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Feather Pillows And Other Fluff in Stuff

 

I had to get rid of my feather pillow. FYI- feather pillows and down comforters are linked to interstitial lung disease. How will I ever find something as mushy as a feather pillow? Anyone else like a mushy pillow and what do you have? Oh, and by the way, the comfort is not to die for!

This is what I have heard from so many already.This article from Catalan News states that feather pillows can cause idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.  Pay attention that one has a lifespan of 3-5 years. The Daily Mail writes  about other icky stuff in pillows. And this journal article talks aboutFeather duvet lung (FDL). I have used hypoallergenic pillow covers religiously for several years now.  I will swear by those. But if there is a chance that a pillow can take away any more air from my lungs, it is out of here.

What did others suggest?  I have not researched all of these and cannot recommend one over the other or to say which is a safer alternative.
One person suggested Kapok pillow.
Another suggested bamboo pillows.  
Another suggested a Tempurpedic pillow
Several people suggested the pricey My Pillow 

I ordered My Pillow. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Where am I? I won’t do that again!

WHAT WAS THAT? I had a nuclear stress test today, and it was a terrifying experience. I would have loved the challenge of doing the treadmill, as I have been on the treadmill for six months, not fast but on there. However, my knee was bad, and I didn’t want to injure it anymore.

Instead, they give you a shot that causes your heart to feel stressed. CRAP that was terrifying. My breathing was so bad, and the pressure in my chest was frightening. Tears just rolled down my cheeks as I tried to maintain. YIKES, but worse than that, after the test I felt extremely confused. That freaked me out. When I told the doctors, they brushed it off. Then I felt incredibly emotional. Hope I don’t have to do that again.

Plus… I spend all this time eating right and not putting things in my body, and they come to me with a shot that they have to carry in a metal box? I let them put that in me? Wow, one day in the future we will look at our medicine and think, “how barbaric.” Has anyone else had this done and react to it?

I’m doing what it takes to be the best me I can be. My goal is to one day get back on the dance floor.

I found this https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497239/ It says that in rare cases this an cause amnesia. Guess I’m a rare case. This link gives me so much peace. I thought I was losing it.

You always wanted to be famous.

Yesterday at a birthday party for my granddaughter my best friend asked my x husband what he thought of how far I have come. ( I’m good friends with x husband number two and we do have a grown child and granddaughter in common.)  He said, “Well, you always wanted to be famous.”  And you have done it.

I was surprised that this is what he thought I wanted. I didn’t want to be famous. I wanted to make a living at my art and writing.  Notoriety was a part of that equation. It was inevitable.  I didn’t seek fame I sought things to feed my soul.

In the conversation, my heart whispered.

“Please God, can I have more time, can I continue to work and grow and achieve some more?” I said these things, feeling pressure in my chest and on oxygen. I have no idea what my future holds. It is time to absorb how far I have come. Rest here and see what happens.

Pusche

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