Here we go again! Another early call from the beast woke me up at 4am this morning and lasted just over an hour. The pain in my head was so bad all i could hear when having the attack was loud ringing in my ears. The pain level also made me as sick as a dog and i spent around 10 minuets stuck in the toilet heaving. Luckily i wasn’t actually physically sick, just heaving every couple of seconds was bad enough and has left my throat sore and a chest that sounds like an empty drum when you hit it. The neck again feels like it has a golf ball stuck in it and the back is killing me.
The snow is back and so are the icy conditions and below freezing temperatures. This is what has set of the early attack. Again i woke up feeling like i had a ice cold ring around the top of the head. Its not until the pain starts do you realise what is happening. It's really weird as you expect to be feeling tired and half asleep but for some reason you are wide awake and don’t even feel tired until the attack is over. It takes around 30 to 45 seconds before the attack kicks in and you realise what's going on. You have to rush to get your injection and pray that you have taken it in time to abort the attack before it builds to a level where there is no chance of relief until it has run its coarse. again the pain was to much for the injection to cope with and i ended up having a full blown attack.
As soon as i woke up i turned the heating back up and also used the electric fire to warm up my head as quickly as is possible in order to help manage the pain. With the weather being so bad it has taken longer than usual to warm the entire flat up so i am sat typing this with the electric fire by my side keeping the temperature up so the beast stays calm and doesn’t start of another attack so soon after the first. Now that the body is warming up i can feel the aches and pains slowly easing off and making the pain a lot more bearable. My back is still getting shooting pains every now and again and i am finding it very uncomfortable to sit at the desk typing. I have to keep changing position as if i stay still too long the pain starts to build in the one area too much.
With more snow forecast over the next couple of days i find myself being trapped in my flat unable to go anywhere due to the fear of attacks all the time. I am hoping by staying warm and staying indoors i won’t get as many attacks and they won’t be as painful as they are when i am cold or the wind catches my face. I am actually praying that i don’t get anymore attacks today full stop. They always seem to drain my energy and make me feel very ill, as if i am run down or makes my feel like i have a cold or virus coming. What ever is causing these attacks seem to be getting worst even though the medication seems to have reduced the attacks significantly i am still getting the odd attack but they are so strong nothing seem to be able to stop them. The main reason i say it is getting worst is due to the fact that it seems to be spreading into my neck and down my back.
