Hello everyone! This is my first post on this my new and improved blog and i'm excited and nervous to share with you whats been going on with me on my chronic illness journey! I wanted to create and honest blog that basically talks about the real life realities of living with a chronic illness, without a filter! I hope that my posts might make you feel less alone or let people who aren't in the the chronic illness community get an idea of what we are going though and create a little understanding of what it like to live with a chronic illness. Especially if its invisible.
So this week I've had a bit of a flare up in symptoms. My pain levels are worse than usual, this has mostly been in my joints but I've also had some muscular pain where my joints have been overworked trying to keep everything in the right place. The pain has mostly been on my right side with pain in my shoulder arm and (quite severely) in my wrist. I have had to wear my wrist brace but even then its been bad. I've also had my joints doing a lot of clicking and cracking as I move which has been sore. Fun! I've also really been struggling with acid reflux and nausea and am finding it hard to keep food settled in my stomach and find that most foods are causing me nausea and regurgitation. (Yuck!) I think this possibly has something to do with the change in my meds. Yesterday was interesting as i was doing okay, but after about 20 minutes in the supermarket I went down hill quite quickly and crashed. My pain levels went right up and the fatigue hit bad. I started slurring my words and got super foggy. Just making it back to the car with the support of my boyfriend without being sick I was pretty much written off for the rest of the day, which was a shame because I wanted to help with the cleaning of the flat and have a nice bath. I realised that what hadn't helped matters was the fact that I had missed my meds the night before and hadn't really eaten enough that morning. After eating some rice, drinking a lot of water and resting (and taking my meds) I felt a little better. I watched some Netflix and boyfriend cooked me a lovely dinner. However after I ate I immediately became drowsy and passed out on the sofa! It often feels really hard when you have days like this and you can't quite do the day you planned. It can be upsetting and frustrating and its okay to feel like that. Comment below if you've had similar experiences. it would be lovely to hear from you!
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AuthorHello i'm Charlotte and I am the author of this blog! I myself have chronic illnesses and I wanted to create a blog that others could relate to! Archives
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