Today I woke up and realized it was going to be a bad Fibro day. then I realized that I've never explained what a bad Fibro day actually feels like. Now I'm going to describe a day of about an 8 on the pain scale. This is where my pain is today and yes it hurts to type.
So to begin we start with what happens when you wake up. Usually I realize before I get out of the bed that I'm hurting but today ahhh not so much. I idiotically jumped out of bed with the alarm and quickly realized I was screwed. I stumbled to the bathroom yelling at myself the whole way. You see my legs were jumpy w/ some throbbing pain and very unsteady. After waking the kids I immediately climbed back into bed. I awoke some time later about 10 am, and got dressed and came to my office. As i sit hear I am experience a wide range of pain symptoms. I am going to make a list by body part and then what the pain feels like or/and what the part looks like.
Over All- I am lethargic, achy, sweating, and mad. My temper will be short today, i feel for my children and husband. I forced myself to get out of bed and now am wishing I was back in it. Days like this are extremely annoying, it's as if my body has gone on strike. Now there are always or usually reasons for the revolt. Yesterday I played a couple games of hands of Hand and Foot (a card game) with my one my AZ bf's., Stephanie. Who is actually a transplant from Alaska, but I did it knowing my back was unhappy. Then we ran to the movie store to return a movie, to the kid's school (Taty's sandals had broke), and then to TC's for lunch. And as if that wasn't enough we ran to the BX after that to check out grills for Steph w/ the expertise of my husband. Bad, Bad, Bad me, I knew I was pushing but did it anyway- DUMB. So now I pay for it
Now not all of my bad days are this bad, but this is a pretty bad one and looks to get worse. I'm going to end this post her because simply I have come to my ability to tolerate the pain. I need to medicate, eat , and sleep. Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow. Thankfully AZ has made it so that my goo days outweigh the bad. I could be an 8 today and a 3 (normal) tomorrow. Wish me luck!
So to begin we start with what happens when you wake up. Usually I realize before I get out of the bed that I'm hurting but today ahhh not so much. I idiotically jumped out of bed with the alarm and quickly realized I was screwed. I stumbled to the bathroom yelling at myself the whole way. You see my legs were jumpy w/ some throbbing pain and very unsteady. After waking the kids I immediately climbed back into bed. I awoke some time later about 10 am, and got dressed and came to my office. As i sit hear I am experience a wide range of pain symptoms. I am going to make a list by body part and then what the pain feels like or/and what the part looks like.
- face- warm, achy, tight, heavy, tender- w/ my cheeks being puffy and red.
- arms- heavy, achy and pulsing
- hands- heavy, achy, shaking, tender w/ the palms being puffy the knuckles swollen and the hands and all over pinkish which will probably be a deep red by the end of this post.
- chest and neck- tender and tight
- back and shoulders- tight, tender, achy, nagging w/ the back injury places being an intermittent jabbing and stabbing pain when I move to quickly
- legs- heavy, shaky, tender, w/ them being unable to hold my weight whenever they feel they can't
- feet and ankles- tight, achy, and just a tad swollen
Over All- I am lethargic, achy, sweating, and mad. My temper will be short today, i feel for my children and husband. I forced myself to get out of bed and now am wishing I was back in it. Days like this are extremely annoying, it's as if my body has gone on strike. Now there are always or usually reasons for the revolt. Yesterday I played a couple games of hands of Hand and Foot (a card game) with my one my AZ bf's., Stephanie. Who is actually a transplant from Alaska, but I did it knowing my back was unhappy. Then we ran to the movie store to return a movie, to the kid's school (Taty's sandals had broke), and then to TC's for lunch. And as if that wasn't enough we ran to the BX after that to check out grills for Steph w/ the expertise of my husband. Bad, Bad, Bad me, I knew I was pushing but did it anyway- DUMB. So now I pay for it
Now not all of my bad days are this bad, but this is a pretty bad one and looks to get worse. I'm going to end this post her because simply I have come to my ability to tolerate the pain. I need to medicate, eat , and sleep. Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow. Thankfully AZ has made it so that my goo days outweigh the bad. I could be an 8 today and a 3 (normal) tomorrow. Wish me luck!
