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after a refreshing four-hour slumber over an eight-hour period of waking and sleeping I somehow managed to get to work. The office was a madhouse with staff and public coming and going. The lower back and leg aches in full bloom. Suddenly, an explosion in my head - stress? possible... took a break and a painkiller, which I hate to do at work. Got some relief and the headache subsided but the back pain persisted. After near seven hours - I left early - did some household chores. The pain only got stronger - so more pill-cocktails and I was "manageable" again. Upset, frustrated... when does this stop?
geesh... ten years ago I'd laughed at some of the posts on this site. Yeah, I was one of those real 'sensitive' people who believed it was mind over matter. Healthy since birth - God got me back at age 48 with onset diabetes. Kept my levels fairly normal until the past two years and got everything known to man.
Now I'm a chronic pain sufferer. Lower back, hips, legs, feet, and recent and perhaps recurring bout with the shingles. Missing time from work - thank God for FMLA or I'd be living under a bridge.
Off again today with real bad aggrivation (my words for manageable pain with pills) in hips, legs (nearly numb) and foot pain. And, nasel pain that streches into my head/skull/upper neck. I call them near migraines. Need to find out (other than Lortab) how to manage the awful pain in the left nasel cavity. I'm thinking since I live on a golf course (in a condo, please) that I'm now allergic to the air and wind. Good grief, what's next??
Called the Drs office yesterday and today. It is a HMO - so I should be hearing back from them during the summer. I made an appt for next week - at least I'll get about 90 seconds of face time.
Back to work today (7:30 am) with painful sinus headache. It felt like a railroad spike lodged from my nasal to a painful arch over my skull. Oh... add in some very aggrivating hip aches. Took a pain med around 10 am and got the hip ache gone. The near-migraine subsided until after lunch when it burst like a pipe bomb into my head. Took yet another pain med and enjoyed 'relief' until 5:30 pm. It's like being on vacation when pain is gone. Enjoyed nearly four hours of pain-free living. The 'near-migraine' returned (thankfully) toward the end of my work day. It became a real migraine with feelings of nausea, blurred eyesight (aura?), concentration reduction. Got in the house. Did some breathing exercises. Took two (2) Lortabs - pain manageable after about an hour. At 11:30 pm - I am writing this - only minor headache. I am now ready to have something to eat. Totally off schedule for diabetic meds. Crossing fingers and praying to all to make it to work in the morning.
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