I’ve had my neck muscles cramp up before, and it’ll trigger a headache, but I’ll be fine after a little while.
Not this time.
Tag Archives: pain
My Neck Has Checked Out
Last night, as I was laying in bed doing my normal things that relax me (playing my silly games on my phone, Instagram, Pinterest, etc), I shifted and realized that all of my necks muscles were extremely sore. It was really odd. So I stretched gently, and ow!!! Yup, something is wrong.
I take a muscle relaxant every night to help me sleep. I figured that sleeping and the muscle relaxant would get them to relax. Finding a comfortable sleeping position was a little difficult, but it wasn’t too bad.
Had I slept like this, I’d at least know why my neck hurts!
It’s Giving Tuesday
I hadn’t even heard of Giving Tuesday until today… apparently, I’ve been living under a rock? I think I just have difficulty keeping track of which “named” days get added onto this specific part of the season…
Anyway, Giving Tuesday makes me feel much better about the world than the others. One invisible illness blogger I read regularly, Let’s Feel Better by Ilana, also works for the Global Genes Project. She wrote about the work they do and some of the non-profits they work with!
Check out Ilana’s Giving Tuesday post!
Featured in Ilana’s post: Dysautonomia International, Jeffery Modell Foundation, EB Research Partner (EB is the “butterfly” condition)
Defining Disabled from Indisposed and Undiagnosed
Defining Disabled – Indisposed and Undiagnosed
I’m just going to leave this here. I’ve been thinking along the same lines, and she articulated these thoughts perfectly!
First Road Trip With POTS – Short Thoughts
This has been my first road trip since my POTS diagnosis, and it has been a learning experience. I’ll write more about it later, but here are some quick points.
- You will be too hot and too cold… Sometimes at the same time.
- You are going to get crazy dizzy because road trips are dehydrating
- Clothing is obnoxious
- Fast food and soda are simultaneously awesome and evil
- Bladders are tiny
- There is no such thing as being over prepared
Your Brain on Pain
I get Real Simple magazine. It felt weird switching from Cosmo to Real Simple, but I suddenly felt like the magazine was being written more towards me, so it was obviously the right time to switch. It’s odd what things make us realize we’re growing up. Anyway, I don’t tend to write about what I read because the things I utilize from the magazine tend to be the organizing and cleaning tips (and there are SO MANY of those online). I do occasionally read stories that tug at my heart, but since I’ve started this blog I hadn’t read a story that felt like it was written specifically for me.
Well, that all changed in the August 2015 issue (I just read it recently because I fell behind, haha). In the August issue, there is an article simply titled “Pain.” I figured it would probably focus on “normal” pain, for “normal” people… which is kind of true. However, it did actually discuss chronic pain. And there were some disturbing pieces of research mentioned in the article.
Short Life Update… because, Insomnia
Mom is leaving to head back to CA tomorrow… actually, today… in, like, 5 1/2 hours. And I’m not sleeping. Oops. I told her I’d make her some maps. So what do I do? Decide I can’t stand the new way that Google prints maps anymore, so I decide to make my own. Now, they turned out really well. But I’m dumb, “Yes, I feel ill… so let’s spend three plus hours making maps from screen shots and typed directions.” Oh well, she shouldn’t get lost at least 
Though I suppose their could be random construction detours that weren’t marked… you never know on road trips.
Brain ‘splode!
The Pain of my Fibro Flares
This is the first time since starting my blog that I’ve had more than basic fibromyalgia symptoms. My fibromyalgia has been mostly under control for at least six months, but it’s kind of hard to tell with all the POTS stuff going on. Some of the symptoms between the two conditions overlap, with chronic fatigue and widespread muscle aches being the two main ones in my case. Towards the end of getting my fibro controlled, I’d been able to identify several of my triggers: injury, bad illness, exhaustion, major over exertion, severe allergy flares (if I haven’t been controlling things very well), sudden shift from warm weather to cold weather (like, from 70F to 40F, which happens in CO on a regular basis), and hurting my feet. Thankfully, many of these triggers need to be paired with others to set off a bad flare.
The Crazy Symptoms of Pain Killers, Exhaustion, and Life
Lately, I have had some very odd symptoms. They aren’t really “new” per say, but they are very irritating.
Posting Made Difficult…
For some reason, the mobile version of the website has suddenly been making it almost impossible to post. Everything’s I clicked on either the “add a new post” in the top bar OR “add” next to “blog posts” from the “my site” page, it asked me to choose a site. I only have this one. I’d click on it, and it would take me to stats. I finally had to click on the admin link to get to the more involved dashboard, then open the side menu, THEN click on “add post” … UGH! Don’t know what’s going on with that craziness.
Anyway, I was trying to post a very quick update letting you all know that I am going to the doctor tomorrow… He wants to make sure the pain isn’t from any sort of complication. It’s actually a different doctor in the same office because mine is fully booked. Hopefully this pain is just from my fibro…
Finding Life's Silver Sun 