From head to toe.... my pity party.

So in the past week I've had some issues, and really just wanted to have a bit of a pity party.

I have sore feet... they hurt something awful every time I get up after sitting or lying down for a while (similar to how they might feel if I'd just spent the last hour jogging across a field of golfballs), and also after walking around too long they get very painful. Because of this I need good supportive shoes, so I spent a small fortune on a pair that aren't exactly "in" but certainly felt comfy enough and nice and supportive.

The trouble started after walking in them for a day at home to break them in. I had weird sort of pains on the top/side of my foot in an area that the shoes (sandal style) didn't even touch, so I put it down to just one of those MS things. Then I took the shoes off at the end of the day and saw a huge dent in my foot, rubbed almost raw, that I hadn't noticed at all, which of course was because I had forgotten that that particular part of my foot is numb.

I've stretched out the strap that was digging in and they now seem fine, but it really hit home that a small thing like numb spots can actually cause more problems than just the annoyance I usually think of it as.

Then here's my head. Cue 1am, and a HUGE headache of epic proportions had me curled up in the shower in the pitch black, while the sound and pitter patter of the water on my head took only the slightest of edges off the pain. It hurt so much my body was just "pinging" with that sensation right before you throw up and empty your bowel at the same (thankfully neither of which actually happened), I couldn't move, couldn't speak, and had to resort to small hand gestures to try and communicate what was wrong.

It was like a red hot blade searing straight into my right temple that no amount of pressure would alleviate, and I couldn't take any pain meds because I'm breastfeeding. It lasted over an hour while my darling partner, bless him, sat in the shower with me, kept the water nice and hot, help me while I tried to sit completely still and block the pain out, and even dried my hair for me afterwards with the hairdryer while I sat there still in agony.

Even after I got back into bed (the shower was interrupted by an infant needing a feed) my eyes were so light sensitive that in the pitch black, with my eyes shut, and towel over them I could feel the light from the bedside clock hurting them. I'm sure that bit was actually in my head, because I can't see how the light could have even penetrated the towel, but both eyes had that "looked directly at the sun for too long" feeling.

I've had headaches, I've had migraines, I've also had the split second ice pick type headaches that last barely an instant, but this headache was by far the worst one I've ever experienced and at the same time nothing like any I've experienced before. I have four more weeks before my neuro appt so will definitely mention it to her, and in the meantime I'm hoping against hope that it was a single episode never to be repeated.

Well, if you got this far, thanks for reading. I'm off to try and get more than an hours sleep before the demands of mummyhood wake me again.

[figuerpa]

Wow I am sorry for the pain you experienced. Have you thought about calling your neuro just to mention it to him/her. You should have some kind of med on hand for cases like this.

No one should be in that much pain without contacting a doctor. I know you are breastfeeding and you cna't take any meds but at least let them know.

I wish you the best of luck and be careful with that numb spot on your foot. :)

Paula