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mellowtiggerI can't remember if I've officially added fatigue to my list of symptoms, so I'm doing it now.
Most days are fine. I feel normal, although caffeine helps to get through a short 4-hour work day. I've even gone out running. Other days are not so great. A few times, I've actually woken up feeling tired.
This last Saturday, it was raining so I only spent a few minutes outside gardening. The rest of the day, I spent a whole 6 hours awake and playing computer games. It was so exhausting that I crashed and slept for 3+ hours, even though I was supposed to be awake and on-call since I have the work pager. I missed the start time for the first ever Twin Cities Bear Pride event. I woke up lacking enthusiasm, though, so I skipped it. Sunday was much the same.
Feeling better today, but I should also report an incident from about 3 weeks ago. I came home from work around 5:30pm. I sat down at the computer to catch up on email and news. I noticed it got really dim, so I stood up and went to the window to see if there were thick clouds in the sky. Nope, it was just sunset. It was suddenly 8:30pm. I'm guessing that I fell asleep sitting at the desk for 3 hours without warning. Yuck.
About a week ago, there was another new thing that happened. I usually sit on the couch all curled up to stay warm. I uncurled at some point and discovered that for about 20 seconds I couldn't move my right foot or its toes. I didn't get all tingly like I had cut off the blood supply and it needed to start circulating again. I just couldn't move anything for a brief period. Yuck, again.
"Come back when you're falling down," said the neurologist. Can do.
Most days are fine. I feel normal, although caffeine helps to get through a short 4-hour work day. I've even gone out running. Other days are not so great. A few times, I've actually woken up feeling tired.
This last Saturday, it was raining so I only spent a few minutes outside gardening. The rest of the day, I spent a whole 6 hours awake and playing computer games. It was so exhausting that I crashed and slept for 3+ hours, even though I was supposed to be awake and on-call since I have the work pager. I missed the start time for the first ever Twin Cities Bear Pride event. I woke up lacking enthusiasm, though, so I skipped it. Sunday was much the same.
Feeling better today, but I should also report an incident from about 3 weeks ago. I came home from work around 5:30pm. I sat down at the computer to catch up on email and news. I noticed it got really dim, so I stood up and went to the window to see if there were thick clouds in the sky. Nope, it was just sunset. It was suddenly 8:30pm. I'm guessing that I fell asleep sitting at the desk for 3 hours without warning. Yuck.
About a week ago, there was another new thing that happened. I usually sit on the couch all curled up to stay warm. I uncurled at some point and discovered that for about 20 seconds I couldn't move my right foot or its toes. I didn't get all tingly like I had cut off the blood supply and it needed to start circulating again. I just couldn't move anything for a brief period. Yuck, again.
"Come back when you're falling down," said the neurologist. Can do.
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Date: 2010-Jun-15, Tuesday 05:54 am (UTC)The worse thing to do is to freak-out about a health problem. Monitor it and see your doctor.
Re: ??
Date: 2010-Jun-15, Tuesday 02:43 pm (UTC)