It didn’t look like i was going to get much of a break from the beast as i only managed a couple of days attack free before i was again woken by an attack from hell this morning at 3am and then again at just gone 5am. Again i woke up completely wide awake and not feeling tired when suddenly the attack came. Suddenly breaking out in sweats all over my body as if someone had thrown a switch, then the screaming agony came from behind the eye shooting over the top of my head and into me neck. Sharp pain kept on shooting over the head and down the back on the left side, just behind my shoulder blade. No matter what i tried i could not ease the pain. Sometimes even taking the injections isn’t enough to abort the attack and you end up having to ride the pain out for at least 20 or 30 minuets and then as soon as the injection takes hold the attack is over just as quickly a it started.
With the weather being so nice this Easter holiday i decided to go and do a bit of fishing up at Pentwyn lake, one of our local fishing spots. Unfortunately the day we decided to go the clouds decided to stay and it wasn’t as sunny as the rest of the week. When we got to the lake there was a couple of people fishing there but no fish were being pulled out of the water and that seemed to be how it went all day long apart from my step father managing to catch a nice size carp and bream. I tried a few different baits but as my back was in agony and the head kept on threatening to play up, by lunch time i decided to give up and go home. I will have to arrange another fishing trip as soon as i get my back and stomach under control.
My bowels have been causing me murder for the last few weeks. Ever since i was in hospital and i tried the lithium my stomach has been playing up really badly and has been causing me a lot of pain and discomfort. I am taking tablets for IBS and also laxatives to help with constipation yet i am still having major problems going to the toilet and the amount of wind i keep building up is not only embarrassing but also very painful at times as it keeps moving about the body and trapping in the most awkward of places.
2 more weeks and i am back at the hospital to continue with the treatment for my attacks and to see what other medication they can try in order to get them under control. I am also hoping that the physiotherapy on my neck and back will also start soon as they have been playing up something rotten and something needs to be sorted out. They will also be putting me on a heart monitor for 48hrs to try and find out why i keep getting a racing heart and a feeling like i am having panic attacks all the time. Since i have stopped the lithium the worst seems to have settled down and could be something to do with the medication but i think they want to double check just in case there is something else causing it.
