The See-Saw Hit Bottom During The Night
My health often resembles a see-saw... my health swings upward and I experience relatively good days... then swings down and I experience rather miserable days... back up... back down... sometimes it balances in the middle for a relatively short period if I managed my health effectively and luck was on my side but, more often than not, it seems to move up and down like a pendulum moves side to side. Yesterday afternoon the see-saw started moving downward... after a little bit of dinner (I didn't eat much because I was feeling poorly), I had hoped that my health had leveled out in this short period before bedtime though... no such luck...
Apparently, this see-saw continued on its downward swing through the night.
I was quite sick and in the bathroom for far too much of the night when I preferred to be and needed to be sleeping. Actually, I was overwhelmingly exhausted and struggling to keep my eyes open even while I was sick as a dog.
I really hate these nights. It takes a long time for my health to bounce back after experiencing nights like last night. Aside from my health being at a low point, the lack of sleep and mast cell over-activity really saps me of all energy that is needed for my health to recover.
I'm still struggling with some nausea, intestinal pain and general malaise. My bones ache terribly but the nausea is more bothersome. Breathing is still mildly difficult. I am very uncomfortable.
Somewhere along the line before I awoke this morning, I think my body must have experienced a bout of anaphylaxis because my heart-rate is more than double normal. This is a sign that my body naturally reacted to my dropping blood pressure. If it is still more than double now... an hour after getting up out of bed... this means it was well into a rate triple that of what would be normal which is what I typically experience during bouts of anaphylaxis (among many other symptoms). My body reacts like this naturally or I must add epinephrine to cause my heart-rate to jump up like this.
As my heart-rate returns to normal and my body stabilizes a bit, the bone pain and overwhelming fatigue typically worsen significantly so this day promises to be rather painful, boring and exhausting.
Apparently, this see-saw continued on its downward swing through the night.
I was quite sick and in the bathroom for far too much of the night when I preferred to be and needed to be sleeping. Actually, I was overwhelmingly exhausted and struggling to keep my eyes open even while I was sick as a dog.
I really hate these nights. It takes a long time for my health to bounce back after experiencing nights like last night. Aside from my health being at a low point, the lack of sleep and mast cell over-activity really saps me of all energy that is needed for my health to recover.
I'm still struggling with some nausea, intestinal pain and general malaise. My bones ache terribly but the nausea is more bothersome. Breathing is still mildly difficult. I am very uncomfortable.
Somewhere along the line before I awoke this morning, I think my body must have experienced a bout of anaphylaxis because my heart-rate is more than double normal. This is a sign that my body naturally reacted to my dropping blood pressure. If it is still more than double now... an hour after getting up out of bed... this means it was well into a rate triple that of what would be normal which is what I typically experience during bouts of anaphylaxis (among many other symptoms). My body reacts like this naturally or I must add epinephrine to cause my heart-rate to jump up like this.
As my heart-rate returns to normal and my body stabilizes a bit, the bone pain and overwhelming fatigue typically worsen significantly so this day promises to be rather painful, boring and exhausting.
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