It's 4:45am CDT and I have yet to fall asleep tonight. Despite the fact that I took Aleve before I went to bed, I'm still in a great deal of pain.
Can we say flare? I knew you could... boy, does this suck. If there is a good side to this, at least I don't have to be in class today. My summer classes start a week from Monday.
Well, it's off to bed... perchance to dream.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
I made it thru the semester!
Go me!
It's still the sitting in one place that really gets to me, but it's also only one hour at a time for most of my classes. I can handle that.
That's not to say that I don't have pain or flares. About a month ago, I had a pretty bad flare, and so far (knock wood), OTC drugs seem to keep it in check.
Diet sodas are my worst enemy these days. I don't even have to drink a whole bottle. A few hours later, I'm hurtin' big time. One night recently, I went out to dinner with my mother and my 21 year old son, and accidently put Equal in my coffee with the real sugar I used, and man, I was paying for it later.
And no one still understands that when you poke me or press on my arms, that it hurts more than it does for the Average Jane... I actually get bruises, and the pokes are not all that hard (not like someone jabbing their finger into my arm with a fair amount of force), but i get bruises anyway. It's weird, and though I try to explain that I have FMS and that is one of the "perks" (I know...boo hiss! LOL), they tune out. Most people have never heard of it, much less know someone who has it (for some of my younger classmates, I'm the first person they know who has it).
When I was living in Wyoming last summer, I used to bump my legs on everything all the time, and I was covered with bruises. I was hesitant to wear skirts to work because I didn't want to answer questions about my being "accident prone".
So... I made it thru a whole semester at school without too much problem. Only 4 more semesters to go until I get my degree.
MorelaterZ--
It's still the sitting in one place that really gets to me, but it's also only one hour at a time for most of my classes. I can handle that.
That's not to say that I don't have pain or flares. About a month ago, I had a pretty bad flare, and so far (knock wood), OTC drugs seem to keep it in check.
Diet sodas are my worst enemy these days. I don't even have to drink a whole bottle. A few hours later, I'm hurtin' big time. One night recently, I went out to dinner with my mother and my 21 year old son, and accidently put Equal in my coffee with the real sugar I used, and man, I was paying for it later.
And no one still understands that when you poke me or press on my arms, that it hurts more than it does for the Average Jane... I actually get bruises, and the pokes are not all that hard (not like someone jabbing their finger into my arm with a fair amount of force), but i get bruises anyway. It's weird, and though I try to explain that I have FMS and that is one of the "perks" (I know...boo hiss! LOL), they tune out. Most people have never heard of it, much less know someone who has it (for some of my younger classmates, I'm the first person they know who has it).
When I was living in Wyoming last summer, I used to bump my legs on everything all the time, and I was covered with bruises. I was hesitant to wear skirts to work because I didn't want to answer questions about my being "accident prone".
So... I made it thru a whole semester at school without too much problem. Only 4 more semesters to go until I get my degree.
MorelaterZ--
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