Trying to Stay Positive
March 27th, 2008 by Rian | Filed under Miscellaneous.Let’s see….
1. I still feel like crap. My neck and head are hurting so bad that I’ve been forced to take half of a narcotic painkiller (Percocet) along with some Advil.
2. I may try to go work out this evening when the Percocet wears off. I don’t know though, this neck/gland pain is ridiculous. I really, really want to go work out though… I wish I felt better. 
3. As of today, I’m keeping track of everything I eat and drink in order to see my calorie totals. I need to go grocery shopping again… which is always fun.
4. Last night, B and D wanted to come over really late and bring a six-pack with them. I told them no way - I’m not drinking and I’d rather they didn’t come over with alcohol. I’m proud of myself for being firm, as usually I give in. I have to admit that I drink more than I even admit in this blog, usually. But I’ve decided to go alcohol-free AGAIN and will do anything to stick to my resolve, even if it means staying in by myself like a hermit. I have a lot of work to do anyway - lots of other websites I’m working on getting up and running.
5. Owww. My heeeeeeeeeeeeead.
6. I have a decision to make: take the other half of the Percocet and then be rendered almost useless for the next few hours, or deal with this pain and still be rendered useless for the next few hours.
7. I should explain about the pain I’m talking about… I’m one of those unlucky people who - when my body is fighting something off or are already sick - my glands are swollen horribly and it’s EXTREMELY painful. I’m serious - the pain is bad enough to make me cry if I don’t take something. It’s the glands around my neck that usually hurt - around the side and back of my neck. It causes the pain to move into my head and give me a throbbing headache. It also moves down into my shoulders, making it feel like I need a deep tissue massage. (But massages actually make the pain worse during this time, as I’ve learned from experience).
8. I just found out we are supposed to get 3-5 inches of snow here tonight into tomorrow. Nooooooo! It’s March, dammit, I’m tired of snow already.
9. Even with all this complaining and pain, I’m actually in a good mood right now. (Gotta love those percs).
I’ll update more later….
Slightly later edit:
How weird - instead of taking another painkiller for my neck/head pain, I drank an EmergenC cocktail. It has seriously gotten rid of most of the pain (or at least made it bearable). 
EmergenC makes me feel better too! Also, B vitamins are really good, especially for women. I just pop a few gummy vitamins…maybe not the best, but I cannot remember to take regular vitamins and I do love gummies…
Have you ever gotten acupuncture? Maybe that would help with your sensitive glands. It worked for my sister and her migraines.