Not a lot i can say really! Again i was woken at 3am this morning and again at 5.30am. I did try and go back to sleep after the first attack only to be woken by a second more painful attack. I managed to stay relatively pain free yesterday afternoon as all i had was a sore neck and face with some strong shadows. I was very lucky not to have any more big attacks yesterday as i could feel them building but after a while they would just disappear.
It seems like the early morning ones are going to be the worst attacks i get for a while as the temperature is still dropping very low during the early hours but the days seem to have warmed up so i am not getting any where near as many attacks during the day as i normally get. This is good news in one respect as i may end up having a pain free Christmas after all. It does get me down, being woken up early hours all the time so i am going to have to adjust my rest time to accommodate the attacks. If i get an early night it doesn’t seem to worry me so much as being woken up at 3am and being totally shattered because i haven’t slept properly the night before. Because i haven’t slept the attacks seem to drain all my energy and strength so i have to make sure i get a few early nights i think to make up for it.
Its not long now till Christmas day and the holiday celebrations so i intend on getting as much rest as i can so that i can enjoy my break with the family and hopefully keep the attacks from appearing. The trouble with having early morning attacks all the time is i tend to end up using my injections early and have none left to abort any big attacks later in the day, if they appear. I am hoping that with plenty of rest i should be able to avoid the daytime attacks and will only have to put up with the early morning or late night ones if they come.I will just have to put up with the attacks if they appear later in the day and ride them out like i used to when i didn’t have the injections or medication to help me. Its not easy but it can be done.
Well another early start to the day so i think i will get all the house work done today as i have been putting it off in case it ends up causing me worst attacks as this sometimes happens especially if i strain my self or try to lift to much weight with the left arm. If i do anything to irritate the left side of my body from the shoulder upwards then it will end up causing me an attack and can sometimes put me out of action for the entire day. Its amazing as time goes on i have noticed so many different triggers that can set off an attack if i was to list them all it would probably take a couple of days to get through them, but by noticing what sets them off also helps me to avoid situations that can and would make my attacks worst.
Again it’s just a matter of keeping warm if i go out anywhere and try to avoid situations that will end up causing me pain. Its not always avoidable but you can usually stop the worst ones coming if you manage to catch them in time with the medication or injection or if you spend the day making sure you don’t do anything to irritate them. Not always easy as sometimes when you are pain free you forget about your condition until it is too late. The weather forecast is again saying it will be very wet and windy so i think its going to be a day indoors anyway, not that it makes any difference as i seem to be shut away most of the time no anyway.
