worn out
October 13, 2014
that trip to the doc apt seriously wore me out!! each day since i have had to take naps... the first day, i took two naps, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. good grief!! i seriously have no strength. but what can i expect from being so sick for 3 months.
even while i was sick, i still did lots of stretching each day. i've done that my whole life... stretching. ok, not my whole life. just ever since the time i had viral pneumonia and was in isolation for 6 months. in that whole time i was pretty much in bed. the first time i went down to the basement, i made it about 5 steps and fell the rest of the way down. i had to be carried back up the stairs. i was so weak, i didn't have the strength to get down the stairs, let alone back up. my muscles hurt so bad, that the next day, while in bed, i started stretching and flexing my muscles. I started my own form of yoga, i guess. I've been doing it every day since then.
which is why i have decent strength now. but... the fatigue is still a serious issue for me. I was talking to EO about it last night. the doc doesn't have answers for me. all i can figure is either my connective tissue or my chronic fatigue have kicked into a whole new level. Poor EO, he worries so much about me. I wish there was some way to comfort his concerns.
I made him get out of the house yesterday and go visit with some friends. He told me he didn't want to go by himself, that he gets tired of doing things alone. That broke my heart. But i made him go anyways. He was so glad he did. He said he really enjoyed himself. I am so so so glad he went. He had things he needed to do yesterday, but he was glad he put them off. I am so thankful he was able to get some encouragement from the friends. He needs that so badly. It really got his mind off of things for a little while. Good association is medicine!!
even while i was sick, i still did lots of stretching each day. i've done that my whole life... stretching. ok, not my whole life. just ever since the time i had viral pneumonia and was in isolation for 6 months. in that whole time i was pretty much in bed. the first time i went down to the basement, i made it about 5 steps and fell the rest of the way down. i had to be carried back up the stairs. i was so weak, i didn't have the strength to get down the stairs, let alone back up. my muscles hurt so bad, that the next day, while in bed, i started stretching and flexing my muscles. I started my own form of yoga, i guess. I've been doing it every day since then.
which is why i have decent strength now. but... the fatigue is still a serious issue for me. I was talking to EO about it last night. the doc doesn't have answers for me. all i can figure is either my connective tissue or my chronic fatigue have kicked into a whole new level. Poor EO, he worries so much about me. I wish there was some way to comfort his concerns.
I made him get out of the house yesterday and go visit with some friends. He told me he didn't want to go by himself, that he gets tired of doing things alone. That broke my heart. But i made him go anyways. He was so glad he did. He said he really enjoyed himself. I am so so so glad he went. He had things he needed to do yesterday, but he was glad he put them off. I am so thankful he was able to get some encouragement from the friends. He needs that so badly. It really got his mind off of things for a little while. Good association is medicine!!
Posted by Robyn Nelson.
