Another attack from the Beast this morning resulting in a 3am wake up call and not being able to go back to sleep due to the constant aches and pains in behind the left rear shoulder blade and down the side of the neck. Also the constant feeling of pressure on the left side of the head and the shooting pains followed by dull aches at the lower back. Again it was the cold that set off the attack in the first place as i could feel a ring of cold around the top of my head. Its strange but ever since i have been getting these attacks i get this strange cold band around the top of the head and also a dull ringing in my ears that is always there but gets loud when an attack happens. Then during the day the level of the ringing varies from time to time but can become so loud it drowns out background noises.
My body feels like it has been run over by a bus and just left. I ache all over and feel so tired i could drop where i stand. The trouble is when i lay down to rest and try and sleep the pain returns and so does the pressure causing me to become uncomfortable very quickly and i have no chance of falling asleep. I have laid there for hours trying to force myself feeling so tired my eyes were sore but still i could not drop off to sleep as the beast was just waiting to attack again at any moment. I am now left with sharp pain running down my back behind the left shoulder blade as i sit typing up this blog. I am wondering how many other attacks will i gave to go through today?
On a good note! , for a change, we have almost finished decorating the flat. There is one wall to paint white and 2 ceilings to touch up round the edges then its down to the glossing everything white. All the skirting boards and door frames plus all the doors have to be glossed white. I have done most of it but left the doors till the last job as it is always the worst to do. Making sure you have a good finish and no runs on the doors is so important or it just makes them look terrible so i will be taking my time with the doors. John will crack on and o the one wall that's left and the ceilings as i wont be able to stretch up due to my head playing up.
Even when i get attacks i am able to do some tasks but not others and that can become frustrating. Thanks to John and having someone there who can do the tasks you can’t i have managed to fly through the flat in 2 weeks and have completely decorated it from top to bottom. Every wall, window and frame has been cleaned and painted and made to look new and fresh and the entire flat has been re-born. Thanks to a lick of pain, a few new ornaments and the help of a good friend i have been able to put the heart back into my flat and make it my own again, Sat here, looking around at what we have achieved i finally feel at home.
