Interesting and scary new turn of events...7-22-09
Dear all...
Well, the last 24 hours have been very interesting in terms of experiencing a new symptom for me. I should start this story first with the fact that things at work have been stressful - managing a project, the budget, etc. Add to that the stress of just being lonely and the stress of having a dog who is having such a hard time with her injury, and with this disease apparently that is a recipe for disaster. Obviously my stress level has been very high of late, and my sleep has definitely been disrupted....
So all day yesterday I was feeling icky - tummy troubles, headache, a general feeling of malaise, for lack of a better word. A couple of hours after I got home from work I started to feel more and more tired. By 9 p.m., I felt like my whole body was just so exhausted I could barely talk - and things hurt so much. When I woke up this morning for work, it took me almost 10 minutes just to get my whole body moving and up and out of bed. I thought I would collapse trying to carry Sumi down the stairs. Everything in my body, from the tips of my toes to my eyelids, just felt stiff and exhausted. I don't know how my eyelids and toes can be exhausted, but they were. I have never felt quite like this before....
It feels as if every cell of my body was suddenly dipped in lead. I knew there was no way that I could go to work so I had to call in. I hate to call in, and will usually work through feeling icky just because I feel icky so often, but I could not physically move to get to my car, let alone to get to work. I slept on and off all day....right now I am feeling a bit better - had a Lean Cuisine for dinner because it was the easiest, and I am sure that the improvement will continue enough for me to go to work tomorrow, but I have really never felt quite like this before. I think that I understand how my Aunt must feel with her chronic fatigue syndrome....
Anyway, I spoke to the neurologist and unfortunately while this is new for me, it isn't uncommon with people with MS. He said to try to reduce my stress and rest as much as possible. So I am going to go back to bed now....
Lots of love....
Well, the last 24 hours have been very interesting in terms of experiencing a new symptom for me. I should start this story first with the fact that things at work have been stressful - managing a project, the budget, etc. Add to that the stress of just being lonely and the stress of having a dog who is having such a hard time with her injury, and with this disease apparently that is a recipe for disaster. Obviously my stress level has been very high of late, and my sleep has definitely been disrupted....
So all day yesterday I was feeling icky - tummy troubles, headache, a general feeling of malaise, for lack of a better word. A couple of hours after I got home from work I started to feel more and more tired. By 9 p.m., I felt like my whole body was just so exhausted I could barely talk - and things hurt so much. When I woke up this morning for work, it took me almost 10 minutes just to get my whole body moving and up and out of bed. I thought I would collapse trying to carry Sumi down the stairs. Everything in my body, from the tips of my toes to my eyelids, just felt stiff and exhausted. I don't know how my eyelids and toes can be exhausted, but they were. I have never felt quite like this before....
It feels as if every cell of my body was suddenly dipped in lead. I knew there was no way that I could go to work so I had to call in. I hate to call in, and will usually work through feeling icky just because I feel icky so often, but I could not physically move to get to my car, let alone to get to work. I slept on and off all day....right now I am feeling a bit better - had a Lean Cuisine for dinner because it was the easiest, and I am sure that the improvement will continue enough for me to go to work tomorrow, but I have really never felt quite like this before. I think that I understand how my Aunt must feel with her chronic fatigue syndrome....
Anyway, I spoke to the neurologist and unfortunately while this is new for me, it isn't uncommon with people with MS. He said to try to reduce my stress and rest as much as possible. So I am going to go back to bed now....
Lots of love....
posted by Kate @ 6:58 PM
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