Now that I’ve spent so much time on my Introduction and Illness pages, I’m all talked out! Ha, ha. When you consider how many breaks I had to take while writing them, you can guess that I’m about bored with all this for now. But I am just coming out of what was a two-month long remission so it is important that I start documenting how I am feeling to show how all of this progresses, so let me cut to the basics…
My temp has been hovering around at about 100 degrees for the past couple of days. Yes, not very impressive, but it sure feels like at least 103. Can’t figure that part out either. This is what… week three? that this has been going on? I have the chills, the grainy eyes, achieness, and I sweat when it drops even slightly, like when a major fever breaks. My usual temp is 98.6, just like most everyone else’s, so it isn’t that its high for me. Just another one of those mysteries. Also, I don’t know if it is my temp going up and down that causes the night sweats, but lately they have been pretty consistent and quite drenching.
I am not in any pain today. Some discomfort in the joints, but my shoulder seems to be the only source of actual pain and that is only when I move it around. I am pretty stiff and can’t sit in one position for too long without locking up. My mood is pretty grim. It was an absolutely gorgeous day outside with temps almost in the 70’s and I couldn’t talk myself into getting out and enjoying it. My biggest complaint today is the headache. It’s a crap shoot trying to treat it. Advil almost always makes it worse, so when I have a headache, that means I have no Advil for the muscle stuff. I’m on week two now of not being able to use it. And about half the time, even Tylenol makes it worse and today was one of those days. However, it has diminshed to the point where I hardly know it is there, so things are looking up.
I’ve had to fight sleep all day and when I had the opportunity to take a nap, I couldn’t fall asleep. Now bedtime is fast approaching and I’m wide awake. I have yet to make another appointment with my PCP to get another prescription to try, so I will just have to keep going to bed late and getting up late. Ambien helped me fall asleep faster, but I would wake up a couple hours later and couldn’t get back to sleep. At least doing this way, I can get 6 or so hours in at night.
I’m a little itchy today, but no rash. I weighed myself three times yesterday because the scales said I had lost 5 lbs, but today they say I’ve gained back those 5 lbs. For the last couple of days, I had been having intense stomach cramps and diarhea so maybe that explains the weight change (this time). I’m feel hungry right now, by the way. My stomach feels empty, but I just ate dinner a couple of hours ago. Of course it has been like that for a couple of weeks. I can eat a huge meal and just an hour later feel like I’ve not eaten all day. Considering the amount of food I’ve been putting away in a day, you would think I would have gained, but aside from that drop mentioned above, I’ve maintained the same weight.
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