Major fibro day!

As some of you know I have fibromyalgia. Not many people know what it is other than some people use it as an excuse. Basically I hurt all the time, I am tired all the time and most days I forget where I left my keys! Some days I actually feel normal and can function like the fibro never existed and some days I dont want to even get out of bed... today is one of those days - and actually the 2nd day in a row. Yesterday I woke up feeling exhausted and every joint in my body aching. Basically is it pain like arthritis... but it is the muscles around the joints that hurt not the joint itself. There are a bunch of other symptoms that go along with the pain - cronic headaches and back pain, restless leg symdrom (the reason I feel so exhausted - I dont sleep well some nights) and something those of us with fibro have dubbed "fibro fog". I am not sure what causes this in most of use but you get so foggy in the brain you forget things - like one morning I was really hurting and feeling bad - when I made coffee, I had my cup in my hand when I went to the fridge to get the cream. I apparently put the cup in the fridge while I reached in to get the cream. Then turned to the coffee pot to put coffee in my cup - not knowing where the heck my cup was... so I went to the cupboard for a cup and placed the cream on the shelf... that is when it dawned on me! I had left the cup in the fridge... it is almost like you are half drugged - your brain doesnt work up to speed. It makes it very hard to concentrate on work or anything other than the desire to go back to bed and sleep - 1 because you are tired and 2 because it is a good way to escape the pain... The pain is caused by basically slow healing. Most people when they exercise or just doing daily cores around the house, the muscles you use get like microscopic tears in them and over a few hours or over night depending on the extent of the exercise, those tears heal and make the muscle a bit stronger. Everyday building and building slowly. People with fibro - those little microscopic tears take (for illustrative purposes) 10 times longer or so... if I go and do a strenuous work out and then go home and clean my house I would be laid up for 2-3 days hurting like I was hit by a Mac truck. But I also cant just sit around and do nothing because research has shown that staying somewhat active actually helps to keep the flare ups at a minimum. So exercising and everyday life is like walking a tight rope for me... a very fine line from feeling ok to hurting like hell!

Well apparently yesterday I crossed the line a bit. I was working on our master bathroom... it has been a bit crowded with boxes and tools... we are doing some remodeling. Well it has been a while since we worked in there - having moved to a different project while the weather is nice... I got tired of walking and living around all that junk so I started to sort, move and clean... by the end of the day I was a bit tired and my back hurt. Well this morning I feel like hell! Uggggg you would think I would learn!