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[violachic]

Yeah. So I had a really bad night last night. Lots of pain intermittently, and I was up and down a lot. I didn't get up until about 3:30 this afternoon, but had lain in bed trying to get up for awhile before that. The pain isn't as bad now, but its still up from where it was a few days ago.

Yesterday, polyfrog introduced me to The Spoon Theory. It makes a lot of sense to me. While it was originally conceived by a woman with chronic illness, it can be applied to anyone who is laid up for any amount of time with illness, injury, or other medical issues- probably can be applied to things like depression as well.

I don't have very many spoons today. Luckily, being online takes up fewer spoons than I thought it might. But I do need to shower and wash my hair tonight, and that will take a lot. My big hope is to at least get to church for Easter tomorrow, and maybe even a party in the evening. Morning will take more priority. We'll see how tonight goes. Blah.

I've also had some spates of feeling sorry for myself. One of my co-workers called me a couple days ago, and that made me miss being at work like crazy. I also learned that everyone from the Chicago office is going to DC for Tom's funeral next weekend, and I can't go. That really bothers me, but there's nothing I can do about it.

I started a new medication, though. It is an anti-seizure medication originally, and is also used for shingles pain. It is for medical issues involving nerves in general, so if this works, it will be as much of a diagnostic tool as it is a treatment. Down side is, it can take two or three weeks to have full effect. I have to start it small and ramp it up, and if I have to go off it, ramp it down. I'm extra woozy today, although I'm taking fewer oxycodone, but its hard to tell if that's a side effect of the new medication, or fatigue from the battle I had last night. Its very interesting, the fact that simply being in a lot of pain can really wear you out.

Dunno. I'm feeling kind of blah today. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.


Next person to come visit, will you please bring lots of chocolate?

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Chicago For Peace

[socialistfarmer.livejournal.com]

Hello-a post about Food Not Bombs a few weeks ago made me realize the info for Uptown FNB posted on chicagoforpeace's lj profile has been incorrect since at least the Spring of 2003.

I was thinking you might want to replace the weekly events listing with the one posted here, http://www.newworldresourcecenter.com/events/, since it's constantly being updated. Or at least remove the Uptown FNB serving.

Thanks, and thanks for maintaining the community! And I hope you're feeling better.