Heat and MS Fatigue Knocking Me on My Butt
Summer is officially here in New Mexico with a vengeance. We have hit a stretch where the temps are right around 100 degrees and my body is not liking it. It is the time of year where I am going to truly become a hermit, as going outside is unbearable. Every summer I seem to have a ms relapse, heat being one of the main triggers. Now I keep my house as cool as possible, I have added more fans to help the air conditioner, but the heat still seems to seep in and makes me feel completely blah.
Sometimes I have to explain ms to people and ms fatigue. The kind of fatigue that I am experiencing is so much more than being tired. It is the kind of fatigue that getting out of bed makes me exhausted, its so much more than simply being tired from not getting enough sleep. Brain fog tends to bother me when heat and fatigue kick up. I use my brain for writing obviously, so writing and working tend to be really difficult at times like this. Writing is so much a part of who I am that when I can't write I deal with severe self-esteem issues. Things just tend to spiral out of control in summer. I just want people to know that I am not lazy, that I am not a flake, I am just dealing with bad health right now.
Summer literally knocks me on my butt just about every year. Still, I am trying to make the best of a bad situation. I have cut back some of my self imposed writing deadlines and pressure. I am writing when I can, but trying not to beat myself up when I have a super bad day. I am committing to reading a lot more this summer, something that will still make me a better writer, but that does not make my fatigue worse. I am doing what I can when I can. And I am just not so patiently waiting for fall. Even temps in the lower 90s sounds good right about now, but when we hit 70?! That is what I am dreaming of!
Sometimes I have to explain ms to people and ms fatigue. The kind of fatigue that I am experiencing is so much more than being tired. It is the kind of fatigue that getting out of bed makes me exhausted, its so much more than simply being tired from not getting enough sleep. Brain fog tends to bother me when heat and fatigue kick up. I use my brain for writing obviously, so writing and working tend to be really difficult at times like this. Writing is so much a part of who I am that when I can't write I deal with severe self-esteem issues. Things just tend to spiral out of control in summer. I just want people to know that I am not lazy, that I am not a flake, I am just dealing with bad health right now.
Summer literally knocks me on my butt just about every year. Still, I am trying to make the best of a bad situation. I have cut back some of my self imposed writing deadlines and pressure. I am writing when I can, but trying not to beat myself up when I have a super bad day. I am committing to reading a lot more this summer, something that will still make me a better writer, but that does not make my fatigue worse. I am doing what I can when I can. And I am just not so patiently waiting for fall. Even temps in the lower 90s sounds good right about now, but when we hit 70?! That is what I am dreaming of!
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