Morning Inventory

I woke up this morning & as usual I layed there trying to decide how I was feeling & what hurt or what was better.  This morning I had to laugh at myself because I do this & have often wondered if everyone does this or just me.  First, I just lay there & see if I am nauceus (sp) or if my head hurts, how is my acid reflux?  Any hung over type feeling?  How does my body feel?  Heavy?  Vibrating?  Then I start moving my hands & arms to see if they hurt & then on to the feet & legs.  A gentle stretch tells me about other parts & if all is well, I turn over.  On mornings I am sick, I just stay there & go back to sleep.  Otherwise I get up & take my meds & start my day.  This has become a habit & one I will probably always do, but like I said, I found it funny this morning.  Just another sign of Fibro, the morning check list.  Does anyone else have one?  Hugs, Denise

I do this also Denise, but like Sherrine I have to get up and get moving to avoid more pain. Plus I have anxiety so exercise brings out them endorphins :) lol I do like how you coined the term "Morning Inventory" because that is exactly what it is :)

This is a great topic!

I guess in the mornings when I awake I first try to figure out where I am! Rarely am I still in bed but more likely in the recliner. If it's a good day we're in the trailer camping somewhere. ;-) Then I check to see if my head is pounding and/or I have any nausea. That usually means my blood sugars went whacko over night. Hopefully that's rare...but it happens on insulin. That 3Am rise.

Then it's "what hurts the most"? Usually it's my legs and hip area, unless I was on my side then it's my shoulders. I then try to figure out what day it is. Weekdays I have to get up and fix hubby's lunch and get him off to work. Then back for some rest in my recliner. If it's a weekend I try to remember if I have to get up early...if not I go take my pain meds and back to sleep for a while.

I do think this is a great topic, but for me it made me sorta sad. Sad to think this is how all of my mornings will be. Sad that my 'normal' life is gone. Sad that hubby has to endure my limitations. But I am trying to focus on the wonderful things I do have...like a loving husband, medical insurance and a great doc, and some meds to help relieve some of the pain. So, I am grateful and will keep reminding myself each morning.

CHutzie

First thing I do in the morning is try to bend my fingers to get them working and then i have to becareful how i move my legs or else they start hurting, if all that goes well then i have to get up but, i can only get up sideways, not sit straight up or else i get very dizzy and i will spend the rest of the day watching the door dance on the ceiling.

 

I have done this for so long now i donot even think of it until you brought it to mind, it is funny how we learn to cope with our illness just to get through the day, also even as much as not always thinking of just how much pain we are in at times because it becomes so much apar

Mornings are my worse time too.  That proves to me that being motionless makes everything worse.  I don't have time to check out everything when the clock goes off.  I still hold down a full time job and I have a snooze alarm that wakes me up about three times, but I go right back to sleep during the 5 minutes apart.

 

When my feet hit the floor I have so many pains I can't tell which is worse, but I've just been dx. this past year for fibro.  Before that I had osteo arthritis since my early 40s so I've been used to the pain for years.  I probably had fibro all of these years and just didn't know it.

 

God Bless!

Shannon

When I awaken I tell myself, "No matter how much this hurts Donna, you are getting out of here." I do take an inventory of what hurts and what is only stiff.

I walk to the bathroom the first time, then return to my room for the wheelchair. I brush my teeth and do other stuff. The I try to stuff myself into my bathing suit. Sometimes my legs do not want to cooperate, other times my tummy and back. Heck, putting the right leg in the proper hole can tae awhile.

Next I will take my first coktail of meds then out the door I go. I have a tiny breakfast at the cofee shop along with my latte. I cannot each much before my swim so this is how I get some calories in my body.

During breakfast I take the meds that need to be taken with food.

Now I have not choice but to get on the bus and head for the pool. If I tell the folks at the pool that I feel miserable their response is something like "That is how we all feel when we get here. Just give it a while." You know? They are rightI am not comfortabel enough to make breakfast and my espresso before I leave home. So, I consider it my treat for going to the pool every day. YOu know, incentive.

I am thinking about purchasing one of those machines where you only ave to press the button and the latte magically appears.

I probably said to much. But htis is the way I get out of bed every single day. I have no choice but to head for the pool

Donnaeil