I actually managed to have a lie in on Saturday morning but continued to have attacks during the day and the evening. They were only small attacks so i was able to manage the pain and with the help of the oxygen managed to keep them from turning into big attacks. Unfortunately i was again woken at 3am this morning with another big attack. It was as if someone had turned on the taps and i was dripping sweat everywhere! It was pouring off me. The pain was so intense all i could hear was the ringing sound in my ears and my head felt like it was throbbing.
Again the swelling came up on the left side of the face and always seems to be at its worst when the weather is bad. Its the same with the pains i get in my back and when i am walking. They always seem to be at the strongest when we have rain or low pressure weather passing over Cardiff. When its wet i get so many aches and pains all in the joints you would not believe it. I have only been getting these pains since my head started to get bad and become a daily occurrence. I am starting to wonder if i suffer arthritis of the joints. I know my mother suffers the worst kind so if it is in the family it could be possible. Where i have had accidents and breaks seem to be where the pain starts and it is always bad weather that triggers the aches. It explains why in Cyprus i didn’t get the pains as it was “always” hot there, even in winter. When i came back to the UK is when it all started to become bad. The attacks turned from once a year to once every couple of hours and the aches and pains in the joints started to appear.
If i do suffer with arthritis there is nothing i can do about it anyway apart from take the correct medication to relieve the symptoms. It is possible that is also what irritates my head this time of year. Maybe the swelling that comes with arthritis is causing pressure on the side of my head making my attacks worst and more frequent. There are so many different things that could be causing me to have my attacks is un believable. Its not until you sit and try and analyse the problem you realise how many things it could be and why these scan results are so important to me. I am hoping that it won’t be much longer before i am called in about the results and we can hopefully see what has been going on. I have my appointment with the doctor this coming Friday so i will be able to ask her to push them a little and try and find out what’s causing them.
I have been watching the forecast very closely and i have noticed that this weekend is the last of the mild weather as there is going to be a huge drop in the temperature starting Monday. A drop from 11 degrees down to 5 or 4 will be causing hell with my attacks and i know i will be in for a rough time. Some are saying it is the start of the bad weather about to come, this so called “beast from the east” and with it comes snow! I am praying we don’t get snow this year as last year was terrible. I couldn’t even step outside the front door, as soon as the cold hit the side of my face it would immediately set of an attack and i would have to run straight back indoors. I wasn’t even able to go shopping for the 2 week period of snow we had and i am praying we don’t have a repeat this year!
