It’s been a painful couple of days with the head waking me up in the early hours with attacks from the beast and my back and neck aggravating the situation making it worst. The last few days have been agony with my back and now i have a small lump at the base of my spine on the left hand side. This lump moves slightly but feels as though it is connected to something. This is causing me pain right up the back, it’s a sharp type of pain that is so annoying it’s unbelievable. Also i am getting sharp pain on the upper part of the back that seems to connect to my neck. A sharp stabbing pain that keeps taking my breath away when it comes. The neck is constantly sore and painful and also at the front of my chest there seems to be a muscle or something that is connected to the neck as i have pain shoot down and across the chest. As to why its all suddenly gone so bad i don’t know i just thank god i am back at the hospital on Monday so i will be able to report what is going on.
I am also back in to hospital again on Friday as i have to have an EEG scan of the brain not only to see if i still have one but also to try and see what is going on inside the brain and the activity especially when i am having an attack. I am just hoping they won;t let me go through a whole attack and will allow me to abort it when it happens as i don;t think i could cope again having to put up with this level of pain for more than one hour constant. It takes it out of you when you are having attacks and when you also have your injection. The chest tightens and your breathing becomes shallow as the medication kicks in and attacks the nerves shutting the pain down bit by bit. It gives you a woozy feeling as it switches of the pain ad then its gone as fast as it started. The injections have been a god send and have helped me to cope with this condition.
I don’t know what they are going to do about my back and why its becoming so problematic. It could bee that i have slept awkward or got a chill to the back and the lump at the bottom could just be a gnat bite as i seem to have been eaten over the last few days and have loads of bites around my ankles, legs and back. So sometimes the simplest of explanations are usually the right ones but i still need to get it all checked out. The last thing i want to do is to make things worst than they already are so by getting it checked just to be on the safe side seems the most sensible thing to do. It could go after a couple of days and i am worrying for nothing but i would rather make sure just to put my mind at rest.
On a good note, my bowels have finally started to get better. I am no longer getting bad pain in the kidney area or at my sides. The bloating has calmed down and i still get a little wind but that’s normal. I am hoping that its the end of what we thought was IBS but turned out to be side effects of the medication. I have gone through hell and back as far as the bowels are concerned and i am still suffering from constipation and probably will do for the rest of my life now i have to take medication constantly. I remember back when i was so bunged up i ended up in hospital and all the pain i had to go through not to mention the sleepless nights due to all the pain i was in and how uncomfortable i was. I hope i never have to go through that again so i am now being careful as far as the bowels are concerned and i have to start watching my diet also.
It’s almost the start of the “official” fishing season, when the rivers open to the fishermen on the 16th June. I have decided that this year i will start from that date that way i had time to get myself feeling fitter and better so i can get out and do more fishing. Everything was on target until my blooming back decided to play up so i am praying its just something simple and will go over the next few days. If that's the case then it’s time for me to start getting out a bit more and get back into my fishing. At least i will get out in the fresh air and also get more exercise. This should make me feel a lot better and i will start to get back to my old self. I have been doing well this year and so far, other than my health, things have been going good for me so let’s hope they continue to improve and 2014 turns out to be my year.
