-nausea (4)
-anxiety (3)
-fatigue (8)
-sleepiness (8)
-hot flashes (10)
-decrease in appetite (7)
Throughout the day I did experience random waves of nausea and I had patches of sleepiness. I just noticed though that the last three nights I didn’t have dinner, which I wouldn’t have noticed if I hadn’t been keeping a food journal. I do encourage you to keep one if you are watching your weight, on a tapering program or in need of trying to figure out a cause and effect in regards to your health. The last three days I also noted that I haven’t been finishing my lunch of whatever meat and veggie either and I haven’t felt hungry at all when decreasing food intake or skipping out on dinner (that’s not a good thing to do, by the way). I’ll have to keep an eye on that.
The day was mostly uneventful other than being in a constant hot flash. It’s as if I could feel my mid section radiating heat. I’m not exaggerating when I say that it felt as if I was a heater turned on to a low/medium heat setting. I guess it’s a good way to get acquainted with the hot flashes that will bug me later in life in my pre-menopausal stage. (funny but not funny) I stayed an hour later at the office to help my co-worker decorate her department with spooky Halloween décor and spider webs with spiders tossed in to mimic real spiders that dangle from the ceiling. I even put on a safety vest when climbing the ladder, you know, to be safe….
Upon getting home at about a quarter to 6, I changed into my comfy stretchy pants and plopped myself into my bed as I was still sweating from the added heat that climbing up and down a ladder to decorate added to my already on fire body. And for the remainder of the evening, that is where I stayed. Soon after flipping on the TV though I fell asleep only waking for a few minutes to take my nightly medication, take out my contacts and call it a night (this was about 8pm) and I didn’t wake until the following morning. I hope I have more “up” days than “down” ones, being so unproductive and sleeping through entire evenings is depressing. Though, I’ll take sleeping over the other symptoms that can keep me just as unproductive. For those of you reading this blog and keeping me in your prayers, thank you. I truly appreciate it.