What a relief; today I feel much
more my usual “better-day” self! Yesterday was the kind of day one always hopes
to avoid; from waking-up, after a familiarly intermittent non-refreshing pattern
of sleep, and throughout the whole day and evening I felt numbingly exhausted, despite
the fact that the excruciating pains in my hip and left limb were quite
markedly in abeyance.
Last night, as I [un]settled down
to sleep, that once far too familiar painfully hollow sharp bruised ache in my
left arm took over. Having already taken painkillers, I duly applied a wrist
splint which seems [occasionally] to alleviate the nauseating discomfort. A
nausea inducing dull tenderness in the armpits soon became apparent; I had to
remove my [not at all tight fitting] pyjama jacket which began to feel as if it
was constricting armpits, upper arms and shoulders.
The minor setback followed eight
days in which I had felt the brightest I could remember for a considerable
time. Concentration, alertness and general sense of wellbeing were on a, far
too rare, high consequent upon the acupuncture
treatment received on 31 January.
I feel really blessed in having
visits from a physiotherapist, trained in both Eastern and Western models of
acupuncture, who has considerable experience / understanding of ME [Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]
both as a practitioner and a fellow sufferer. Being enthusiastically athletic, it
must have come as quite a blow when she succumbed to this wretched neurological
condition. Working as a physiotherapist, she had noticed the detrimental effect
that exercise was having on some of her clients; at the time I doubt whether
there was any inkling that this could become part of her own experience.
Today has been a wonderfully
relaxed time in the company of my beloved, exchanging sweet nothings, and
catching up with some recorded TV programmes. For this ordinary day – I give
thanks.
