Overall Health: Fibromyalgia flared, causing more tears than normal. I had partial vision loss two times. Fatigue didn’t ease much after the IV. I’ve struggled with keeping an even mood the past few weeks. I have started DMSA (chelation) to get the high levels of lead out of me.
11-15 went to Dr Vogel. Stretched back/hip/neck, worked on jaw too. Started xcht again, 1/day
11-16 started fibronol 1/day
11/19 increased fibronol to 2/day
11-22 nauseous, migraine starting am. Traveling to bend
11-23 bad fatigue and brain fog. Needed nap early afternoon. Fibropain flared. Minor pain for day 15
11-25 bad migraine late am, up to an 8 that wouldn’t go down for a few hours. Fatigue.
11-27 tired but feel pretty good. Energy. Jaw hurts. Fibropain flared a bit last evening.
11-28 IV with amino acids. Fatigue. Brain fog. migraine flared in afternoon and evening. Fibropain flared late evening
11-29 fatigue. Nap in early afternoon. Some sparkles in vision. Migraine
12-3 flared in evening. Fibropain especially bad in left calf and ankle. Fluttering pain in feet. Restless pain. Migraine trying to come. Day 25 also, full moon 🌕
–mood a bit funky all week
12-12 severe cramp in right calf early am. Tight and sore all day and the next.
12-15 anxiety before/during running errands
12-16 traveled in afternoon, movie in evening. half vision loss in left eye for about half an hr. Severe migraine hit, was able to SLEEP it off though.
12-17 woke up feeling pretty good. Fatigue. Only some brain fog. Exhausted by afternoon. Some mood…issues in evening
Getting the needle in was – again – painful! ugh.
Migraines: While I’ve had a few level 10 ones, I’ve also had quite a few days where I didn’t need ANY clonidine (pain pills). SO possibly, some improvement?
Sleep: Most nights, I’m sleeping about 7 hours (with an average of 2 wake-ups) each night, without any melatonin or theanine. I am still getting the strange/weird/scary dreams but they aren’t quite as strange/weird/scary without the sleep aids.
Memory/Disassociation: I had anxiety running errands last week. I haven’t noticed any changes in my memory. No disassociation.
Vision: This happened twice this month, but I don’t get as stressed when it comes on, as I used to. A big part of this is, it doesn’t always mean that I’m going to be ‘dying’, like it used to. As long as I eat, take everything I can for it and lay down somewhere, I can normally avoid the extreme migraine.
Abby made it on a friends’ instagram! SO adorable.
Fibromyalgia: This has settled in my elbows and still flares in my pinky and ring fingers sending tingles up my arm. I am able to hold things (crochet, phone, steering wheel, etc) for longer periods of time without it cramping. Had a severe cramp in my calf (like I hadn’t had in months) that took a few days to recover from. Both calves are tight/hurt/mini cramping majority of the time. Feet hurt/shooting pains if I don’t get them up soon enough. Frequent achy/restless in the evenings.
TMJ: While it doesn’t pop all the time, this is a constant pain now. The front of my neck has started hurting frequently as well. My teeth ache and often I can feel the nerves pulsing from my jaw up to my temples. Ouch. I have started going to my bodywork doctor (once a month) again and am hoping to really start seeing improvement in my jaw!
This is what exhaustion and pain look like. Don’t be deceived by how someone looks – so much pain can be hid with a smile.
Fatigue: Once again, this was a major problem for me. I’m thinking a big reason for it, was that we did amino acids push at the end of my IV last time, instead of the poly mba (or is it mva?)
Weight Loss: I have lost about a pound for sure. I didn’t weigh from mid October to mid December. But I am going to get more focused on this again – including being strict with my diet and trying to move more (even if that is just getting Abby on some more walks!)
Mood: This had stayed better until the past few weeks. I’m sure it’s connected to the fact that I ran out of Xiao Chai Hu Tang and am now only taking half my normal dose.
Bladder: This has, again, been a struggle this month. Frequent trips – suddenly urgent trips. ugh.
~Laura
How have you been feeling this month?
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