Hoping for Rest and Recovery
As I had already written previously, I had a very rough night with poor health last night. I didn't get to bed until 4am... and then I was up and in the bathroom again at around 8:30am. I was hoping I could sleep away most of the day and, if luck would have it, I would recover a bit while I was getting some much-needed rest. Well, no luck today as far as my health is concerned.
I ended up suffering from some more episodes of anaphylaxis, although considerably more mild than last night. My heart-rate was in the 120-140 beats per minute range most of the day making it impossible to sleep.
I've also been very flushed, on and off, all day and all evening tonight. That is never a good sign. Flushing on my face, neck and shoulders typically is a precursor to failing health again. This flushing is irritating too... It gives me a deep burning feeling and I actually look like I have a splotchy sunburn... when it is a bad case, all of my skin is a solid red that resembles a bad sunburn. I haven't looked in a mirror, but I am feeling as though this flushing is of the splotchy variety. At the very least, this odd flushing is physical proof that my mast cells are continuing to degranulate. Degranulating mast cells means life threatening symptoms, nerve irritation, inflammation, swelling and bone/joint pain. Hmmm... this pain is probably not helping me get my much needed rest...
I've been dizzy all day long today. Everytime I had to get up off the couch I almost fell over. The same holds true for walking across the room... my body always wanted to fall backward, to the left.
I'm so exhausted that I can't think straight. I even look exhausted. My eyes are peeking through slits in my eyelids.
Now that I am writing this and thinking about these problems I think I should probably take some additional emergency medications again tonight. I try to only take these medications when I absolutely need them because they make me groggy and drowsy for a few days. If I take these medications a few times during long episodes like I am experiencing now, this grogginess and drowsiness can linger for days before it wears off completely. There isn't anything I must do tomorrow so I do believe it would be prudent and wise to take some of these emergency medications as a precaution.
Okay, I suppose I should post this blog entry so I can take those medications before I get sidetracked...
I ended up suffering from some more episodes of anaphylaxis, although considerably more mild than last night. My heart-rate was in the 120-140 beats per minute range most of the day making it impossible to sleep.
I've also been very flushed, on and off, all day and all evening tonight. That is never a good sign. Flushing on my face, neck and shoulders typically is a precursor to failing health again. This flushing is irritating too... It gives me a deep burning feeling and I actually look like I have a splotchy sunburn... when it is a bad case, all of my skin is a solid red that resembles a bad sunburn. I haven't looked in a mirror, but I am feeling as though this flushing is of the splotchy variety. At the very least, this odd flushing is physical proof that my mast cells are continuing to degranulate. Degranulating mast cells means life threatening symptoms, nerve irritation, inflammation, swelling and bone/joint pain. Hmmm... this pain is probably not helping me get my much needed rest...
I've been dizzy all day long today. Everytime I had to get up off the couch I almost fell over. The same holds true for walking across the room... my body always wanted to fall backward, to the left.
I'm so exhausted that I can't think straight. I even look exhausted. My eyes are peeking through slits in my eyelids.
Now that I am writing this and thinking about these problems I think I should probably take some additional emergency medications again tonight. I try to only take these medications when I absolutely need them because they make me groggy and drowsy for a few days. If I take these medications a few times during long episodes like I am experiencing now, this grogginess and drowsiness can linger for days before it wears off completely. There isn't anything I must do tomorrow so I do believe it would be prudent and wise to take some of these emergency medications as a precaution.
Okay, I suppose I should post this blog entry so I can take those medications before I get sidetracked...
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