Another Down Day
Last night wasn't one of the best nights of my life. It certainly wasn't the worst, but it was lousy nevertheless. Once again, my Systemic Mastocytosis negatively impacted my health. This illness affects my health negatively every day, but that is my "new normal" so I don't really think much about my limitations when my health stays in this "new normal" range. How any transient symptoms manifest can vary greatly so, each time I have any problem of failing, debilitating health, it can be a relatively new experience. Last night was a little strange... Earlier in the night, I felt 'okay'. I was feeling a little full or bloated but nothing that would arouse suspicion. (In hindsight, it should have.) I had some moderate joint pain, but with the drastic change in weather today, I attributed this pain to the weather. I was wrong, however, and these couple of things should have aroused some suspicion! In the middle of the night I ended up