Well so much for trying to stay pain free and out of the cold. I had this feeling the snow was going to arrive but didn’t realise it would be so soon. I woke up early hours again with an attack but it wasn’t like the normal ones i get in the morning this was more targeted towards my neck. Every time i turned my neck i would get sharp pains shoot over the top of my head and behind my eye on the left side. If i kept the head still the pain would stop it was very strange. I managed to massage my neck to the point that the pain began to ease away and it suddenly just disappeared. I could now move my neck and there was no pain, i must have trapped a nerve or something else that caused this type of attack. at least it wasn’t a full head attack like i normally get first thing.
This is the picture i woke up to this morning. The snow had fallen during the early hours and settled leaving at least 3 inches of snow on the ground. Now considering its the cold that always sets of my attacks i was extremely pleased not to be in agony like i was last year. I have taken precautions this year so i am not caught out by the extreme cold weather and icy conditions. I am making sure that if i have to go out i wrap up warm and make sure i use a scarf to cover the face to stop the icy cold wind blowing on the cheek and eye and end up causing me big attacks. On the news they are warning for people to stay indoors unless really necessary as the weather is forecast to be very bad over the next couple of days.
I have to admit i really do hate the snow. I think it goes back to when i was younger and always ended up wet and cold after being out playing in the snow making snowmen and having snow fights with your friends. I was always the one that would end up catching a cold or worst the flu. Normally when we get ice or snow i always end up falling some how. I tend to either slip on the ice or end up falling in the snow, its just my luck.
Well i am hoping this weather doesn’t last to long as i am worried about it setting of a chain of bad attacks due to the cold weather. I am hoping by staying warm and trying to stay indoors out of the snow i should be able to get through this period with out having too many attacks. This now convinces me that the medication i am taking is really having an effect and reducing the amount of attacks i get as by now i would be in complete agony and the attacks would normally be one after the other with about 20 minuets to and hour between each of the attacks. Last year was one of the worst experiences of my life and i have ben praying not to repeat last winters attacks as i don’t think i have the strength anymore to cope with them when they are that bad. Thank god for my injections that's all i can say at the moment at least i am able to abort a massive attacks if and when it comes.
