juceey's Journal

Ok I am so confused right now,I mean last week I was pretty tired,medium to high pain levels,doing most of what I have to and not alot of what I don't!!!!!! I try to check in here regularly to see how everyone is doing,leave the odd message and read some posts,depending on how I'm doing.....

Anyhow,I went to the hospital for an appointment at the pain clinic,new nurse,very nice,seems to get where I'm at and willing to help where she can. Sugessted that I come off the Lyrica,slowly,slowly,as it seems to be causing me to swell with fluid and making my muzzy head even worse!!! I've to go back and see her in two weeks when we will weigh up the benifits of it and the side effects.

Yesterday we had a wonderful day out at an outlet shopping village near Salisbury, I actually managed to get two pairs of shoes that my swollen foot can get in and are comfy!!!We had lunch and looked at all the delights on offer in the shops,and it was a really nice relaxed day.

This morning I wake up(after a few hours of throwing myself round the bed in pain and not able to get comfy anyhow I laid or sat!!) So,I wake up feeling as though I had been smacked a ten ton truck,from my hair right down to my toenails(honest,even my hair hurt),my right leg/ankle so swollen it feels as though it may burst,I am sooooo tired I can hardly keep my eyes open,My hands are tingling,my head is pounding and all down the side of my face.So getting up was a definate no-go this morning,so I made myself as comfy as I could be and just lay there feeling worse,managed a nap and had to do little 'uns homework but that's it ALL DAY!!!

Symptoms;-Head/face pain

                -painful shoulders,neck,base of skull

                -Swollen hands/feet/legs (more so on right side)

                -skin pain(major)on forearms/lower legs

                -so tired/can't focus/concentrate

                -Irritable/snappy,

                -Can't stand too much noise(makes me confused)

So I am not sure what this is that's happening to me ,is this pay back for yesterday? or a flare begining? Or coming off the Lyrica? Do I call my pain nurse? My doctor? Or just work through it?

BUT I do know that I feel really bad and want it to stop and don't want monday morning to hit and still feel like this(or worse)I also know that I hate to whinge as so many of you are feeling so bad or had falls or coping with horrendous weather conditions and I am  just trying to work out What and Why!!!!!!!!!!