SIDE EFFECTS FOR THIS DAY: headaches (pain rating 2); left groin pain (pain rating 4); ovarian pain (4); lower back pain (4); leg pain (2); pain on right side (2); chest pain (5); tingling in fingers; lower ab muscles weak; hot flashes/night sweats; problems with sleep; nightmares; exhaustion.
I fell asleep twice this afternoon/evening from being exhausted, but I did get out to walk 20 blocks between rain storms.
My sleep is being interrupted by vivid nightmares combined with chest pain and numbness/tingling in my right hand. I've got no answers on that one! I know how some people feel as though the hot flashes wake them, for me it seems as though the trigger to the hot flash is waking me... whatever that trigger is. After I wake, I noticed I have about a minute before the hot flash hits. Or at least it seemed in the last 24 hours.
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Friday, May 9, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
April 16: A fog descends
SIDE EFFECTS FOR THIS DAY: headaches (pain rating 3); left groin pain (pain rating 3); pain on left side (3); general lower back pain (5); neck pain (pain rating 3); lower ab muscles weak; white noise in ears; inner ear pain (4); chest pain (5); mental confusion; hot flashes/night sweats; exhausted.
Today was a big test. I had to fly to my other residence. On normal days for me, this would be no big deal. There were some years I was on a plane 40 times. But today, everything became more significant. I would have to spend more time out of bed. I would have to pack a rollerboard, drag it, get to and from the car, go through security, etc. All the things that used to be normal, now seem huge.
I hadn't seen my other place for three months. A few things happened that were disconcerting to me. I couldn't remember a neighbor's name and had to ask my spouse. Tonight, I couldn't remember the way to the theater from our house. The house seemed new. I had no recollection of where I had put anything.
This is a little frightening.
I know how hard I fight every day to make mental connections, to think past pain, to stay focused. What is this new fog? This seems to go beyond the befuddlement of recent days. These are huge lapses in memory. Has anyone experienced this?
Today was a big test. I had to fly to my other residence. On normal days for me, this would be no big deal. There were some years I was on a plane 40 times. But today, everything became more significant. I would have to spend more time out of bed. I would have to pack a rollerboard, drag it, get to and from the car, go through security, etc. All the things that used to be normal, now seem huge.
I hadn't seen my other place for three months. A few things happened that were disconcerting to me. I couldn't remember a neighbor's name and had to ask my spouse. Tonight, I couldn't remember the way to the theater from our house. The house seemed new. I had no recollection of where I had put anything.
This is a little frightening.
I know how hard I fight every day to make mental connections, to think past pain, to stay focused. What is this new fog? This seems to go beyond the befuddlement of recent days. These are huge lapses in memory. Has anyone experienced this?
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