Sometimes, you just gotta listen and give in

Most of the time, 2 or 3 advil at once is enough to manage the aches that are common with CFS and fibro.

But with my legs aching from yesterday's cramps, and a resulting headache... and 6 advil later I'm still noticing them... it's time to lie down. Again. That's where I've been most of the day today.

Definitely a day to stay home.

Mng.

That would be a sound of annoyance and such.

Woke up achy this morning.

Ow. This is annoying :p

So today, went to one of my team of doctors for a follow-up, then to the store.

One hour of talking, then doing grocery shopping for about an hour.

My legs were cramping by 3/4 of the way through the shopping. Shopping! Just at Target! I've been alternatingly stiff, sore and cramped since.

On the good side, after losing my train of thought at the dr I was able to recover it without a prompt. Haven't been able to do that in a bit.

Went down for a nap since I was so sore. Took about 2 hours. Now I'm honestly more fogged than when I laid down, but not as stiff and sore at least.

I hate this.

I hate this I hate this I hate this.

What did you do today?

Me?

Woke up.

Ate breakfast.

Drank a Boost.

Went back to bed.

Got up.

Spent 30 minutes on the computer.

Took a shower.

Went to dinner at the inlaws'.

Total time... 6 hours. Total.

I'm dragging. Badly.

I do not WANT to go to bed.

I want to write. I want to work on my character in City of Heroes.

Heck, I want to *clean the upstairs game room*.

And all I feel like doing is sitting here being a lump on the chair.

It's funny...for the first time, riding in the car to the inlaws' (a 45 minute ride or so) wasn't frustrating. Hubby doesn't talk in the car. He just doesn't. I'm a talkative person. I prefer to be visiting with someone. But this time, I was just relaxed and enjoying looking at the clouds.

One thing about chronic fatigue... I'm learning to slow down.

I just don't want to slow down *this much*.

Bleh. Going to the inlaws, no radio in the car, and only lasted 10 minutes on the phone. It's odd that being on the phone can be such strain.

Symptoms of the day

Yesterday, I helped mom upstairs.

Today, I'm definitely having memory and fatigue issues. It's not that I totally forget what I'm going to say, but that I'm slower in writing. This sentence, for instance is taking something like 10 minutes. And mom called and it took me too long to recognize who the ringer was for.

Nothing major, but listtle indicators that I should and will go back to bed.

Wow. Well, that's a surprise, but a good one

That functional capacity test that I thought went "annoyingly well"?

The only thing that was *really* good on it was my consistency. As in, they could tell that I was consistently trying to do as well as I could on the test.

Otherwise, almost everything came out either low or significantly low for someone my age and gender.

And that was on a medium day. Not a *good* day, but not as bad a day as today, either. Average, really.

That's "good" because it supports what we need for insurance.

Though, it did make me sound worse than I feel, though not worse than I *am*.

As for today... helped mom moving stuff around upstairs in her place again, trying to reorganize for her new bookcase. Though we both tried not to overdo, we still got a good amount done.