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Posted 10/12/2015 12:55 AM (GMT 0)
Does anyone else get a fever after they overdo it? I am not sure if that is actually what caused my fever because I have been having swollen glands and a fever (around 99 degrees F) for the past month, maybe two. However, now that I think about it I often get a slight fever after I over exert myself. I never get a fever past 99.5, but when I get even a 99 temp I feel like I have a fever around 105! I get flushed, nauseated, fatigued, exhausted, and achy. Just wondering if this happens to anyone else. My hands have also been really bothering me. I don't know what is going on with me right now!
Posted 10/12/2015 3:33 AM (GMT 0)
twinmkm if I overdo it I get all kinds of symptoms and since I am a type A personality I have a tendency to overdo often. Each time I pay dearly and for me it is never the same symptoms.

Traveler said I need to read the Spoon Theory and it is on my list.

Pace yourself is the stickie on my refrigerator right now. I have to remind myself constantly. If I feel the least bit good I go all gong ho and make my self sicker. Believe me, I am learning the hard way.

Post Edited (PeteZa) : 10/11/2015 9:49:24 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/12/2015 5:52 AM (GMT 0)
It's our bodies way of telling us we need to rest.

Our bodies do an amazing job of letting us know what's going on. We typically don't listen very well or we justify away the lousy way we feel. That's human nature. We want to feel well so we rationalize why we don't instead of accepting that there is an issue and give our bodies the rest it needs to heal and recover.
Posted 10/12/2015 3:33 PM (GMT 0)
http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

Easy to read Spoon Theory!!
Posted 10/12/2015 8:06 PM (GMT 0)
I try not to over do it often, but occasionally I let myself have a little "break from being sick" and I push myself. It may not be the best for me, but right now it is what I need to do for myself emotionally. ;) Thank you everyone for the feedback. And PeteZa, I completely agree with you ha ha it has taken me 7 years to learn how to pace myself and I obviously let it go some days. It is hard to tell yourself no on a "good" day. Good being a very relative term.
Posted 10/13/2015 3:42 AM (GMT 0)
Hang in there. I too wonder what is a good day. It is weird how this disease has changed me. I can't do what I used to do.

BUT.... I refuse to let it take my joy.

It can have my body, but not my spirit. I have always had a happy spirit and I can't let that go.

I may hurt, curl up in a blanket and half-*** watch a movie for an entire day but I always know there is a better tomorrow.

And I wake up and start it good.

I do have one problem. 26 years ago I got my first grandchild. I was a truck driver and worked with men. I had a bad cursing mouth. So with this grand baby I decided to not curse.

Lyme has brought out bad words into my mouth. It isn't just a headache. It isn't just a pain in my knees. They are naughty word pains.

I am working on it because I don't want to sound like a sailor or a truck driver again.

~Annette
Posted 10/13/2015 2:19 PM (GMT 0)
PeteZa, my mom doesn't curse, but we always laugh at her because instead of cursing she will say things like "oh Christopher Columbus!" or weird stuff (that of course I can't think of right now) that doesn't make any sense. Maybe you can try saying stuff like that ha ha. Unfortunately little kids will repeat just about anything they hear, however I am sure they bring you so much joy. When things are tough I think about my niece and nephew and I try to hang on for them and fight for them. I love little kids so much. Hopefully I will be able to have a family of my own some day!
Posted 10/13/2015 6:58 PM (GMT 0)
Yes I do twinmkm. That's my body's way of telling me I did too much. Fever along with increased fatigue. You are not alone here. Pacing helps, it's all about listening to the body and not overdoing it.
Posted 10/13/2015 7:03 PM (GMT 0)
I get this, whenever I have to use my brain. Ha. It's tired. I want to take it out and give it a massage.
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