Floored.... By A Cold

Its the last thing i needed at the moment, but i didnt see it till it was already on top of me. I didnt notice the few few days worth of symptoms the aching muscles and stiffness i suppose i thought the symptoms were just normal fibro symptoms. Now i am stuck in bed with a runny nose, sore throat and no energy at all.

I suppose i am lucky really i managed to last the whole winter till this point without getting a cold. I have a nephew who is 2 years old who permantly seems to have a cold, the poor little mite.

I was just starting to get used to pacing myself; going slowly taking one day at a time, resting after doing things and not trying to do to much and then something comes along that changes the whole pattern. I hope it doesnt stick around too long i am fed up of the sore throat already. Had to turn all the automated air freshners off already as the scent was catching in my throat. Lets hope this doesnt go to my chest last thing i need is a chest infection and lots of asthma attacks.

Havent been sleeping too well of late, Insomnia is common in Fibromyalgia, the pain has been quite intense, have been taking the pain killers even though i dont like to. Been very irratable what with all my normal Fibro symptoms and what with the cold symptoms too; every noise bugs me, every touch irrates me i want to crawl into a hole until i am better.

My immune system isnt all that great, i could have picked this germy cold up from the hospital last week though. Last tuesday i went to the local hospital with a friend of mine as her four year old severly disabled daughter had a 2 hour fit and was kept in overnight, i went along to keep my friend company and give support to them both although i ended up very tired at the end of the day.

Went to the Fibromyalgia Support Group which was the same day as the hospital trip with my friend but i was in ALOT of pain and very tired after the long day at the hospital, i managed to stay till the halfway point and had to go home because i was so weak, i was struggling to concentrate and i was barely with it. It was nice to see my friends though and to get some support from the group even though i couldnt stay for the whole meeting.

Sometimes i get very depressed and wish things were how they were before i got ill; i wish that i had my old life back and the freedom i once had to do things i wanted to do. I miss all the small things like going camping (which i cant do because i need electric for my CPAP machine to keep me breathing at night, also sleeping on the floor would make my joints worse and getting up from the floor would be hard on crutches), eating what foods i want (IBS makes this difficult), go places without having to plan in advance (making sure its got disabled toilets so i can use catheters etc, making sure i have time to walk about and access because i am on crutches and also making sure i have enough painkillers and pills to cover the amount of time i am out.) etc

Although my blog is mainly about myself and my Fibromyalgia condition i know there are people out there much worse off than myself. My love goes out there right now to my Uncle who is very sick( Blog ) and my mum's husband who is poorly too.