My weekend in Oregon was a lot of fun but exhausting. I'm chalking a lot of my discomfort up to increasing the dose of Savella. Despite the following whining, I want to point out that it was an amazing weekend and I wouldn't have changed anything about it except my craptacular health.
My flight landed late on Thursday and Andrea picked me up at the airport. Andrea is the daughter of a childhood friend of my mom's. I have an older brother and she has a younger one, so we were both lacking sisters and adopted each other. She had to work on Friday so I hung out in the house with Buster, the beagle, who took me for a lovely run around the neighborhood at 9:30am, after which I napped. I took him for a walk around 4:00 and nearly got lost but made it back eventually. The run really wiped me out, even though I had the nap.
On Saturday we went into Portland for the day. My right ankle was killing me so I took a Tramadol-APAP for pain, but it only got worse. My left hip had been bothering me earlier and the pain there spiked in Portland. Eventually everything below my waist had pain shooting through it every time I moved.
I told Andrea I felt awful so we headed to the car but I got worse as we made our way. My head felt all foggy and my body ached and I kind of wanted to vomit. We finally made it to the car and I got to sit down. Andrea ran an errand and then took me back to her house, where we relaxed until dinner.
My body continued to be a little off on Sunday but we were less active so I managed. Here's hoping I'll settle into the new medicine soon.
I'm still very happy that you got to come out and visit me. It really helped to have you here with me!! I'm sorry that your health was acting up, but you gave me some much needed mental health and I love you for it!! I miss you already.
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