Quite the Day...

I was seizing almost all day today at work. I usually can mask it pretty easily, but had to wonder if anyone noticed with the amount of shaking that was going on. I didn't hear anything from anyone, but still would be curious to hear what people were thinking.

And tonight? Major fibro fog. Trouble remembering how to do things like operating light switches. I was going to type this up twenty minutes ago, but could not remember where my blog was. Um, dude... it's bookmarked.

Who knows what adventures tomorrow will hold!

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On...

Yeah, that's about all I have to report. Lots of seizure/tremor stuff lately. Almost exclusively the right side -- which is my more common side always, but even more lately.

I have, on the bright side, been on my treadmill for 50 days in a row now!

It Has Been a While...

Not really anything new to report. Nothing amusing anyway. The last entry was hard to top anyway, lol...

At Least I Think This is Pretty Funny...

Here's hoping my vast audience does too!

3rd period, I have my class in the computer lab, working on projects. I feel a pretty good seizure about to come on. Then, out of the blue, one of the young ladies at the table near me says, "Earthquake?" I step away from her table quickly, so as not to cause it to shake any further. Then two other students in different parts of the computer lab say, "Earthquake!" Several others repeat them.

6.24, with an epicenter about 80 miles north of us...

No damage to the room, the students... or my legs.

Expletive Deleted

As things like this are happening, I am often torn between cursing and crying... but very soon after the event, they are funny.

About an hour ago, I stood at the bottom of the staircase in my house, trying to figure out how to operate it.

I Don't Think I Have Ever Posted This Before!

I slept all the way through the night! I was trying to guess when the last time was that I could say that. I knew it had been several years. So, I just looked it up in here, and it appears that the last time was before I started my blog... in 2010. 

Wheeee!

Not for the Squeamish! But kind of interesting for the rest of you...

You have been warned.

I scraped my finger. Not hard enough to break the skin or draw blood, just a minor scrape. However, my brain decided that it was majorly gory. The message was that skin and muscle had been viciously ripped from the bone, and that it was gushing blood. I looked down at it, and it looked fine. Looking away, back to the savage carnage of my finger. 

Now as I type this, some 20 minutes later, I keep expecting to see blood all over the keyboard. Am I the only one who finds this amusing?

Fibro Dog to the Rescue!

I was having a pretty bad wave of Fibro Fog... I was headed to a friend's house three blocks from mine, and I could not remember how to get there...

BUT...

My dog and I were both invited, so he was along... and HE REMEMBERED! He got us to the house, even when I had no idea where it was!

Kodiak to the rescue!

Decisions, Decisions...

I know that if I go to the doctor with this, he'll say it's interesting, and  try to come up with something that might work but won't. 

More trouble than usual walking in the morning. Legs don't work right, and don't want to support weight. Lower back doesn't seem to be correctly attached to pelvis. Arms and hands not quite fast enough to keep me from bumping into walls or door frames. This seems to be lasting 20-30 minutes each day.

But the good news is the dog still loves me despite this behavior!

A New Use for the Word Kerfuffle...

It usually means a commotion or fuss, especially when caused by conflicting viewpoints, right? Well, I have decided that what is wrong with my ankle these days should be called a kerfuffle. It feels like it's broken in several places, like maybe from having been crushed or something. But it also has a strange comfort about it. It's almost as if the broken state is the way that my ankle was designed to be. 

So kerfuffle sort of fits, right?

A Good Decision...

So, this morning, about 7:30, I woke up deceased. After just a few minutes of weighing my options, I elected to go back to sleep. As it turns out, that was indeed the right decision.

Summertime...

Teaching the summer camp again. Some days are easier than others, dancing with 6 year olds. 

Tonight, I went to one of my favorite restaurants with a couple of friends. Then leaving, I noticed that my right leg was about 5 inches shorter than my left. I don't think it was the food...

Been a While...

Sorry... not so much new, just a lot of the same old... Well, outside of fibro-land, some great things. The body... meh. But the usual meh!

A Funny One, I Promise!

I had one of the funniest Fibro-Fog episodes in recent memory last week, and forgot to post it. No, that's not the Fibro-Fog...

I was getting dressed to meet a couple of friends for brunch. I was standing there in front of my closet, holding the shirt I had decided to wear. I knew that it was supposed to go on my body, but could not for the life of me remember how it was supposed to get there. I looked at it from several angles, but nothing made sense. Never fear, within three minutes I figured it out!

One of THOSE Nights...

It's a very strange sensation, and a tough one to get used to, but I think I am finally there. I never really know how to describe it either, but I'll try. That's what this blog thing is for, right?

Sometimes -- not often, thank goodness -- I simply feel like I am in the process of dying. I feel my internal organs shutting down and decaying, really fast. At least, I would assume it's fast, since it generally does not last more than six or so hours.The brain doesn't usually do the shut down part, just the decay part. The muscles seem to turn to concrete, like they could never flex again. Everything inside is rotting away.

And the really weird part? I'm not worried in the least. This is one that has scared me every time, for years. Now it's just a major bother. And, I think it's fair to say, mighty uncomfortable. But I think I've finally gotten to the point where this one does not leave me doubting that I will get better anymore. And that's a good thing.

Of course, if I could cease experiencing it all together, that would be better, but I guess that is asking for too much!

I Apologize!

If any of you thought that was a long earthquake with several tremors on either side, sorry! It was just one of the biggest sets of seizures I've ever had. I was actually wondering if I was shaking the whole house -- and my house is built really well.

Two videos on a shelf about five feet from me fell sideways -- not off the shelf, just leaning against the next shelving unit -- but that appears to be the extent of the Jack-quake's 'damage', thank goodness!

Improvements?

Not sure... 

Having some bad days, as usual, but having a few that are almost not bad. Still plenty of chronic fatigue times, and plenty of broken bones, but some days when they are minimal. I'm not used to minimal.

Is it a coincidence that work is going really well? 

Mixed Up Day...

Today I could not regulate my temperature at all. That and some pain was about it.

Tonight, seizure things and muscle cramps -- both of which can make sleep interesting. 

We shall see what tomorrow brings...

A Fair Trade?

Today has been (and continues to be) interesting.

I slept better yesterday afternoon and last night than I have in a week. and the pain levels have been pretty low -- and virtually no chronic fatigue syndrome effects! However, today has been a major one for tremor/seizure things.

I think I can deal with this! Now I just need to know how to keep it going...