John,
You have to figure out your physical limitations and that takes a while to do.
Fatigue can slip up on you pretty quick or hit you the day after you have
overdone it. I am better at looking for that certain feeling I get when I am
about to overdo it, but still screw up at times. That is when my hubby sees
how I am walking (wobbly) and orders me to "sit down". I don't usually
argue, but it is hard to give up trying to do that "one more thing" for the day.
This disease hits most all important body parts and definitely makes life hard.
But, at least we have all of our body parts, and this is not a terminal
illness.
Janice
From: john snodgrass
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 7:13 AM
To: Barbara Alma
Cc: transverse myelitis
Subject: Re: [TMIC] overdoing it
the thing that frustrates me the most is that we have experienced the
damned if you do and damned if you don't kind of suffering.
pardon my expression.
being a hill-billy land owner i was use to working hard and enjoying the
fruit of it,so to speak.
now I feel like I am only a ,,,,,,,,,,,uh,,,,beats me.
we are all tired.
I think.
I thunk.
I thought.
--- On Sat, 9/4/10, Barbara Alma <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Barbara Alma <[email protected]>
Subject: [TMIC] overdoing it
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 12:07 AM
Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA
Dalton,
Don't feel badly about it, it happens to all of us, and we do it over
and over again. Sometimes it isn't even what you did today or yesterday, but
the total of a few days in a row. Your body just doesn't behave as we want it
to ~ not your fault or any one of ours, just the way it is. I cannot tell you
how many times I've read on here about any one of us writing in how we've done
ourselves in and had to go to bed for a day or several days to get over it.
I wish that I could tell you it'll never happen again, but it will.
You will eventually get used to it happening and know what to do to make
yourself "feel better". That's the best advice I can give. However, I would
totally enjoy the strong days if you can afford to take it easy afterward.
Life is meant to be lived and enjoyed to the best that you can. Go for it when
you can.
Take care and a big hug to you, Barbara A
-----Original Message-----
From: Dalton Garis <[email protected]>
To: Barbara Alma <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Sent: Thu, Sep 2, 2010 11:54 pm
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Must report setback
You’re absolutely right.
That is exactly what I did, and not for the first time. I must keep
reminding myself that current stamina is illusory and an unreliable measure of
what pertains over a week or longer. I have to take it easy on strong days.
Thanks!
Dalton
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From: Barbara Alma <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:55:27 -0400
To: Dalton Garis <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Must report setback
Hi Dalton,
I don't know if anyone else has asked this or not, but could you have
overdone it? Most of us know that if we push ourselves too much it seems to
look like a relapse and takes a bit to get over it. It can take a day to
several days till we are back to what is the new normal for us. I've had TM
for 11 years (I thought it was 12 until I did the math recently) and I continue
to overdo it on a regular basis. I've been trying to get some things done
around the house and have been focused on that, not on myself. I really did
myself in 3 times in the past 2 weeks. The mind/body connection isn't really
strong with me lately.
I'm not saying that this is what is happening to you, and of course,
keep your doctor's appointment. But, it's definately something to keep in
mind. If not for now, but also in the future, our bodies ain't what they use
to be! It's a shame, but true!
Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Dalton Garis <[email protected]>
To: Janice Nichols <[email protected]>; Jan Hargrove
<[email protected]>; [email protected]; TMIC <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, Sep 1, 2010 9:09 pm
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Must report setback
I have an appointment in a few days. I am better today. Don’t know
what happened. Totally weak. Got better as the day went by and I had to work
through it, moving and resting, moving and resting. Today I am much better.
Thanks!
Dalton
Office: +971-02-607-5070/5297
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From: Janice Nichols <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:22:36 -0500
To: Dalton Garis <[email protected]>, Jan Hargrove
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, TMIC
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Must report setback
I am really sorry to hear this. Have you contacted your doctor - if
so, what does he say about it?
Janice
From: Dalton Garis <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 1:13 AM
To: Janice Nichols <mailto:[email protected]> ; Jan Hargrove
<mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] ; TMIC
<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Must report setback
Friends;
Today awoke extremely weak, and out of breath with the least
expenditure of effort. By 10:00 had lost a lot of muscle coordination and all
strength. Just went from sitting in one chair to another. Sweating profusely.
But still no seizures.
Dalton Garis
