Even though the weather has become freezing cold, especially during the mornings, i didn’t get any attacks build yesterday. I did have a bit of a shadow but it didn’t build into a painful attack like it normally does. I did however get woken up again at 3am this morning with a small attack that i assume was caused by the cold getting to the top of my head again. As soon as i put on my woolly hat it stopped and i managed to get back to sleep. Normally once you are awake and the pain has begun there is no way on earth you can get back to sleep as it just keeps causing your neck and back to ache and the little shooting pains over the head is enough to drive you insane, I was very lucky this morning as i didn’t get any of these and i managed to fall back to sleep until 8.30 this morning.
I now know for sure that the medication that i am on is working and has caused a reduction in the amount of attacks i get and the severity of the attacks. Normally this time of year is the worst for me and there is no way i could go a day with out having a major attack. Every time the cold used to get to my head it would set of a chain of attacks that would last a couple of days and would take me ages to recover from them. This year i have seen a huge difference in my attacks and the way they build. I am just hoping they continue to be suppressed and eventually they will go into remission completely and i wont have to put up with them all the time.
It’s not long now and i will have the brain scan i have been waiting for, for so long, and finally get the answers that i have been seeking. I just want to put my own mind at rest with regards to the swelling that appears on the left side of the head on the scar where my head was split open like a watermelon. I want to make sure that there isn’t something there that is causing these attacks to appear or develop. If i find that there is “nothing” there and the attacks are a normal part of this condition and the only way to deal with them is through medication for the rest of my life i will be happy. At least by having the scan i can rule out anything that could possibly cause more problems or even death.
Well we are now into the winter months and the weather will now get colder and colder as the months draw in, especially January, this time of year is normally the coldest and for me the worst as the cold not only attacks my head but also my joints and any where on my body i have had damage like a fracture or break and makes it very painful when moving these joints. I am just hoping that by staying warm and taking care to wrap up when going out anywhere will be enough to stop these attacks from building.
