Again i was woken by the beast at 4am this morning with the attack leaving me with sharp pain in the back and neck. It seems that my neck and back has been aggravating my condition lately and i seem to be having more attacks than i normally would all because something in the neck keeps setting them off all the time. Not happy with just having pain in the neck it also spreads down the left side of my back all the way to the base of my back where i now have a small swollen lump appear on the left side. This lump is new and only appeared over the last couple of days but what ever is swelling up is directly linked.
Thankfully i had my appointment with the specialist at the hospital yesterday and am happy that we are now going to try a different make of lithium to see if that will help get these attacks under control once and for all. The last attempt with the other make of lithium ended with me getting an infection in the throat and my bowels blowing up like before and putting me in agony all the time. The specialist has said to watch carefully with this new trial and if there is anything that i feel uncomfortable with i am to stop the medication immediately and report back to them next Monday. At least i don’t have to wait ages for appointments to be made as they seem to be slotting me into any gap so i can get the treatment quickly.
I am praying this new medication takes hold and will be a success as the last 3 medications i have tried have all ended up with me becoming even more ill than i already am. The one thing i don’t want is the bowels blocking up again and causing me all that pain and discomfort as they did a couple of months back. I don’t think i could go through all that again. The bowels have slowly, and i mean VERY slowly, been recovering and returning back to normal but i still have a few problems with the wind and end up in pain from trapped wind every now and again but at least its not as bad as being bunged up unable to go to the toilet.
I think i will have to show my doctor this lump that has appeared in the back as it is causing me a lot of pain at the moment even though the attacks has eased away and the injection did its job. I don’t know why the back has suddenly decided to become bad and what i have done to cause it to become like this, i will just have to be careful now not to make it any worst than it is and try and rest it so that it heals and returns to normal. It is possible i have pulled a muscle in my sleep whilst turning over in bed or even slept awkward causing it to become painful and the muscle or tendon has decided to swell up and that is what i am feeling when i feel the lump. Again its all guess work until i get it checked by the doctor so time to make another appointment i think.
