nikL's Journal

today was a day of ups and downs. there were certain points where i felt like i was having a cfids flare, extremely exhausted, sore throat, generalized malaise and pain.

before this episode, i was able to cook and clean a little, and go to the video store for a free rental, take out the garbage, put some clothes away. then i cooked my emergency stash of chinese herbs, which took about 1.5 hrs. i was able to start taking my first dose this afternoon.

aside from practicing qigong, i didn't do any exercise like i normally do, to give my body a chance to heal from this chronic infection. even so, the antiboitics make me tired too. i try to eat to avoid nausea with the medicine, but even so my apetite is kind of low.

thankfully, all that's subsided now. waiting for my partner to get home from work. now i'll be reading up on herbs and alternative medicine before sleep.

all in all, compared to what the day started out as and continued to be, it ended quite well. i'm grateful for that.

no one's gotten back to me regarding the resumes i sent out or part time work. honestly, i don't know if that's possible for me right now anyway. but at least i'd give it a try.

the director of the counseling center i go to called and said she'll set me up with a female therapist in a couple of weeks. that's good to know.

relieved to say that my seizures are getting under control with a slight increase in lamictal. i still have some scary moments of autonomic dysfunction a few times a week at least, but hopefully over time they will be less. if seizures are causing them, i'll have to increase my dose slowly over time. but boy, does that med make me tired!