Update On My Issues
There are so many many issues…But the one I speak of now is my sleep and fibro combo. My doctor has given me a list of things to start doing. For starters: keeping a sleep journal, no technology (blue light) past 9PM, no chores of any kind past 9PM either, reading or writing is good, in bed and head on pillow at 10PM, She wants me to have at least 8.5 hours of sleep, awake at 7AM, coffee first thing in the morning, a walk or some sort of activity in the morning as well, make a To Do list…Also I cant read in bed which is my normal! She said “bed is for sleep and sex and that’s it!”
The most recent big thing is seeing a physical therapist. We are going to be working on my pain management and strengthening my shoulders. ( I have had weakness in them since my fibro started) He said my balance and strength look really good. Currently I do what I should be as far as heating and stretching but I’m just not consistent with it. I also don’t pace myself well. I will just keep going once I get started and work myself until I have to stop. Either physically, to take care of kids, it gets dark…
So for the next who knows how long, I will be seeing Joe twice a week for an hour. I need to be doing a stretch routine at least twice a day, using my heating pad/hot baths daily, continue taking ibuprofen and not over doing it…I’m a slow learner when it comes to having to pace.
The days I feel pretty good and have energy are the days I over do it. I tend to push to get things done even knowing I’m already in pain and because of that, I know I will be down for at least the next day. If I can just push through now, I can feel better about being down the next day because I got what I had started done.
He sort of mentioned that I need to learn to pace…I sort of listened. That day I may have paced a little but still made sure I got stuff done. I didn’t start another project so that’s good. I didn’t push to get that whole area of the yard done. I just cleaned up the part I had already started and called it good. Also…I knew it was going to rain today so I knew I would be “forced” to not do more yard work 😊
My list of things I want and need to do continues to get longer…But I’m going enlist some help instead of doing it all myself. Hard for me to do but… I need to get and stay feeling good so I can keep doing the things I love. I have found myself being a bit of a recluse. That is not who I am.
I am fun and talkative. I am social and adventurous. I am lots of things that I have been missing. I’m on a mission to find the me I want to be!
Love,
The Momma