Fibromyalgia is low today, but my god the spine pain is off the freaking charts. It feels like it’s worse on the side that was just done last week. Hopefully it’s just worse because of the procedure and it will calm down. That probably won’t be for another few weeks though if it’s anything like the last time. Ice packs aren’t touching it today. Not even close, and it’s getting worse as the day goes on.
Usually the fibromyalgia closely follows pain at this level, so I expect that to happen very soon. It has taken about an hour to take me from optimism about healing from this procedure, to pure panic about the pain levels I’m experiencing right now. Plus the thought of a proper fibro flare up being around the corner doesn’t help anything.
Literally within about 3 minutes after taking the ice packs off, the pain comes roaring back in full force. It almost feels worse after feeling some minor relief. Like it would be better to not use the ice packs at all, and that way I wouldn’t be teased by some temporary relief. It would set my expectations better. My head has been pretty foggy since the afternoon. I haven’t been able to think straight. I can’t write properly, so I’ll call it here.