This has been an extremely difficult few days. The illness itself seems to have mostly run its course, but it has left me feeling like a wet rag. I can’t focus, can’t sit upright for longer than an hour or two, and I am sleeping an inordinate amount. My hands, feet and upper spine are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘arthritis’
with a whimper
Posted in fatigue, fog, tagged arthritis, fatigue, fog, martian death flu, pain on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
turtling along
Posted in daily life, fibro, tagged arthritis, daily grind, family, fibro, work on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the ways the first doctor told me they determine the difference between fibromyalgia and arthritis is how long it takes you to function in the morning. Less than an hour, fibro; more than an hour, arthritis.
He also asked about my evenings. At about 4 o’clock, my brain shuts down and I start getting [...]
the crazy brain
Posted in arthritis, tagged arthritis, headache, migraine, pain, sinus, tension on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, not what you think. I’ve been having a lot of headaches lately. I assumed they were somehow related to my sinuses or were an increase in migraine or a different kind of migraine, or something. I knew that how a headache was classified is determined in great part by where it appears, so today [...]
welcome to the grind
Posted in arthritis, community, doctors, family, fibro, mental health, tagged arthritis, community, doctors, fibro, health, introduction, mental health, pain, psoriasis, the grind on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the short introduction. Really.
It’s been impressed on me that I need to keep better track of the pain I experience, where, when, how often, etc. I’ve also been told that some people find knowing about it validating. “That’s my pain!” makes us feel less isolated. It’s not all in my head after all! [...]
painmap2.3
Posted in painmap, tagged arthritis, fibro, migraine, painmap on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
painmap2.3
Originally uploaded by grinding
This is my pain map for this evening, February 3, 2008.
Pain levels overall today: High
Extras for the day: Migraine, moderate, 10 hours
mapping the grind
pebbles and sand
all the little pebbles
grinding away
