Life with chronic pain and such.
Dear extracts of oregano oil and cayenne: you'd better work. Dear body: stop doing that stupid temperature fluctuating thing, it makes me angry. You know you don't like me when I'm angry. Dear fibromyalgia and random spastic and ataxic cerebral palsy symptoms: quit raging. I can rage better than you. Don't you dare tease me. I will rage so hard that all the poets will applaud and then cower.
Right now I'm happy I don't need to talk much. My voice is all fucked up. The tenderness on the left side of my neck has faded, and whatever was swelling has drained, but pain is still there and I think my lymph nodes are still laughing and pointing. I have the worst taste in the back of my throat right now.
Part of this is one of the most severe, extreme fibromyalgia flares I've had since I was a teen. On top of that is the constant spastic and ataxic hemiparetic problems compounded by my right side's insisting on compensating for every single muscle, resulting in both sides of my body being fucked up and stupid.
I would consider an actual infection if my temperature went at all above 97.9. I'll still consider that, because you never know. I'll treat this like it's every annoying body system bullshit ever.
Whatever.
Also, for other spearwives with fibro, here is a lovely compilation of everything we currently need to know, including the Monster List Of Symptoms. I do wish there were links to snarky comebacks for annoying people who try to tell you that they know what's really wrong with you or that you're making it up.
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