The fibro-aches all week

I've been having a terrible week trying to cope with my aching body. Usually when I have a really bad flare up, I start trying to figure out why. This time, I'm pretty sure it was a combo of things, (which is typical for a major flare), stress, over exertion, not eating healthy enough, the weather went from super super hot and humid to considerably colder and partly cloudy fall like, and I never made it to the pool this week to workout. I'm pretty sure working out in the pool has been really helping a lot and when I don't go I notice!

It's been really hard with only one car to share between me and my husband. Being able to just jump into the car and drive to where ever I want is now a luxury I'm currently living with out. I probably could make more of any effort to line up friends or family to take me to the pool, but I tend to shy away from asking for help. I just hate feeling like a burden.

Yesterday, my pain levels got into the 10's ALL over my body. I even cried before I actually fell asleep. And the falling asleep part of last night was no easy task. The insomnia has plagued me all week as well. I can't ever just lay down and close my eyes and drift off to sleep. It's usually a process. Sometimes this process involves getting back up a few times, stretching again, and/or eating a light snack because my stomach won't stop growling because for some reason it's impossible to sleep on an empty stomach.

I've had to use my heating pad on various joints and especially my hands. I couldn't even stand to type yesterday and I didn't get on the computer hardly if at all. (Which is HUGE! I hardly ever miss a day checking facebook! haha!) Today has been about the same, a bit better though. But my knees and ankles keep swelling and are so sore and continuous dull pain, I will get a sharp stabbing in one of those areas when pressure is applied. OH MY THROBBING FEETS!! **sad face** Pain Level 9

I've felt like a bump on a log all week, because I have had no energy to do anything. I have been completely useless this whole week. The best I've done is blog, and do my own nails, toes too, and that's not exactly pleasantly performed.

Tomorrow,... which i guess is now today,... I have a doctor's appt., and then the rehearsal for a wedding I will be in on Saturday, so much for getting anything done tomorrow...er today either. I will be lucky to survive my weekend at this rate.

Also Wednesday night I would like to make a note of the burning stomach pains I was having. I'm not sure what that was all about,... but I didn't eat anything acidic. Stress?

• hips, butt, lower back pain levels 7
• upper back, shoulders, neck pain levels 4
• arms, elbows, wrists, hands, fingers pain levels 8
• legs, knees, ankles 5

I ate pretty well today, and the weather is currently partly cloudy, and 52 with a high of only 71 today which is considerably colder than what it has been.
Ok yeah, I'm super dooper tired, hopefully this is my "*sleep window" opening.

*Sleep Window - The few moments that will hit at only certain times of the day, and it would be super dooper easy to fall asleep with little to no effort.
examples: right after lunch, right after eating a huge TURKEY dinner, in the middle of the day or toward the end when you get the yawns, very late at night after a really long movie etc.