Time to post a little update for my records. Grin. As many of you know I was having a lot of trouble before conference with a bad cold. I was really worried that I’d go to conference, get worn down, and make myself sick again.
Interestingly enough, my energy levels have been much, much better these past few weeks. While conference was exhausting, it was a normal kind of exhausting. I came back and while I’m still taking naps in the evening (which I don’t like) at least I’ve been very awake, alert and on task at work. I’ve actually been feeling pretty great.
Yesterday, however, I ended up staying home (and trying to work as I could.) I haven’t had any GI issues in some time, but I guess whatever I ate for dinner Monday night didn’t agree with me. It was like a volcano exploding over and over again. And when you have an ostomy, and you get the runs shall we say, it’s very easy for leaks to occur. And they did. Over and over. This, of course, irritated the two little bleeding areas around my stoma which had been doing so much better. They got to bleeding and between the runs and the bleeding, I couldn’t keep a pouch on.
That meant no sleep. I was up all night and in the bathroom about every 45 minutes. Forget work after a night like that. I’m better off to sleep in and work from home in the afternoon. So that’s what I did, only in the afternoon the mess started all over again.
So far so good today, although I’m feeling tired again.
The only other thing to report on the health front is that my joint pain that comes and goes seems to pretty much be all the time now, although mild. If I could just lose some weight, I’m sure that would help. I just can’t seem to get my life together. My apartment is even worse than usual. I need a haircut. I haven’t been to the grocery.
The problem is that after you’ve been severely fatigued for a long time, when you start to feel better the pile of every-day tasks waiting for you is huge.
Interestingly enough, my energy levels have been much, much better these past few weeks. While conference was exhausting, it was a normal kind of exhausting. I came back and while I’m still taking naps in the evening (which I don’t like) at least I’ve been very awake, alert and on task at work. I’ve actually been feeling pretty great.
Yesterday, however, I ended up staying home (and trying to work as I could.) I haven’t had any GI issues in some time, but I guess whatever I ate for dinner Monday night didn’t agree with me. It was like a volcano exploding over and over again. And when you have an ostomy, and you get the runs shall we say, it’s very easy for leaks to occur. And they did. Over and over. This, of course, irritated the two little bleeding areas around my stoma which had been doing so much better. They got to bleeding and between the runs and the bleeding, I couldn’t keep a pouch on.
That meant no sleep. I was up all night and in the bathroom about every 45 minutes. Forget work after a night like that. I’m better off to sleep in and work from home in the afternoon. So that’s what I did, only in the afternoon the mess started all over again.
So far so good today, although I’m feeling tired again.
The only other thing to report on the health front is that my joint pain that comes and goes seems to pretty much be all the time now, although mild. If I could just lose some weight, I’m sure that would help. I just can’t seem to get my life together. My apartment is even worse than usual. I need a haircut. I haven’t been to the grocery.
The problem is that after you’ve been severely fatigued for a long time, when you start to feel better the pile of every-day tasks waiting for you is huge.
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