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Change of Plans
03/07/08
12:24:13 am, by admin 
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Categories: ...and Takes On, Korea, Tae Kwon Do, Feats and Defeats (Language)
Change of Plans
I just wrote a post detailing why I'm so frustrated today, but scratch that.
Yesterday, in taekwondo, I was having a heck of a time with some kicking drills. We had to do a roundhouse, then a spinning roundhouse. I said to Sabumnim the Man, "다리들이···소주를···마신것 같아요." It seems like my legs have drunk some soju. But I was thinking while speaking, so it came out like "Leg plural marker object marker...soju subject marker...drink past tense seems like..." Sabumnim the Man burst out laughing.
Tonight I got to class and found out we'd be playing soccer outside. Unfortunately, it's a bit too cold for my Raynaud's Disease. I said, in Korean, "Um, it's cold." He scoffed and I said, "No. Um...OK. Blood vessels." He didn't understand me, so I pointed to the vessels you can see in your wrist. "Blood vessels...usually, when it's cold, they are like this," I said. I made an O with my fingers. "But mine are like this." I made a tiny O. "And...um..." How do you show a rash? I tapped my face with my fingers and said, "Puh puh puh puh." He stared at me. I thought. "Red! Red! Ahh! I don't know doctor Korean." But he understood, so I went on. I put my hand on my chest and faked breathing problems. I finished with, "And I don't have a training suit. Is Master here?"
Master was downstairs, so he loaned me a training jacket and things were well.
A footprint someone left inside the studio window last night.
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I do want to visit Blue Wave! I'm just not sure when I'll be able to. ^^
Hey that footprint picture is pretty cool. At first I thought...what the hell is that?? That's not a footprint... I had to look at it for a few seconds before I realized it WAS a footprint ha. Genius, I am.
When I was in seventh grade, my thumbs started "swelling up" at the school bus stop in the morning. I really can't describe it well. They turned red and felt itchy and the skin felt very tight.
Over time it got worse. My hands would break out in rashes, my cheeks, ears nose, arms. Ugh.
The worst thing is that it's not just cold that can bring the spasms on...stress can, too! When I was a teenager, if I got stressed, my NOSE would "swell up."
The thing is, the "swelling" isn't really visible to most people, especially if both thumbs are that way. There's no visual comparison point.
My grandmother happened to be reading some medical book aimed at the general population. Some sort of symptoms and treatments book and came across Raynaud's Disease and Phenomena. Still, didn't go to the doctor for a long while after that.
The odd thing is that an outbreak when it's 70 degs outside can be worse than one where it's only 20 degs out! In the wintertime, I can eat ice cream outside, no problem. In the summertime, my lips may swell up. If it's 70 degs and there's moisture in the air, I can have a breakout, but if it's 20 degs and the air is dry, no problem.
When I was younger the outbreaks were much worse than now. I know that women (usually women get it) can outgrow it over time. For a while, I was doing a lot of running outside. I think that acted as a form of biofeedback. But I'm not sure, because I moved from MN nearly 10 years ago, and I haven't lived anywhere with the same climate since then.
I do have to bundle up more than most people, and if I go grocery shopping with someone, I make them handle the frozen foods. I'm lucky because my symptoms seemed to have decreased over time.
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