Jan 09 2006
New Year? It’s a New Year?
Heh … I’m late. Just a wee bit, though. I’m also happy to report that my nesting binge is starting to pay off. I now have a semi-useable crafting studio AND I’ve inspired Jon to greater heights. We’re painting the main bathroom this coming weekend. Yay me! Of course, I volunteered to do all the prep work. *gulp* Thank goodness it’s a teeny space!
The vacation from the computer hasn’t been all that bad, really. However, the work and ideas for the Caretaker Chronicles have exploded across my notebooks. Again — Yay me! I got a bit hung up on the whole world-building scene, but I have a bright idea which I will share once it’s in motion (which means it has to warm up enough so I can go outside without becoming stiff and cranky).
Classes start again in about umm … two weeks. I took Spanish Part Dos. I got a B in the last class and although the perfectionist in me grouses in the background, the newly educated Fibromite is quite pleased. I think I’ll cheat next semester and finish all my homework in the first weekend (you didn’t see me say that!). That should leave me more time to study. :P
All in all, this whole pacing concept is much better to the alternative, but I still don’t know how I can apply it to any work place that’s not of my own creation. I still crash and burn even when I strive to take baby steps and little bites. I do a lot and I get a lot done around the house, but it’s over the course of an entire day, not an eight-hour shift.
One of the problems I still have with pacing is that I don’t count certain activities. Take for instance, typing. It’s not a strenuous activity, how can it possibly wipe me out? Oh, yeah … showering wipes me out. So — pacing. Fifty minutes of activity and ten whole minutes of nothing. Stillness. Quiet. No reading, writing, or even thinking. I’m not always successful, but I’m getting better at it. It’s not a fix for the energy shortage, but it helps preserve what I do have when I have some to spare.
One Response to “New Year? It’s a New Year?”
Welcome back! I’ve been wondering where you were. I have fibromyalgia, too, and it sucks.
I had never heard of the theory of FMS as a neurologic disease before I read your old blog posts[I’ve had some denial issues!]
I did buy a book several years ago about guaifenesin therapy,
and told my mom about it. She swears that it helps. Insurance doesn’t pay for guai, so I
only tried it for a month and had to quit for financial reasons. So I don’t know if it works
or not.
Thinking about some of the weird numbness/tingly feelings I have sometimes [and the constant
pain] makes me think you could be right about it being neurologic. I tried Cymbalta [of ‘depression hurts’ fame] but it affected my mood so much it made me feel emotionally numb.
I have three kids, so meds that make me tired or fuzzy in my brain aren’t my friends, you know?
Here’s hoping someone figures out what the hell it really is so they can come up with an effective treatment!
Anyway, take care of yourself!
Shelbi