I managed to get through yesterday with out having a massive attack until late in the evening! It was around 7pm when the first attack came back, an attack that i can only describe as “Massive”, it seems that after i get a break period the attacks come back stronger or feels that way. Again i rushed to use my injection but again it overpowered it and i had to ride out the attacks which lasted over an hour. All i could do was rock back and forth massaging my head praying for the pain to ease.
Then again this morning i was woken at 4am with the cold around the top of my head. The pain started as soon as i opened my eyes so i had to run into the living room and turn on the electric fire and placed my head near it to warm it up. As my head did warm up after a few minuets the pain then started to ease. So i placed my woolly hat on my head and went back to sleep. I was then woken again at 6.30 am with another massive attack. This attacks made all my eye swell up again and i looked like something out of the film the elephant man. These are the attacks that worry me the most. The pain reaches such levels that i have actually passed out before now. They also cause me to loose sight in the left eye and also cause a lot of swelling around my head and eye.
I have taken my daily medication and already had one injection this morning to counter act the bad attacks but they just seem to keep coming this morning. All i can do is try and stay as warm as is possible and ride the pain out when it comes. I don’t want to take another injection so early in the day as if i have any bad attacks tonight i won’t be able to abort them. My back is also killing me now so walking up the chemist later is going to be agony. I really hate it when i get days like this. i know its the cold that's causing it as i can feel the cold both on the top of my head and the side of my face. The cold is even causing my knee to hurt, this i assume is the onset of arthritis as i had an operation on the knees cartilage when i was younger.
Days like this make me feel so low normally so i am trying my hardest to stay focused and remain positive. Lets hope by keeping warm i am able to stop the onset of the attacks and can get through this day with out too many nasty attacks appearing.
