So I set myself a new challenge last weekend: wake up at 6:15 on weekdays and 7:00 on weekends (because nobody is up at 6:15 on the weekend) for 30 days and see how I feel. I did really well last week; I woke up at 6:15 every day.
I got a lot done today because I got up so early. I had my hair trimmed, did some shopping, went to the library and the post office. All before 11. Usually I'm not up until 11. It gave me the rest of the day to work on my computer (the SSD is corrupted I think so I lost my OS as well as some games. Luckily most of my data was on my 2TB HDD). I managed to get Windows 7 onto a partition on my HDD made on Ubuntu. Got to love USB Live Ubuntu.
This evening my fingers, feet and knees have started aching. My fingers are warm and it hurts to move them, as with my feet. It's only a dull ache at the moment, but it's worse than usual. I'm not sure if this is a side effect of waking up early, but I kind of hope it is. Because the only other possibility is an arthritis flare. It's too late to be virus related because I had a cold last week and it should be out of my system by now; I'm not showing any symptoms of the cold any more.
Saturday 29 June 2013
Saturday 22 June 2013
It's Supposed To Be A Good Thing, Right...
When your doctor tells you that you are too well to go onto a different, and possibly better, medication? That's what my gastroenterologist told me back in April, but I didn't feel well and still don't really. True, I haven't had any really bad flare up symptoms, but it's the annoying little ones that get me down. They're like small insects always buzzing around me.
My arthritis symptoms already cause me to have very little energy throughout that day, what with my immune system always fighting my joints and whatnot. I call it my background noise. I wouldn't know what life would be like without it. I rarely get an arthritis flare up anymore, which is really good. My physiotherapist tells me it's partially because my pain threshold has increased dramatically since I first saw her when I was 14.
I know people with Crohn's disease who are a lot worse off than I am in regards to symptoms. I send my love to you all. My worst pain at the moment is just severe stabbing pains in and around my abdomen. They happen frequently, and I'm sort of getting used to them now but they do stop me in my tracks when they occur. The most annoying symptom is having to rush to the toilet several times a day (sorry for any images this may have conjured).
My current medication is alright - I'm on 50mg of 6MP and 2g of Sulfasalazine - but I'd prefer not to have any sudden stabbing pains. I'm sure that if I wasn't on these medications that I would be a lot worse. That's what I've got to remember whenever I complain about my pains.
My arthritis symptoms already cause me to have very little energy throughout that day, what with my immune system always fighting my joints and whatnot. I call it my background noise. I wouldn't know what life would be like without it. I rarely get an arthritis flare up anymore, which is really good. My physiotherapist tells me it's partially because my pain threshold has increased dramatically since I first saw her when I was 14.
I know people with Crohn's disease who are a lot worse off than I am in regards to symptoms. I send my love to you all. My worst pain at the moment is just severe stabbing pains in and around my abdomen. They happen frequently, and I'm sort of getting used to them now but they do stop me in my tracks when they occur. The most annoying symptom is having to rush to the toilet several times a day (sorry for any images this may have conjured).
My current medication is alright - I'm on 50mg of 6MP and 2g of Sulfasalazine - but I'd prefer not to have any sudden stabbing pains. I'm sure that if I wasn't on these medications that I would be a lot worse. That's what I've got to remember whenever I complain about my pains.
Friday 14 June 2013
Am I Really Of That Age?
Yesterday, a friend from Primary School had her first child. She's the same age as me, 21. Many of my friends from Secondary School have also had at least one child by now.
One of my best friends from Secondary school and I go out for lunch whenever I'm back in Essex. It's like a tradition now. We catch up (it's usually every 6-odd weeks we see each other), talking about our boyfriends and what not, and sometimes talk goes to our friends who are now mothers. I don't really see them any more, but she sees them often. She tells me how its always baby this and baby that and 'I can't come out today, I don't have a babysitter' and that she's a bit fed up with them because they don't seem to have their own lives any more. Fair enough, having children does that, but we're still meant to be enjoying our lives as our own, still growing up. We, my friend and I, aren't looking down on them or anything for having children - it was their choice. We then go on to talk about our futures. She's got enough money now to go towards a house with her boyfriend of 2 years, and my boyfriend of 4 years and I are talking about jobs and houses for after graduation. It's all rather exciting. We're both in similar points in our lives, and it's nice to talk to someone about it who isn't a guy (99.9% of my friends are male). It may seem archaic nowadays, but we believe in finding a man you want to stay with, moving in with them, getting married and then having children.
Anyway, I got my usual monthly medication from the Pharmacy on Tuesday. For the first time ever, I was asked if it was okay for one of my bottles to not have a child safety cap. Am I of an age now where people may assume I have children?
One of my best friends from Secondary school and I go out for lunch whenever I'm back in Essex. It's like a tradition now. We catch up (it's usually every 6-odd weeks we see each other), talking about our boyfriends and what not, and sometimes talk goes to our friends who are now mothers. I don't really see them any more, but she sees them often. She tells me how its always baby this and baby that and 'I can't come out today, I don't have a babysitter' and that she's a bit fed up with them because they don't seem to have their own lives any more. Fair enough, having children does that, but we're still meant to be enjoying our lives as our own, still growing up. We, my friend and I, aren't looking down on them or anything for having children - it was their choice. We then go on to talk about our futures. She's got enough money now to go towards a house with her boyfriend of 2 years, and my boyfriend of 4 years and I are talking about jobs and houses for after graduation. It's all rather exciting. We're both in similar points in our lives, and it's nice to talk to someone about it who isn't a guy (99.9% of my friends are male). It may seem archaic nowadays, but we believe in finding a man you want to stay with, moving in with them, getting married and then having children.
Anyway, I got my usual monthly medication from the Pharmacy on Tuesday. For the first time ever, I was asked if it was okay for one of my bottles to not have a child safety cap. Am I of an age now where people may assume I have children?
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