There have been no postings for a few
days because I caught a cold. My wife caught the same thing at the
same time, so we were both down with it. The difference for her is
that she can take cold medicines. The drugs I am on do not play nice
with other drugs. I can't take decongestants or other types of drugs
that you typically take with a cold or flu. I just have to ride it
out.
That is sort of the essence of
fibromyalgia. When a symptom hits, there is nothing I can take to
make that symptom better. I ride it out. There are things you can
take on a regular basis that might reduce your symptoms in severity
overall, but nothing you can take that I am aware of on a symptom by
symptom basis. If I get pain, pain killers have no effect. When I get
foggy, I can't just pop a pill to clear my head. When exhaustion
hits, I can't chug a five hour energy drink and feel reinvigorated (although some people report that this helps, while others report that it causes a bad crash afterwards).
Getting a cold or flu is just like
everything else. I just have to wait for it to pass. It finally has,
and I am back to posting.
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