azhure: (dreaming tree)

This weekend was…interesting.

Mostly because of this weird random fibromyalgia flare.  I’m pointing the finger at the weather, which has turned pretty quickly.  The nights have gone from being around 20C to below 10C in what feels like only a couple of days.

I am feeling a little better, mostly thanks to a massage yesterday.  Having a masseuse who knows how to work with fibromyalgia and arthritis is pretty much essential to me.  In the past, I’ve seen a different masseuse and a chiropractor, neither of whom give me the relief that our current masseuse does.  She is awesome :)

Still, I’m not great today.  I’m hoping that I’ll get a bit more mobile in an hour or so, since I have some bits of housework and some errands to do.  I also killed myself vacuuming the house yesterday (and yes, don’t ask me why I was doing it in the first place) and had to stop and lie down about three times to stop from falling over.  This flare is feeling a bit like I did when I was first sick – even walking across the room is exhausting.  Unfortunately, I don’t get the option of doing nothing now, since I have a kid who needs me.  Thankfully, I do have a lot of help, though, so I’ll be fine.

Health aside, it was a good weekend.  The husband and I went shopping for our anniversary present, which I shall keep a sneaky secret until it arrives next weekend.  Suffice to say that I’m dead excited about it :)   I got a decent amount of sleep, thanks to the kid sleeping well.  And we watched the second episode of the new season of Doctor Who, which I think it shaping up to be an amazing season.

You will notice the lack of writing in there, of course.  I did get a little reading done – still working on The Shattered City, which has sucked me in massively.  I’m loving it even more than the first book (Power and Majesty) and I have a sneaky feeling that I’m going to be dying for the third book to come out.  Tansy, how do you put crack in your books???

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

azhure: (dreaming tree)

See that title?  That’s pretty much the order of the day.

Yesterday, I was feeling okay – I’d woken up with the beginnings of a migraine, but had managed to stave off the worst of the pain with my usual ritual of codeine and caffeine.

I did some housework, chased around after the kid as per usual.  Which is a whole lot of chasing summarised into one sentence ;)   Managed a decent writing session – 1500 words – and got a good chunk of reading of Power and Majesty.

The kid woke up and I bundled him into the pram as usual for a walk.  This is where things started to go pear-shaped.  Straight away, I could feel the difference in my body.  Instead of warming up and loosening, my muscles were immediately tight.  By the time I’d walked for about ten minutes, my legs were cramping up painfully.  Stupidly, I persisted, hoping that once my muscles warmed up, they would relax.

No such luck.   I gritted my teeth and got through the rest of the day (with the help of some painkillers), and was very happy to fall into bed.

Of course, as life always has a sense of humour, the kid had a bad night (thanks to a blocked nose), so I was up a bit.  The muscles continued to cramp and be painful, and my back and hips joined in.  To the point where I was dreaming about the pain.

So, painkillers again this morning and I’ve started a steroid taper.  Hopefully it’ll sort this all out soon, otherwise I’m going to be less than useless for a while.

Normally, this is the kind of thing I’d be posting at LJ/DW under flock.  I always had the idea that I’d hide away all of my medical issues, in case it negatively affected my career at some stage.  But you know what?  This is my reality, and I manage to write despite it (with a lot of help and support, mind).  I refuse to hide it.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

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