Using the heating i have been able to keep the attacks away again until early hours this morning. Yesterday evening i stated to get pains in my neck and the side of my head so i decided to keep the heating up on the 20 degrees mark again all evening and it worked to keep away the attacks. It wasn’t until the temperature dropped down to freezing again around 3am when i started to get pain and it woke me up. \i rushed onto the front room and jumped on the oxygen, after around 15-20 minuets the attacks eased off and has left me with a sore neck and tender face. I have turned on the heating once again and the shadow feeling that i get is no longer as strong as it was and has eased away to a dull ache.
Its really weird how the cold affects my head so badly and the attacks seem to ease off when i warm it up. Mind you this doesn’t always work. When i get the massive attacks it doesn’t matter if i have the heating on or not or if i am warm. No matter what i try to stop them they just seem to build in strength and last a long time. It seems that the ones that are set off by the cold are controllable through heat. In a way it is good as it gives me another weapon to fight the attacks i get and have helped me to reduce the number during a day. I am hoping things continue like this as it is a lot easier to control them.
I know i will still get the big attacks and am hoping that the medication will soon come into play and help to control them as well. If i can get these attacks to reduce in number and find that i can control them with the drugs and heat then i will get some of my life back. At the moment all i seem to do is lock myself away all the time. I don’t go out unless it is completely necessary and am always wrapped up with woolly hats and thick coats, if i do, in order to keep the cold out and stop it from setting off the attacks.
This doesn’t always work as when the wind blows in the eye it always seems to aggravate it and cause me agonising pain. My back has become more and more painful over time and as the years go by i seem to be getting worst. I am hoping that by getting the head under control it will improve on the condition of my back and help to ease the pains and aches i seem to be getting. I am praying that its not something else that is causing my back to be bad all the time, like arthritis, and even though i get the attacks under control i will still end up having back issues. It gets so annoying as even when i walk its like i am lifting lead weights and get electric shocks up the spine with every step.
Well the weather forecast says it will start warming up over the next few days and we are in for a lot more rain. The last couple of weeks have been murder with all the cold weather and frozen mornings we have been getting. I am frightened to go out in the cold in case it sets of my head badly and then when i do go out it is only for a short while. If i minimize my exposure then i will minimise the attacks or something like that! Again its time to stay warm and wait for the weather to improve. I have been dying to go fishing but the weather has been so cold we have put it off till the new year now. Even though i have a bivi and umbrella that i can hide away in if i do get any attacks and keep out of the cold and wind i still think i will end up in agony due to the temperatures so i will have to wait for better conditions.
