Sleep started bad, but was OK in the end. I feel like I got hit by a car. Not a bus, not a train. Just a car. I’m sore, I’m beat. It’s from overexerting myself yesterday, so it’s OK. I enjoyed the effort and the simple ability to exert the effort. I think the sleep issues of late have been caused by stopping the Lyrica. I don’t know how long it takes to even out. It will be difficult to get moving today. The only thing keeping me going these days is the heavy magnesium supplementation.
Medium walk. It’s so fucking hot and humid, and only getting worse. This is totally draining me. I feel low energy and beat up. Sore isn’t the right word – I don’t think I’m even there yet. I was going to do a short walk to loosen up, but it’s only getting hotter, so I thought I’d get extra in to beat the heat a tiny bit. These walks aren’t getting easier, but they are getting more frequent and longer, so I guess I’m scaling up well. I need some better nutrition to help with recovery and energy. I’ve only been dealing with survival for the last year and a half. I don’t know how to make progress anymore.
Medium walk. So hot. This makes me miss NorCal so much more than usual. I can see cicadas crawling up the trees, so that will be an added nightmare once they are in full swing. This place is miserable. I don’t know why anyone would want to live here.
I’m going to take it a bit easier. I feel like I’m tipping after dinner. I’m not sure just yet. I normally only get 3 decent days in a row, and that’s where I am. I get a boost when I don’t have fibromyalgia to deal with, but the spine pain is still always there. I always overcompensate during the first handful of low/no fibro days, then the pain comes into full focus, and that’s where I am right now. Too much exertion will only increase the spine pain, and that potentially triggers the fibro. I don’t really have a clue how to live without constant fibro flares, so it’s actually a learning process for me. I’ll take spine pain over fibromyalgia any day though, but I think the fibro might be creeping back.
Did a magnesium foot bath for 25 minutes and felt a bit better. Seemed to push the fibro back. I did a short walk to round out the day. Slow and steady. Trying to stay active and loose, but not overdo it. I’m still in a lot of pain from all the movement lately plus my normal spine pain. I can usually control it (mostly) with ice packs and ibuprofen. I’m pushing it close to the edge though.