Creative
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Too Much…
So, yesterday morning, I put the ingredients for a pot roast into my slow cooker. The carrots had to be peeled but the potato’s were small and just had to be washed. I put everything in and pressed start! Next, I decided to vacuum two rooms in the downstairs of my home. By the time I finished, I knew I had reached my limit. My head was throbbing, I was nauseous and my muscles felt like I had run several miles. In addition, the joint pain was significantly increased. So, I stopped and took a short nap. It didn’t help. During the night last night, I awoke several times with…
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Pain Scales
Here are two of the pain scales I promised. These are just suggestions but, if you would like to use them, feel free. If you are familiar with Excel, it is relatively easy to create one there as well. The top blocks on the first pain scale are for your symptoms. Then, you would put a check in each day that you experience those symptoms. This second pain scale allows you to write out your symptoms on a daily basis. It requires a little more work on our part but also allows more freedom for new symptoms. In addition, this affords the ability to document where on your body the…
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If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try Again…
I am still trying to get the pain scales to upload successfully so you can actually read them. I PROMISE I WILL GET THEM TO YOU! Life has sort of happened over the past week or so. As you may know, routines are very important when you are chronically ill. Once I deviate from a routine, miss part of my routine, or simply change a time, my body notices. I am working to integrate posting here into my daily routine. This not only allows me to get things done here but to do that without it affecting my health. So, today will be a test day. You may see several…
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Keep Track of EVERYTHING!
Keeping track of your symptoms daily, is almost a requirement. It doesn’t matter how you do it. Use something that works for you and is the easiest thing you can manage. Here are a few ideas: It really doesn’t matter what it looks like. The main point is that you will use it and take it to each physician’s office visit with you. Don’t be afraid if you have personal information on your list as a trigger. Your doctor needs to know that as well. I am not able to post much more today because I am in the midst of a migraine cycle. I will do my best to…
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Through The Correct Looking Glass
Today, let’s look at helpful tips to help others see your true illness. Now, I know how difficult it is to go out without looking “presentable.” But I would challenge you to determine if “presentable” means to you. Don’t take into account what others will think. I’ve been doing just that and it isn’t working for me. Is it working for you? If it is, that’s great! I am truly happy for you. However, from what I’ve seen on social media, it doesn’t work for the majority of people. I would suggest being clean and having clean clothes on is presentable. I’m not saying this is a great example but…
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Rethinking
I have had trouble determining what I wanted to do with this site. As you all know, it can be very difficult when you can’t get out of bed. I have a headache, that may or may not become a migraine, daily and feel as if I have the flu. Some days, my limbs refuse to work properly, my skin hurts, my ears ring and my vision isn’t clear. In addition to that, I routinely have brain fog. I forget names of people I have known for years, can’t remember how to drive somewhere I go often, and get very confused with little stimulation. People, lights, heat, cold, noise, etc.,…