Listening to my body...ugh

I am working on being more attentive to what my body tells me.  Since going off the Reliv shakes I have declined measureably.  I am not as strong as I was, physically.  I get very weak when walking and get major muscle spasms.  I am not sleeping well, so I am uping the flexeril to two a night.  This gives me dry mouth and I am still sore in the morning, but I am able to sleep.  My feet are swelling again, I have that I only feel like I am walking on the middle of my sole of my foot.  My shoes are tight.  I am getting pains that come and go in all my extremitites.  So I stretch often which gives some immediate relief.  I am sitting with my legs up which seems to help, verses sitting at a chair with my legs dangling.  I am almost always with a headache sometimes severe sometimes mild.  My neck and back hurt a lot, no matter what.  My ribs hurt, so much that I cannot take a deep breath, and cannot stretch that area, it kills me.  This is the new me, I have limitations beyond my control. 
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aussiedi
aussiedi

I just ended up here by accident.I was looking for another person.So hope you don\'t mind that I have read some of your journals. I\'m so sorry to hear about all the pain you have in your body.You poor honey.Not being able to sleep on top of it all just seems so unfair.I have cfs and suffer with insomnia also. So I can understand how difficult it all can be.Hugs& healing to you
aussiedi
aussiedi

Oops I just realized your journal was from 2011.xo