Sunday 3 January 2016

Happy New Year ...2016 begins , lets hope this year is a pain free year!

Well the last year has surely been a challenging one with regards to my health and the Cluster Headaches. I have had so many problems arise from side effects of medication and allergic reactions not to mentions the problems i have been having with the bowels and the back all the time. I managed to see my Neurologist just before Christmas and he has put me on Amirtriptyline  tablets to help ease the nerve pains and hopefully help ease the attacks and start reducing them even further. So far this year the last 3 months have been amazing as the attacks have been very few but i still get the early morning ones where the temperature seems to drop at 3am every morning and no matter how hot i keep my flat with the heating on i still can tell when the drop happens and it wakes me every time.

Most of last year i found myself locked away in the flat only going out to do shopping or if an emergency and i had to see the doctor. The rest of the time i have been shut away not wanting to go out in the cold air just in case it starts off attacks again and i end up having to deal with them every day once again. It was hard when i was getting 8 attacks per day and having to ride at least six of them for an hour at a time. I really did think my world was over and my life had ended. If it wasn't for some close friends and my fishing i really don't think i would have been able to manage and possible wouldn't be here today.  The support i have had from my friends and family has been amazing and i cant thank them enough but i know its time that i dealt with all these problems myself and see if i can get my life back in order.

I am determined to go out and do as much fishing as is possible this year and hopefully a few of my friends will join me on this journey. I am fed up giving in to the pain and worry all the time so no matter how bad i feel i have to start getting out and making sure i get in as much fishing as i can as it is the only activity that actually relaxes me and helps me to forget all my worries and problems. I have been blessed to have won the Korum competition a few years back which gave me all the fishing gear i needed to start out and then over the last 2 years i have been slowly collecting more and more tackle and am now proud of the gear that i have. I can honestly say i can go out fishing and not want for anything as i have all the gear i need to try any type of fishing i want but my favourite type of fishing is specimen hunting and carp fishing (including cat fishing). I prefer to target the larger of each species as it is more of a challenge and takes skill to get them to take your bait. 

The last few moths i have been suffering bad anxiety attacks that are giving me physical symptoms and making me feel as though i am about to collapse or have a heart attack. I spoke with the doctor and refused to take Valium as i would only end up totally addicted to them and would end up with more problems so i am now being sent on stress management coarse's to see if that will help me learn to control the anxiety. It only started as i was having pains and didn't know what was happening to me and i didn't think it would become a problems but when you start having chest pains and find it hard to breath or walk, Lets hope i can get this under control quickly as its not long before we start fishing again. By the end of January or mid to end February i want to be back out on the bank fishing and chasing those carp. Lets hope my new years resolution comes true......

Happy New Year Readers....... Hope all your dreams and wishes come true in the new year.