Fatigue Time with Big Nose Winny

Hives Go Away!

My crop circle of hives/freckles on my nose is very shiney and noticable today.  I feel like the end of my nose is HUGE.  I am extremely tired, extremely sad, extremely irritated, extremely itchy, extremely ouchy.  I want to go to bed, but I can't sleep.  What's worse I forgot to fill my pain medication (duragesice patch 25 mcg/hr) before coming home and I won't be able to purchase the refills until tomorrow morning.

I will try and take some benedryl soon and see if it does double duty as a sleep inducer and as a hive reducer.  More hives are popping up as I am typing.  It's been that kind of week/month/year for me.

My pain is increasing as the medication slowly leaves my system. The Belly AND The Legs AND The Headache.  Hoping some of the other meds take part of the load.  I have too much to do tomorrow to worry about how bad I will be hurting.  Just hoping I won't have physical withdrawal.  On top of this I am running a fever and am nauseated, so feel very sick all over.  Blech!

An interesting day at work, a frustrating and upsetting day otherwise.  Hoping my spirit bounces back as I have excised as many outside irritants out of my life as I can today.  I am trying to simplify what I can and block out what I can't tolerate and get down to where I only have to worry about the basics of life.  I am hardly able to handle that!

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My Giant Hive Revives

I have a giant hive on the end of my nose..or a giant something.  The plaquenil I took for chronic hives actually made is get smaller and even fade a bit so all that was left seemed to be a crop circle of freckles.  I could handle that.

Since going off the plaquenil and starting cyclosporine The Nose has started to puff up and get ouchy.  Not sure if this is due to going off the plaquenil or just because the cyclosporine doesn't have The Hives under control yet.  There is an animal disease called swine erysipelas that makes the pig's nose sore and turn up.  Maybe if the crop circle keeps growing I will end up with a cute upturned nose instead of the droopy schnozzle I have now.

I feel like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, but I am sure my nose is not as bright and puffy and shiney as I feel it is.  I am just self conscious about it because #1) it ITCHES #2) it's PUFFY and #3) my nose is big enough already without any help from the crop circle.

I increased the cyclosporine dramatically today per Dr. Calm.  Thursday morning I go get a cyclosporine "trough" blood test done.  First a pig nose, now I'm going in for a trough.  Doesn't bode well does it??  I guess it is just a spot check to see if my kidneys and internal organs are behaving themselves.  If the cankles get worse then I'll know the cyclosporine makes your nose glow and your ankles grow!!!

My leg and pelvic pain is with me this evening, but doing better.  The Belly is not happy but The Headache is just cruisin' along.  I'm debating not feeding The Belly to make it calm down, but I get pretty shakey anymore if I skip too many meals. 

Trying to get everything in gear so I can go and do my magic at the clients.  If my nose keeps up I'll be able to my magic in the dark by the light of my nose!!!  This may start to make sleep even more difficult than it is already - but maybe it can serve as one of those itty bitty book lites and I can read in bed easily.

I guess I'm like Rudolph, and belong on the island of misfits with my bulbous red nose.  But I have to say, with my dental phobia, I'm not sure if I would team up with a [gulp] dentist!!!