I am not surprised at being woken up early hours this morning. Its is absolutely freezing. I just took a look outside and everything is shining white with frost. All the cars are covered over with the ice and the roads look like they have become sheets of ice overnight. The cold must have been getting to my head as i kept having dreams that i was stuck inside a walk i freezer only to be woken suddenly by a massive attack.Its weird how the body reacts to things when you are not well. By dreaming i was in the cold i woke feeling frozen and had to rush into the living room and turn on the electric fire in order to warm up the side of my head.
As soon as i warmed up my head the pain eased away and the neck stopped hurting. This shows that it is definitely the cold that sets off the attacks in the early hours. No matter how hot i keep the flat with the heating it still seems to get to me and i always feel the cold on the top of my head and get a cold ring around the area i get the pain. Its a strange feeling but it is also a warning that i will have a big attack later in the day.
With the weather dropping in temperature so drastically over the last couple of weeks i have seen more attacks in this period than i have had the entire summer.It seems like everyday i have to deal with something that keeps setting off the attacks. If its not the cold its my neck if its not my neck its my back, i just cant win at the moment.I have my appointment with the doctor later today so am going to ask to increase my tablets and pain killers and get some extra injections so that i don’t run out like i have done in the past and have to deal with the attacks with out anything to abort them.
The only thing i can do for now is stay wrapped up and hope that i don’t get bad attacks today. I have a strong shadow this morning due to the cold so i am sure i will end up in serious pain some time during the day. i am praying its not when i have to go for my appointment as it makes it difficult to go out when i am in so much pain. Lets just hope the day warms up slightly and the shadow feeling eases off before then.
