lost 10lbs (10/28/11)
-I found a reason to dress up (attended Colorado Symphony Orchestra performance of Holst's The Planets, complete with imagery from NASA - it was music geek and astro geek rolled into one! 10/1/11)
-I've learned some new songs on the cello
And the big one:
-My paper on social media engagement has been accepted by the International Digital Media and Arts Journal and will be published in early 2012! My first publication, and my first experience with peer-reviewed journals.
I've got a few more in the works, including training for my first post-surgery-sickness-body-explosion 5K (December 11, the Jingle Bell Run to benefit the Arthritis Foundation), and I'm prepping my application to the Society of New Communications Research (SNCR) for their 2012 Fellowship program.
I haven't been able to visit the doctors at Craig Hospital yet, strictly due to lack of time, but I will be helping out with the new SuperBetter platform by supporting players and offering tips in their game experience. I am so incredibly excited to be doing this!
One new addition to my To-Do list is to make more regular posts about social media and health, and innovative methods for treatment and disease management. I'm challenging myself to start with bi-weekly posts in December (don't look at me like that! The project proposal for SNCR is going to suck up a lot of my time in November.)
Thank you for indulging me with this quick self-congratulatory posting. I hope to have something a little less navel-gazing for you next time. ;)
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
NEW SKILL ACQUIRED
The Medium
"Ungh!" Clutching my side and steadying myself, I nearly doubled over in pain. The pain was getting more and more frequent, and nothing I did was helping. Was it me? A few quick tests seemed to show I was fine...
It was Jessi. Judging from her messages and my experience, she wasn't doing so well. "Meet me online," I wrote in a message. "ASAP."
While waiting, I pored over my texts, and analyzed every symptom, every potion, every feeling she was experiencing, and her upcoming trials. I leaned back in my chair looking between my notes, her emails, and my texts, and took a deep breath. Most of what I considered showing her risked making some other ailment worse.
One technique to dispel the vampire's venom might intensify the rage of the beast - and calming the beast might strengthen the potions' effects to the point of becoming toxic. Did I get in over my head? At that moment, Jessi logged on and initiated contact.
I took another deep breath. Focus. One step at a time. There must be something. Something basic...
Of course!
"Jessi, I have something I learned from basic training, and they drilled it into us to become part of our foundation. It will keep the fire of humanity glowing within you, to help you resist the beast and the vampire. You can do this by yourself any time you feel vulnerable. This is from the introductory texts of the Enduring Blaze. I will be referring to them often as I try to help you. Find a copy. Later on, I can show you more tricks to detect and gauge the evils' presence/severity in your body when you have another ally present."
New Skill Acquired: The Spark of Humanity. +25 XP
New Mission: Acquire Enduring Blaze texts
Loot: http://tinyurl.com/5rchxqt
New Mission: Teach local allies detection techniques
New Mission: Perform the Spark of Humanity daily (Power Up, +5 XP/day)
(OOC)
Perhaps I should have included a little background after my intro post, but I'll do it now...as much of the fiction I wrote in for my character mirrors what I'm doing IRL.
I'm learning Eden Energy Medicine...I took the five day basic course back in August, which they're phasing out in favor of a 2-year certification program (I start in May). The book I linked is essentially the textbook - and the 5 day course used to be the only training you received before you were considered ready to practice (I fictionalized all of this). Donna Eden's teaching includes learning about the meridians, chakras, and neurolymphatics, among many other things. Her start was in Touch for Health. Also, I got my Reiki 1 certification a week ago.
I actually WAS a little overwhelmed by the obscene list of considerations. A LOT of things I could have shown Jessica were contraindicated by other things...specifically relating to the blood thinners (spleen meridian) and the jaw infection (infection, triple warmer; location, stomach meridian). Also, Donna Eden's website, innersource.net, has nothing about Chron's disease yet. >.< However, most auto-immune diseases revolve around an over-active triple warmer. I'm assuming Chron's is no different, and later on I'll look further into this.
With all the blood thinners, it would have been a big mistake to actually thump or massage those points Donna Eden mentioned...BUT, you can go through the gestures without actually striking/massaging the skin and still get an effect. I also told Jessi to put her arms under her armpits - which would send energy directly into the spleen and liver. Also showed to trace the lung meridian.
I mentioned triple warmer briefly, as it's at the root of a LOT of auto-immune diseases. Donna Eden has said over and over that an imbalance between spleen and triple warmer is *also* at the root of a lot of problems Americans have. Triple warmer governs the body's defense systems and will fight to keep a person alive; it plays a big role in stress as well.
Usually it's called for to strengthen spleen and calm triple warmer, but between the jaw infection, blood thinners, and not being able to energy test (need a partner) to verify anything I wasn't going to take a risk.
I settled on the 5-minute routine (linked above - any of you can do it for an effect. There's virtually no risk involved - though if you feel worse after doing it for a few days, talk to me - I'd need to show you a few more things), tracing the lung meridian (from the chest, over the shoulder and off the thumbnail), and tracing the stomach meridian - at least the part on the face (start at each cheekbone, drop down to the mandible, trace it up the side and around the outside of the face, drop straight down between the eyebrows to the collarbone).
Lung will help keep the lungs functioning, and tracing that part of the stomach meridian *might* help move some of the energy of that jaw infection. Spleen deals with the blood and metabolism - which is why I suggested the 'hands in armpits' pose. It's a way to add energy to spleen without moving/taking it from somewhere else.
"Ungh!" Clutching my side and steadying myself, I nearly doubled over in pain. The pain was getting more and more frequent, and nothing I did was helping. Was it me? A few quick tests seemed to show I was fine...
It was Jessi. Judging from her messages and my experience, she wasn't doing so well. "Meet me online," I wrote in a message. "ASAP."
While waiting, I pored over my texts, and analyzed every symptom, every potion, every feeling she was experiencing, and her upcoming trials. I leaned back in my chair looking between my notes, her emails, and my texts, and took a deep breath. Most of what I considered showing her risked making some other ailment worse.
One technique to dispel the vampire's venom might intensify the rage of the beast - and calming the beast might strengthen the potions' effects to the point of becoming toxic. Did I get in over my head? At that moment, Jessi logged on and initiated contact.
I took another deep breath. Focus. One step at a time. There must be something. Something basic...
Of course!
"Jessi, I have something I learned from basic training, and they drilled it into us to become part of our foundation. It will keep the fire of humanity glowing within you, to help you resist the beast and the vampire. You can do this by yourself any time you feel vulnerable. This is from the introductory texts of the Enduring Blaze. I will be referring to them often as I try to help you. Find a copy. Later on, I can show you more tricks to detect and gauge the evils' presence/severity in your body when you have another ally present."
New Skill Acquired: The Spark of Humanity. +25 XP
New Mission: Acquire Enduring Blaze texts
Loot: http://tinyurl.com/5rchxqt
New Mission: Teach local allies detection techniques
New Mission: Perform the Spark of Humanity daily (Power Up, +5 XP/day)
(OOC)
Perhaps I should have included a little background after my intro post, but I'll do it now...as much of the fiction I wrote in for my character mirrors what I'm doing IRL.
I'm learning Eden Energy Medicine...I took the five day basic course back in August, which they're phasing out in favor of a 2-year certification program (I start in May). The book I linked is essentially the textbook - and the 5 day course used to be the only training you received before you were considered ready to practice (I fictionalized all of this). Donna Eden's teaching includes learning about the meridians, chakras, and neurolymphatics, among many other things. Her start was in Touch for Health. Also, I got my Reiki 1 certification a week ago.
I actually WAS a little overwhelmed by the obscene list of considerations. A LOT of things I could have shown Jessica were contraindicated by other things...specifically relating to the blood thinners (spleen meridian) and the jaw infection (infection, triple warmer; location, stomach meridian). Also, Donna Eden's website, innersource.net, has nothing about Chron's disease yet. >.< However, most auto-immune diseases revolve around an over-active triple warmer. I'm assuming Chron's is no different, and later on I'll look further into this.
With all the blood thinners, it would have been a big mistake to actually thump or massage those points Donna Eden mentioned...BUT, you can go through the gestures without actually striking/massaging the skin and still get an effect. I also told Jessi to put her arms under her armpits - which would send energy directly into the spleen and liver. Also showed to trace the lung meridian.
I mentioned triple warmer briefly, as it's at the root of a LOT of auto-immune diseases. Donna Eden has said over and over that an imbalance between spleen and triple warmer is *also* at the root of a lot of problems Americans have. Triple warmer governs the body's defense systems and will fight to keep a person alive; it plays a big role in stress as well.
Usually it's called for to strengthen spleen and calm triple warmer, but between the jaw infection, blood thinners, and not being able to energy test (need a partner) to verify anything I wasn't going to take a risk.
I settled on the 5-minute routine (linked above - any of you can do it for an effect. There's virtually no risk involved - though if you feel worse after doing it for a few days, talk to me - I'd need to show you a few more things), tracing the lung meridian (from the chest, over the shoulder and off the thumbnail), and tracing the stomach meridian - at least the part on the face (start at each cheekbone, drop down to the mandible, trace it up the side and around the outside of the face, drop straight down between the eyebrows to the collarbone).
Lung will help keep the lungs functioning, and tracing that part of the stomach meridian *might* help move some of the energy of that jaw infection. Spleen deals with the blood and metabolism - which is why I suggested the 'hands in armpits' pose. It's a way to add energy to spleen without moving/taking it from somewhere else.
Achievement
In Reward For
Getting through the onslaught of Clerics of the Beast
Achievement Unlocked:
Survival of the Leach Mongers
+ to Fortitude of the Huntress
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Epic Win!
I'm loving the character outlines you guys are posting here, but I have to interrupt for a moment to tell you of my awesome epic win today.
I've used up all my sick time at work, and in the last two weeks, I missed about 20 hours. I had previously been told that I wasn't eligible for FMLA because my one-year anniversary isn't until March 29. So I was partially freaking out and really struggling to make it to work 8 hours a day.
Today I had a meeting with my boss, my department head, and a senior manager from HR. The HR manager had worked some kind of magic and got me approved for FMLA early! So this means I no longer have to freak out about missing work and worrying that I'll get fired, I'm going to work a reduced schedule (half days for now, we'll see what the doctors say next week) so that I can rest and heal, and I can go to my doctors as needed.
My boss and department head totally stick up for me with all this, so whether they know it or not, they're playing this game too, because they just gave me this:
Now someone (cough-JP-cough) needs to help me put this into game terms, haha. I know I kinda created this achievement for myself, but this is a HUGE weight off my back and will go a long way towards defeating the bad guys of exhaustion and job stress. (I am also so going to make some achievement- and mission-related graphics.)
Back to character narratives - keep 'em comin'!
I've used up all my sick time at work, and in the last two weeks, I missed about 20 hours. I had previously been told that I wasn't eligible for FMLA because my one-year anniversary isn't until March 29. So I was partially freaking out and really struggling to make it to work 8 hours a day.
Today I had a meeting with my boss, my department head, and a senior manager from HR. The HR manager had worked some kind of magic and got me approved for FMLA early! So this means I no longer have to freak out about missing work and worrying that I'll get fired, I'm going to work a reduced schedule (half days for now, we'll see what the doctors say next week) so that I can rest and heal, and I can go to my doctors as needed.
My boss and department head totally stick up for me with all this, so whether they know it or not, they're playing this game too, because they just gave me this:
Achievement Unlocked:
Rest for the Weary
Now someone (cough-JP-cough) needs to help me put this into game terms, haha. I know I kinda created this achievement for myself, but this is a HUGE weight off my back and will go a long way towards defeating the bad guys of exhaustion and job stress. (I am also so going to make some achievement- and mission-related graphics.)
Back to character narratives - keep 'em comin'!
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