The Lyrica did its thing last night and gave me some low pain. Combined with an ice pack, I had pretty low pain. I took advantage and did a short walk. No cane, and no problems. I realized right at the end that the Lyrica was helping out. Unfortunately the good Lyrica effects fade after about a week for me. I’m also really groggy this morning. I got a lot of sleep last night. I had a hard wake up at 7, and I thought that was going to be it, but then got another 2 hours of sleep. I needed it so much. Today is the kind of day where I need to motivate myself and manage the pain so it doesn’t stop me, but I don’t feel up to it for some reason! I’ll get there eventually.
Cooked lunch then did a short walk. I brought the cane, but didn’t use it. It was difficult, but that’s a lack of conditioning and endurance causing that. That’s the good kind of difficult. I’m happy to suffer for results, but I’ve been burned oh so many times with this disease. A week or two of hard work can be wiped out in one day of a bad fibro flare. And they always feel worse when you haven’t had one in a while. Like a cold day after a long, hot summer. Because of that, I’m always afraid of committing. The negative enforcement I always endure makes me very timid and super cautious. I’ll always get the exercise in when I can, but committing to a full ‘comeback’ is another story.
Short walk after dinner without the cane. I kept checking my zipper because I felt naked somehow. I didn’t know what to do with my hands. I felt like Ricky Bobby from Talladega Nights. I tried playing some games earlier, but sitting at my desk really hurt. Good reminder that just because I’m having a low pain day, it doesn’t mean I’m actually better. I feel the inertia of sitting still for so long. It’s really hard to get moving again. So far I’m not missing any opportunity to move, so that’s good.
One more short walk. I ate something that I didn’t realize contained wheat, so in the case it causes a flare up, I got another walk in a tiny bit earlier than I wanted. No worries though. I didn’t eat very much of it, so if it does affect me, it shouldn’t be a massive effect. I do need to test whether gluten and/or dairy are triggering the fibromyalgia, but I’m not really keen on gluten loading for science. I’ll wait for it to happen accidentally, which it seems takes only 2 days with me.