Febuary

The pain in my head is starting to get a little better it is still there but is somewhat less sharp than what it was, it seems the Topiramate might be working alittle. After many months with the constant pain in my head its nice to get a little relief even if its only a tiny amount.

My knees are getting worse and worse, as are my other joints. My knees hurt the most though, at night time i have problems sleeping because of the pain i often have to take 100mg of Tramadol to knock me out to get some sleep. They also hurt alot when i am sitting down and also when i am walking. Whatever i seem to do they hurt : - ( We have had some discussion with the Fibromyalgia Association and a few other people and i am trying to take some vitamin type tablets to see if they help, i am also on special crutches at the moment to try and take some of the pressure off of my knees. Also trying to sleep with my knees on pillows at night time to see if that helps at all. The crutches are special as they have alot of support for the wrists as i dont have much grip in my hands because of the fibro. Overall i am pretty fed up.

I have a new laptop after my last one broke, i bought one with big keys on the keyboard so that i can type a little easier as my fingers are being effected alot to, also it has a big screen cause my vision has been somewhat blurry since i started getting ill.

On a good note, i have been granted Incapacity Benefit and they have backdated it to December which is good so at least some money is coming in, hopefully that will mean that maybe Simon can do maybe one less shift a week and i can see him a little more, hes been working about 45 hours or so a week to make ends meet.

I havent heard back about the Disability Living Allowance Benefit yet but i have a meeting on the 29^th so will see how that goes.

I am hoping that the crutches will make me a little more mobile around the house i got them on the 19^th but before that i tried to remain in bed as i was very fatigued and i kept falling over cause of my knees hurting so much. I am still sleeping alot, i am hoping that my GP will lower down the Amitriptyline i am on and it will make me less sleepy and make me lose some weight, its not a very good medication to be on from that point of view.

Got another Fibro Association Meeting in a few days, also before my laptop died i was trying to help out on the Fibro website doing some basic HTML etc, sitting/laying at home does get very tiresome, especially when you cant go outside in the daytime cause you are sensative to the light/sound.