My Everest…

This week started out with good intentions !   I rested on Monday as per usual and got the content ready to go for two of the podcasts that we were recording that night.  Next day physio and I mentioned that my arms were a bit sore. He asked about how busy my weekend was I told him about it as he was pushing on my shoulders like always.  I got there with a migraine that was steadily building so we did a few things being mindful of it and me telling him when things were getting tooo much ….I can feel it in my teeth!!   Ah here we are…too much …teeth again!!! 

Soo very frustrating for myself at how sensitive things get for me and it feels like such a setback.  I get taped up, and acupuncture and then I go home as per usual as Tuesdays are now written off because my arms are so weird and heavy after the acupuncture treatment that I don’t even make a proper dinner (salad and chicken strips) sound good to me today. 

As I am relaxing outside I notice that my arms are feeling weird when I am touching the chair. They are more sensitive then normal after treatment and I think to myself what a wonderful visit from the flare bear and how long this one will be.  I go to bed and lie down to sleep and I can’t sleep on my sides due to the pain in my shoulders from when I was at physio but more so i cannot find a good position to sleep where my arms aren’t touching something that is making them extremely uncomfortable.  So this night is to be a write off, apparently the migraine I was having was potentially due to poor sleep too.   So that is two nights of poor sleep and people wonder why I am always yawning??   I wake the next morning and I feel like a crap so I fire off an e-mail to physio so that I dont forget to tell him how crappy I felt after the last treatment.  My arms heavy and hard to type anything and it’s looking like 3 days in a row of just watching tv and letting this pass.  I do however have a chiro appointment …so I go and he takes great pleasure of trying to undo the flare that wasn’t created by him.   As he’s treating me i tell him my 3 fingers are numb (pinky, middle, and ring) and then he touches something else less numbness…then more and then he’s like crrrrrraaaaaaaaaaacck! Within minutes numbness in fingers is gone. I tell him my body is stupid!  He laughs and says no bodies are wonderful!! I tell him again My BODY is stupid  and he can’t help let out a giggle, and counters with your nerves are very picky !!!  I felt better after seeing chiro but knowing the way my nerves are I still needed to take the day to put myself back on an even keel!   Then with the weather being all wacky and crazy the headaches came in the evening !! I was just like can I get a break please??   Just one thing after another you want to be able to enjoy the beautiful weather as the season is short and go out for a walk but my body and the flare bear have other plans.  Sabotage!! I tell you it’s plain old sabotage !!  

I survived for 2 weeks alone when my hubby was away and I proved to everyone that I can manage to be alone and deal with myself when left to my own devices, quirks, foibles and all!   The Everest support team all said to call if I needed help but I was doing ok with everything.  I sailed through the first week and even had a few chances to get out with them and have some fun.   The next week was a bit more difficult with the weather creating havoc and wind which in turn created some great time with migraines.   I also lived through a pain flare and then managed to get out with the girls to have dinner and see a show.  It was a late night and an early start to the day on Saturday which had me in rough shape  with stiffness and soreness but it wasn’t as bad as it could be.   I had another late night on Saturday as I waited on hubby to  come home.  Needless to say I was a bit exhausted but happy to have him home jetlagged and all !!