Lost Day

Yesterday was a complete loss. I got a pretty severe migraine early in the day. Not the usual annoying ones, this one was the kind with deep, hot pains running over my scalp. It felt like someone shoving a hot poker through random parts of my head. One attack hit while I was walking down the stairs with a basket of laundry. I started crying before I had even really registered the pain. After the third or fourth lightening bolt across my head, I decided to take the heavy duty medicine. I hate taking the stupid nasal spray. It works about half of the time, sometimes it can cause rebound migraines. It seems to have worked this time, but not 100%. I still have pains through my brain and just under my scalp, my shoulders and neck are stiff and sore, and my stomach is a disaster. Hopefully the pain stays to a manageable level today. I have a really long to-do list to get through and frankly, I have too many lost days.

Cough

I've been rather sick for the last week, so I've had a lot of time to sit around my apartment thinking about what I want to knit this year. I say thinking about it, because I didn't get a ton of knitting done the first few days... I was just too out of it to think about anything. I worked a few rows of my second Citron a few times, but with such long rows and such tiny yarn, I got worn out fast.


(This photo is a bit old, but it pretty much looks the same)

I knit some dishcloths, because that's what I do, but nothing too exciting there. Just trying to build up some stock for etsy and use up these massive cones of cotton I have. I guess I did change it up by crocheting one. I'm still not a great crocheter, so little things like this help out a lot.



I also started playing with my little looms again. Basically my hands were really sore after knitting for a while, so I thought I might try that thing out again. I want to make a long loop scarf with some crocheted flowers along the join. At this rate though, I'm not going to finish it until 2034. It's really slow going. I need to find one of the kiddie ones with the crank. That would be nice.

I've been working on a hat too for my 11 Hats in 2011, but I'll post that info once I've had a chance to get a photo. It's too dark to attempt one right now. I'll take it outside tomorrow.

I've been making my cards for the 12 projects thing I mentioned last time, but I've gone over 12 (of course). I'm going to stop myself where I am now and just try to focus on the cards I have made. I want to match up the patterns and yarn and make knit kits out of them, so I don't have to dig through several storage areas to find a ball of yarn. I've been debating pulling my stash out of the storage room downstairs for a few days now and it might just be time to go ahead and do it. But not until next weekend! I have too much work to do for school right now and shouldn't be lugging heavy things around with this cold still lingering.

Update

I went to the doctor again and he's sending me to a cardiologist at OSU. Hopefully I'll get some more answers and finally start getting better.

Worth

My blog is worth $1,693.62.
How much is your blog worth?

I'm not really sure how this is calculated, but I find the idea interesting. Since I am home from work for a while due to my Victorian Fainting Disease, I'm trying to figure out how to make sure I have some source of income. A friend mentioned that she makes a small amount of money from her blogs and that made me very curious.

Me.

After going to a few doctors I found one that seems helpful. He says I have Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome or POTS. Basically, I have the opposite of high blood pressure and it's making my life miserable. I'm almost constantly dizzy. My face will get all tingly like it would after crying for a really long time. I've fainted a few times and driving is impossible. I can hardly even ride in a car without feeling like I'm spinning. I'm constantly exhausted and can't even make it through a shower without sitting down. I'm on short term disability from work at the moment, but I'm worried. I don't know how long this is going to last and I'm just freaked out. I'm okay if I sit down for most of the day, but I can hardly make it down the stairs to get my mail.

I don't know what to do. I feel so alone here and I'm worried about everything. I'm trying to keep my head up and stay cheerful but it's just so hard right now.