Yet another wake up call from the beast this morning but thankfully i managed to go straight back to sleep as soon as the pain eased off. I can only assume it was due to the drop in temperature in the early hours as when i woke i could feel a cold feeling on the top of my head. Normally i only get that feeling when we are in winter and the weather is freezing but for some reason this morning it appeared again. It could have also been due to the fact that we had lots of rain yesterday and a low pressure patch travelling over our part of the country. It is strange how the weather seems to be one of my main triggers along with all the usual ones such as straining my eyes or over heating and trying to do too much work. Bright lights shining in my eyes and also cold wind blowing in the eyes also sets of some of the biggest attacks that i can get. I am just grateful of the medication i have and the injections as i can abort the worst of the attacks when i need to and ride out the smaller ones. I have been very lucky this year as the difference in the amount of attacks i have during a day or week as dramatically reduced instead of reducing over time.
Normally as the weather slowly gets better i would see a slow drop in the amount of attacks i would get in a day and as time goes on and each week passes this figure gets better and better but this year i saw a huge decrease and it happened virtually over night. I used to get up to eight attacks in a day and maybe more on the worst days and then suddenly it changed to 1 or 2. Then as a few weeks passed i noticed i was only getting between 1 0r 8 in a whole week, i was amazed. I can only assume it is the medication that i am on that has helped with the amount of attacks and am hoping with the re-start of my Verapamil starting next Monday i will be able to put as stop to the attacks once and for all. finally to get some control over what is happening to me has changed my whole outlook on life and the future. I couldn’t see a future for me before all the treatment as all i saw was the attacks getting so bad to the extent that i would eventually end up dying from them but now there is hope.
I just wish i could do something about my stomach, the IBS and the Hernia that is constantly causing me uncomfort and pain and making my life a living hell when it comes to moving about and eating. All of a sudden i have to watch my diet and what i eat as the slightest thing seems to upset my stomach and set off the IBS. If i walk too far or lift something i end up aggravating the hernia and then for the rest of the day or maybe even 2 days i am in pain and have to rest and keep as still as possible. The doctor has referred me to the hospital to try and get the hernia sorted out and hopefully they will find out why it all started in the first place. All i can do for now is bide my time and wait for the appointments making sure i don’t do anything to make my condition worst.
