After the last few mornings being icy cold when i wake up i decided last night to actually wear my woolly hat to bed. I know it sounds crazy but it actually worked. Now even when i have a good night i still find myself being woken at around 2am or 3am due to the temperature dropping in the early hours and this irritates my head and sometimes causes an attack to appear. Last night and this morning i didn’t wake up once. I wasn’t disturbed by the cold like normal and managed to sleep in till around 8am this morning, I feel great now my batteries are re-charged again.
I am convinced more than ever about the cold being a main trigger to my attacks and after last night i am now sure of it. I have also found that coffee helps with the shadow, the feeling of pressure i seem to get before the attack builds. It must be the caffeine that's helping to keep the shadow away. I have read on some support web sites that these energy drinks you can get can also help with the shadow feeling and help avoid attacks. I am not sure how good they are but it is something else that i can try when i get a bad period.
Well fishing is over for this year as it is now way too cold for me to be going out and as i found out last time i went, the wind will cause me big problems and bring on some huge attacks if i am not careful so i think its is advisable to wait now until March before i plan any more fishing trips. The trick is to find things to occupy my time so i am not worrying about my condition 24/7. Now that i have replaced my keyboard i can do some more work on my web sites but this is only a temporary stop gap just to occupy my time. I think i will have to try and start a new hobby,something i can do from home.. but what?
I am happy to report that this weekend has been relatively pain free apart from a small attack yesterday that seemed to just disappear just as fast as it was building, and didn’t really cause me any problems like it normally does. I didn’t have ay other attacks during the day. I did have a strong pressure feeling again on the left hand side of the head but that seemed to have vanished by this morning. The weather today is VERY cold outside and we will be lucky if it gets any higher than 5 degrees, also the wind is light so i should be ok when i walk over my mums to join them for dinner later. Fingers crossed this pain free period lasts longer than the last one.
