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One of those days

Today wasn't exactly the most productive day on record. I felt so tired today, and I'm not sure why. By three in the afternoon I gave up and took a long nap. This evening I have another headache, although not as severe as the one a few days ago. What's up with these headaches? This one feels more like a sinus headache than a migrane though.

I haven't had joint pain in a while, but last night I was awake with it about 4:00 am. I got up and took a hot bath, which helped enough to get me back to sleep. No drugs required.

This afternoon I had stomach cramps and broke out in hives. I"m not sure what would be setting off my allergies this time of year, but something is. The hives are also likely partly because my skin is so dry. I keep putting lotion on it - and not the nice smelling foofoo lotion. Nope, I mean the no smelling lotion from the skin doctor. I had to drag the humidifer up from the basement this week because I was having so many nose bleeds. Thankfully I don't get some of the gushers other HPS'ers get. They usually stop in 10 minutes or so.

Okay, now for some cheese with my whine.
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