Another early morning wake up call from the beast resulting in an hour of non stop agony and pain. Even though i had taken my injection the attack just seemed to over power it. The oxygen helped a little but i still had to ride out the attack. I had forgotten what it was like to be constantly woken up in the early hours by the attacks. It looks like we still have a bit of a low pressure area passing over us resulting in CH attacks first thing in the mornings. I am hoping this is the last of the low pressure area as the weather forecast says it will be sunny today from around 11am onwards and the rest of the week should be the same.
I couldn’t get back to sleep after the attack due to my neck being very sore and my hernia deciding to play up, It also didn’t help that i am excited that we are going on another fishing trip today up to Peterstone Lakes in Newport. Its not far from here so we actually class it as one of our “local” lakes. I am going with my mother and step-father, Brian. I am just hoping that the beast stays away and i don’t get any more attacks today, but i better take my medication with me just in case.
The hernia has decided to play up something rotten this morning and i am getting pain not only on the right hand side where the hernia is but also on the left side of the groin where the swelling seems to be making it worst. i am just praying that i won’t have to wait long for the referral to the specialist to get it sorted once and for all as i just can’t keep going on like this. If its not one thing its another and then when things look like they are on the up something new comes along to bite me on the ass, so to speak.
Again i am suffering from internal wind and also balls of wind travelling around the body hitting the organs again. Its so painful when this happens and there seems to be nothing i can do to solve this problem except give it time. After speaking with the doctor yesterday we both seemed to agree that stress is actually making it worst and the only one that can solve that issue is me! Again the doctor checked my urine to be on the safe side and thankfully there is no sign of the water infection so it must have cleared up after the short course of antibiotics. There is also no sign of blood or any other infection showing in the urine when she checked it so that has put my mind at ease. Just knowing there is nothing serious going on is half the battle.
We have agreed to re-start the Verapamil treatment next week and will have to arrange weekly ECG’s to monitor each increase in medication. I am hoping that i don’t have to have too many increases as the last time i took verapamil it seemed to work straight away and on the first dose. If i am lucky, if i doesn’t work on the first dose then i should be able to get away with only one increase and hopefully put a stop to my attacks once and for all. The doctor has also referred me to the “Chronic Pain” specialist with regards to the pains i keep getting in the lower back that seem to start in the middle and then spread into my bum cheeks. She seems to think it is possibly something to do with arthritis and the spine bur with out getting it checked its all just guess work so that's another appointment i have to wait for. lets hope i won’t have to wait too long.
