Moving very slowly
Sorry I’ve been rather incommunicado recently, butI’m coming to the end of a migraine that has wiped me out for the last couple of days. I’m at least upright now and can more or less tolerate light again, but I’m moving very slowly.
Do you ever have the feeling that there’s just way too much to do and you’re just chasing your tail? That’s how I’d been feeling for a few days – until my body just said STOP and felled me with one fell swoop.
I find that happens quite often. I suppose it’s my own body’s way of just pulling the plug and saying ENOUGH, NO MORE! This time it certainly did it in a fashion that I couldn’t ignore. God I hate migraines. They are so painful and totally and utterly debilitating.
Anyway I’m more or less finding my way back to the land of the living, have cancelled everything I should have been doing today and I’m very, very slowly trying to get back on track. There’s a lot that needs doing at the moment and if I just focus on very deliberately trying to do one little thing at a time then there’s some progress. Not a lot, but enough that I can tick something small off a very long list.
I’m focusing on trying to clean a little and declutter. We have way too much lying around and I always notice that when I manage to have a purge and get things tidy then firstly it’s immensely uplifting and secondly it makes life a lot easier and more manageable if there is just less STUFF. I’m not moving mountains mind you, I’m not in a fit state for that, but I have cleaned out some drawers and a bookcase and changed sheets and towels (so that even if I crash out this afternoon I’ll at least have the pleasure of clean sheets to make me feel better!).
Not quite the start to the week I had in mind, but step by step I’m getting there!
Helen
September 24th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Oh poor you, I can so sympathise. I get migraines too. Glad you took the time to rest and admit defeat for a while. No doubt your usual energy will return and there’ll be no keeping up with you again!
September 24th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
I feel for you as I get migraines too; very debilitating. Do take it slowly and let your family spoil you a bit. I have found that Lindenblütentee with honey helps, maybe you’ve heard of that old remedy? Hope you feel better soon!
September 24th, 2012 at 2:49 pm
Oh Helen, I’m sorry you have been unwell. You must do whatever you feel you want to do but I would prescribe putting your feet up with a good book and a cup of tea. Hope you feel better soon.
September 24th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
Helen, so sorry to hear you’re unwell. I know exactly what you mean when your body “gives” you a break. As I don’t tend to get headaches easily, my body reacts with hurting shoulders and a neck that refuses to turn in any way. My doc says it is a reflex of fear and stress that makes me pull up my shoulders too much and too often… I guess it’s the time of the year – I’m quite immobile since friday ;o( Sigh.
Take it easy and get yourself all the help you can get – from friends and family. They’ll be delighted to help (o.k. perhaps your stubborn teenagers might take to their heels ;o)))
Hugs
Christine
September 24th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Sorry to hear you are feeling poorly Helen 🙁 I have never had a migraine but I have a friend who gets them regularly and they seem to knock her for six each time. Hope you get the chance to rest up and get back to normal. We are another household that could do with a good declutter – but it never seems to happen!
September 24th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
I’m sorry the migraine came, but glad you are managing to get some rest and recover.
September 24th, 2012 at 8:53 pm
Urgh, sorry to hear about the migraine. I do know the tail chasing thing, about twice a year I get felled by a severe chest infection which always starts with a cold and just moves down. Friends and colleagues say they can tell when it’s coming, because one minute I’m running flat out, and the next I’m felled…
Hope you feel much better soon!
September 24th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
I add my thoughts and good wishes to those above, Helen. May tomorrow be a much better and painfree day. xxoo
September 25th, 2012 at 5:59 am
Take care of yourself. There must be something in the air…the change form summer to fall? I have just closed the door on my sewing room and I have so much to do, company coming tomorrow and instead I took a nap today! Migraines are the worst…please take a breather…thinking of you!
September 25th, 2012 at 9:34 am
ohhh I know how you feel and hopefully you’ll feel better quickly. don’t rush your recovery though. I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed atm too and not getting anything achieved I need to, but my excuse is the puppy, it’s like having a baby,