Scattered Thoughts . . .

I was going to write that my health has been quite lousy the past week but, upon thinking about it more clearly in somewhat more stable and better health, my health really has been quite lousy for the past three or four months and quite brutal the past week. A good portion of the past week has been spent being nauseated and ill in the bathroom. I've had the usual breathing difficulties, vision problems, tremors, twitching and some relatively minor signs of impending anaphylaxis but mostly have been struggling with lower gastrointestinal issues this past week. I never even wandered farther than about 30 feet of the bathroom for a few days! Now that my health seems a bit more stable, I am dealing with the usual post-episode bone and joint pain. My long bones... mostly my leg bones... and my spine are inflamed. My joints scream whenever I put any weight on my feet. To say I am "uncomfortable" is a bit of an understatement. That being said, I think my mood only soured eno

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