Fatigue tracking

[clevermanka]

On the 17th I mentioned stuff I was doing during a break in January's bad weather. I said I planned to deal with the ice buildup on my studio window the next day since I was already worn out and still had more to do. The good news is warming temps melted the window ice for me because the bad news is I've spent the last week and a few days recovering from the worst fatigue flare I've had in maybe a year. My records here tell me it looks like I had a flare in August and the previous notable one was in February. When I have the energy (ha! ha ha!) I need to read the entries surrounding those dates to see if I made record of when I started to recover and also if I can glean any patterns, besides just doing too much. I need to be more explicit in these entries. When I'm this tired I don't want to have to read between the lines, self. Come on.

So mostly for my own records:
I was already feeling a bit run down in advance of that post. Seeing two friends on a rare (masked) indoor visit on Friday afternoon was by far the best I felt that week. The joy still took a toll, though, and the weekend following was a nonfunctional blur. I had to cancel a standing Monday morning phone call that I haven't missed in over a year. I wasn't even capable of bathing until Thursday. My brain has been slowly coming back online, but I still get spells of dizziness when I stand for more than a few minutes. I have to lie down two or three times a day for at least thirty minutes, sometimes an hour. This is day nine and I'm still not capable of anything more taxing than watching a movie. I wasn't even able to do that until yesterday and it wore me the fuck out.

Please continue praying or crossing fingers or whatever that I get approved for disability soon.

Comments

[goss]

Sending good thoughts your way. *hugs*

[clevermanka]

Thank you.