Vacation time!
Less than a month to go. I have already started lists, made piles of stuff to take, and so forth.
Now, these fierce headaches I have been getting are slowing me down. I DON"T LIKE THAT. Usually, I can just keep on doing while suffering the headache, since it is constant, but these headaches are vicious. I can't bend over. I can't move quickly (not that that happens all that often! lol). I can't change my position from sitting to standing or vice versa. I can't finish a thought, let alone a project. When it feels like the whole side of your head is being torn open, you (well, me...) just cannot move for those few minutes. Maybe only seconds, but they feel like minutes. And they LAST for minutes, even after the initial attack. It is not easy to predict when they are going to hit - sometimes, I expect one to and it doesn't happen. Other times, one hits out of the blue and stops me cold. Living in fear of an 'attack' is not fun.
But - I cannot get into vacation mode while this is happening!! I WANT to be in vacation mode!! I have things to do, lists to make, things to pack, clothes to pick out and put aside to pack!! I am 'in charge' of this vacation for my family, and I feel next to useless after one of these hit, and am afraid to move and bring one on, since I don't know when to expect the next big hit. I also seem to be swollen. Everywhere. My shoulder got very, very sore as I was walking and shopping with my sister yesterday. I know my purse is heavy, but that just does not happen. My sister also told me that, to her, I LOOK swollen all over. I know for a fact that my hands, fingers, ankles, and feet are a bit swollen all the time anymore, and that is another worry. AND I have been having sugar lows during the night. Once, my level was down to 50!! Hoping that Doc agrees to take me off one of my meds for diabetes, since I have it under much better control, but that has to wait til the 18th!! I wish I would be losing the weight the not-eating should be bringing on...but that's a whole nother story.
I will do what I can, when I can, as I can. I will keep writing my lists and adding to them as needed (or as I remember stuff...) and the vacation will be what it is. But, damn, I wish I felt like me.
Rita, I've had similar headaches. They usually originate somewhere in your neck. The other possibility is tic douloureux, which originates near your temple and goes down the side of your face. It's brutal and will definitely stop you in your tracks.
ReplyDeleteHope you get some relief soon.