Friday 2 February 2018

New Year’s Eve Flare-Up


My latest flare up decided to rear its ugly head on New Year’s Eve.
I woke up with stabbing pains and spotting, the pain was nauseating.
I thought brilliant what a way to bring in the new year.
The pain always tends to ease off through the middle of the day and then picks up again in the evening. It’s like my body knows when I’m trying to relax and go to bed and decides it has other ideas.
Thankfully Martin and I didn’t have solid plans for New years and he wasn’t really in the mood to do anything. I was so pleased when he said this as by the evening my pain had upped its game. We decided Chinese take away and films would be how we would be spending our night. The pain was so bad I had taken pain medication and thankfully it seemed to do the trick, but it also made me so tired. I started to drop off at 10pm on the sofa and then about 11pm I had a resurgence of energy. I was wide awake till 2am and by then the medication had worn off. So, the pain was back, and I was struggling to get into a comfortable position and sleep.
I knew waking up I would still have the pain as typically a flare up will last minimum a week.
Over the next few weeks the pain would vary throughout the day, starting from when I wake up and easing off through the morning and early afternoon. To reappearing again in the late afternoon and kicking it up a notch in the evening.
I try not to take medication unless I have to, so you’ll usually find me attached to a hot water bottle. I reserve pain relief until the evening when I really need it as the pain tends to stop me from sleeping.
That’s not to say I don’t feel pain during the day too, it’s just that pain is always there. It’s a dull achy pain with the occasional stabbing pain in one of my ovaries. My hips and legs feel heavy and sometimes throb.
Were as my evening pain being more like my insides are burning with sharp shooting pain. With one of my ovaries usually the left feeling like its about to explode. I am prone to cysts in my left ovary and have had them burst before, so I'm very wary of another bursting. The pains usually go hand in hand with and overwhelming urge to be sick, thankfully I’m not always physically sick.

Unfortunately, I’ve spent all of January having a flare up and it has continued into February. My left ovary has been giving me more trouble than usual, my doctor suggested and internal exam just to be sure.
I'm hoping this flare up will die down soon.

2 comments:

  1. I am so glad I found your blog! I suffer massively in the whole female health department and despite not having a diagnosis, I do have family history of endo so that is one of the theories. Sorry you got a flare up on NYE, glad it didn't ruin your plans though x

    Sophie
    www.glowsteady.co.uk

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    1. Hi Sophie thank you for taking the time to read my post and comment. Endo is certainly thought to be hereditary, I hope you can get a diagnoses soon. Thank you x

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