Feeling Ill

The longer I worked for Walmart, the more likely I became to ignore what was going on with my body.  I'd find someway to look past deficiencies, to push through sickness or injury to get the job done, and then maybe think about what is going on later.  Of course, this was helped by a pretty decent track record of not needing to head to the doctor to get myself well.  Drink orange juice, rest when not working, and sleep well.

Now seems different.  Maybe it is harder for me to focus on pushing past things when I am trying to do homework.  Maybe I'm getting older, thus it is getting harder to bounce back.  Maybe things are starting build up, and affect me more.

In any case, I don't feel well today as I try to focus on getting homework done.  On the one hand, I have muscle aches leftover from moving and then hiking yesterday.  On the other hand, something hasn't been right with my digestive tract for a little while, and I wonder if my diet has something to do with that.

I want to go to the doctor to get that figured out, by my experience with doctors lately has been lacking: hand over some money to get no answers.  Now that I'm in seminary, I can't afford to spend money if it is not in a useful way.

I've been trying to stay active since I've been here.  Am I doing too much, trying too many new things?  Am I not focusing on myself as much as I need to?  Or is it all scientific, and medicine the answer?  Or is there another way?