Flip the Script: Adaptations of the Body

Day Forty-eight

Adaptations of the Body

“Close your eyes and focus your awareness into your body. Feel the rhythm of your breathing and blood flow. Feel the life force within you. Feel the great presence of your love. Open your eyes and just flow.” ~Elizabeth Peru, Australian-based spiritual teacher, cosmic guide and author of The Tip-Off Global Energy Forecast

In March, I had a lymph node on my neck that kept swelling amidst the colds and flus that my daughter, son-in-law, grandson, and I were passing back and forth for two months. I wasn’t alarmed at first because I know that our bodies can fight infection and viruses with swelling and fever. When the lymph node continued to grow and started to hurt, I went to the emergency room and five days later had surgery to remove the lymph node. It was infected with streptococcus.

When I arrived at the hospital, I received blood work every day and until the surgery I had normal blood counts. After the surgery, my blood work showed that I was anemic. Other than a few weeks during my third pregnancy, I have never been anemic. I thought about taking iron pills but my instinct was to rest, eat more leafy green vegetables and give my body time to heal.

Recently, I was reading the book You Staying Young by Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr…