It seems, and logically must be, impossible to know
what’s going to happen one day to the next. Whenever we arrange any kind of
appointment it’s usually made in good faith but, circumstances can so often
thwart the noblest intention. I’ve been feeling quite vulnerable, health-wise,
with a recurrence of sudden onset sundry joint, muscle and lymph node pain.
It’s rather hard to describe how (what starts as)
an acute breach of one’s pain threshold transforms itself into a prolonged
groan and nausea inducing pulsating bruised sensation. Occasionally the application of wrist, knee,
elbow and shoulder supports provides temporary relief but at other times they
have to be accompanied by taking a couple of tramadol. For a few days in the
past week, with the aid of a little preventative pain-killer consumption, I
seemed relatively free of the above aches and discomfort; even my IBS symptoms were in
temporary abeyance.
That should have seemed too good to last but, I so
enjoyed the welcome break that, I was rather shocked when the above symptoms alongside
others returned with a vengeance. A chest crushing response to sudden
unexpected sounds, IBS, post-nasal drip, sore throat, loss of appetite and sudden
pallor overwhelmed me yesterday, and I became quite frightened. My body imposed
a regime of rest on me; I kept dozing off intermittently throughout the day
even though I’d had my normal twelve plus hours of bed-rest, with intermittent
but not necessarily refreshing sleep, as prelude to this ultra-discomforted
day.
At present it seems as if my sundry prescribed medications
are failing in their duty, reflux, post-nasal drip, IBS are all nagging me into
acute awareness of their presence. I still am able to count my blessings, welcoming
each new day to bask in the love of ma belle amoureuse, having a roof over my
head, water on tap, essential heating, and food in the larder. My heart goes out to
all those less fortunate than myself.
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