Each Autumn, my body starts to shut down, viral symptoms plague me, forcing me to rest, daring me to try to live, full flu symptoms floating over me, If I allow it to take hold it will take me down. Rests calls, drawing me to my bed, the in between world seeping through me. TheContinue reading “Hibernation.”
Category Archives: Symptoms
Watching.
Recently I found myself in the mood for watching films, well not just in the mood but able to actually watch, follow and comprehend. I settled myself onto the sofa, feeling cosy, its not often I just snuggle up in the living room. My life is spent following my condition management routine, being active orContinue reading “Watching.”
The Rack.
I often have painful nights, I want to try to communicate this pain as a way to come to terms with it. Somehow giving symptoms a name helps me to accept them. I lie down in bed, tired and ready for sleep that can not come, I imagine I am tied on to a medievalContinue reading “The Rack.”
Pukey!
Well this is an unpleasant symptom and so if you have a weak stomach maybe don’t read on. I have written about this topic before but feel drawn to say more as lately this is a daily horrible symptom. So yes I feel sick, like whirling nausea constantly, its like being sea sick, my vertigoContinue reading “Pukey!”
Cross words.
Now this is a tricky one, Iv’e been putting it off for so long, for me this one is so hard. I am used to cognitive problems but this takes my brain to a scary place. So basically, I struggle with my words, I can’t bring words to mind and often say different words thanContinue reading “Cross words.”
Glands Up.
Its been over a week now and my glands are up. I am not sure if it is just the change in temperature and season or I am doing too much? I feel like I am doing very little, I am always worse at this time of year, the cold gets into me and makesContinue reading “Glands Up.”
Write Handed.
Well I am back into a routine, sort of, but I forgot about my hands. It’s been a year nearly, since I disappeared from here. I’ve been pressing myself to get ahead and posts have been falling out of me. Ow, ow and ooch! my fingers are fat sausages ready to burst. My knuckles doContinue reading “Write Handed.”
HANG IT OVER.
So, I wake to a grogginess that just lingers, like my head is inside a fish bowl of jelly, strawberry but not sweet. My mouth and throat feel claggy, metallic, furry, like my tongue has been sucking the metal of a bird cage rather than the gritty bottom of the canary cage itself. A thirstContinue reading “HANG IT OVER.”
Boom and Bust.
Oh those dreaded words, yes its time to face it, Its almost as irritating a phrase as day/night reversal. Theory has it that we must pace and pace and avoid an all or nothing scenario. This is the common thinking. Well here I throw my experience in and say, we need a little boom andContinue reading “Boom and Bust.”
Horrible Hormones.
And so I come to the subject of hormones, as a woman hormones have been a powerful part of my life. Now at the age of 49 I find my periods finally subsiding, with an inward cheer I await the cessation of this bloody mess that has so dictated to me. Hormonal imbalance is anotherContinue reading “Horrible Hormones.”
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