While the gait was still iffy, I thought I was doing pretty well yesterday. I'd been through my 12 hours of fasting for bloodwork. The gal at the lab thought I had wonderful veins and filled up 8 vials of blood. The pain was very much there, that needle stuck in my arm. It still hurts today, almost 16 hours later.
I've tried ice packs, massage, heat - nothing is making it feel better, but that's not my biggest complaint. My legs and feet had improved prior to the fasting. The numbness had subsided to where it only lived in the bottoms of my feet. I was quite tickled about it. My boa constrictor had removed himself from my rib cage, making breathing easier. Sensations other than pain, numbness and tingling were returning to my torso. Things were looking up, or so I had thought.
There's not enough ice packs to relieve the searing pain. I know, I've tried. The shocking cold is not helping now and I find that troubling. I've been pouring water, V-8 juice and almond milk down my gullet in hopes that it's dehydration, lack of magnesium -- something! Of course the doc's offices are closed today. Haven't figured out why they all think they need a 3 day weekend. I refuse to go to the emergency room, or a clinic as they have no answers either, but I'm sure they'd be more than happy to give me a script for something to take the pain away....
From all I've read, sugar is another culprit to aggravate this. I look at my 3" 3 ring binder filled with gluten free recipes and think, "crap, now I've got to figure out how to remove the processed sugar and re-invent those we adore". Oh well, will give me something to do if and when my hands are working better. Stirring ingredients is most painful. Measuring ingredients is quite comical to innocent bystanders.
So, I've not a clue what's put me back to this: pain, boa constrictors, complete body numbness, muscle spasms in the head. But will work diligently to make it go away!
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