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| The Hobbit was the shiot! |
Sunday, December 16, 2012
The Hobbit, brought to you by Fibromyalgia.
2 hours and 49 minutes. The Hobbit is 2 hours and 49 minutes. My father in law took me, the hubby, and my brother in law to see The Hobbit last night. We spent all day cleaning, swimming, going out to dinner and then went to go see an 8:30 showing so the baby would be asleep for the baby sitter. Exhausting day! After everything thus far, I honestly didn't think I'd be able to make it to a late (when you have Fibro, you're old, THAT is late, m'kay?) showing for a three hour movie. I took a shower from swimming, (had to wash my hair again, ouch!) put makeup on for a second time that day, and dressed for the second time that day. Do you know how hard it is to look pretty when you're that tired, and in that much pain? Once that was all done, Fibro was all like, "wouldn't it be fun to pick on her, just a little more?" So pick on me it did. Once I was sitting quietly in the car, the pain really decided to settle in. The nausea decided it would be fun to see if I would hurl, or not. My knees were like, "oh look, snow! Let's hurt." My head was thinking it would be a blast to get a migraine from going back and forth between the hot tub and the cold pool. Fibro be pissed about that one! My shoulders decided it would try to take on a little more pain for itself, selfish... Needless to say, I was in extreme pain by the time the movie even started. First thought? "I don't think I can hold my pee for three hours..." Second thought? "These boots were made for pain." My boots, as incredibly comfortable and sexy as they are, have a zipper on the side that wouldn't let me cross my legs, it hurt too much. Dumb as I am, I did try to keep 'em crossed, at least until the lights went out. Then I pulled my legs up into fetal position for the rest of the movie. Much better. I was prepared though, mind you! Any person with Fibromyalgia, as fartsy as we may be, knows better than to forget their drugs. Forget I did not. My purse was a pharmacy. I took my anti-nausea and my Tramadol. I waited for them to kick in while I nursed my muscles. Ahhh, there's my Lucy in the Sky. Finally kicks in. At this point, I am a little less nauseated. Did I hurt less? Nah, but at least I didn't wanna up chuck, right? Eh. It would have been nice. Cue Fibro vision. "Why is Bilbo making out with the dwarf king?" "Adam, my gay ol' Fibro vision is kickin' in, it's so dang blurry, I can't see a thing!" My vision is 20/13. Yeah, my vision is better than the "perfect" 20/20 vision. My vision be ridonkulous. Another fun and extremely exiting symptom of Fibromyalgia is blurred vision. Why? I dunno, I think perhaps it's because Fibro pulls all muscles, why not eyes? Maybe it's Glaucoma? "Get this mamma some weed, stat!" ;) I dunno, all I know is that it sucks. I could tell there was a giant eagle...? It was all Elvish to me. Sorry, had to.
Aside from people making out, who most obviously weren't making out, the movie was fantastic! If you haven't seen it yet, you have to! I read the book as a child, watched that cartoon, (yeah, you KNOW the one I'm talking about.) and can honestly say it didn't disappoint. Besides the obvious given, that The Hobbit was directed by Fibromyalgia and not Peter Jackson, I gave it two, throbbing, arthritic thumbs up!
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Oh my goodness am I happy that nausea isn't one of my symptoms! I hate feeling nauseous. I love going to the movies, but I'm with ya, not without the pharmacy in my purse! Right now my biggest issue is my hips, but my knees have been really horrible lately. I didn't think I would make it through my 30 minute treadmill walk. I did make it through, but at a much slower pace. It sucks that exercise hurts so bad, but is so needed with this disease.
ReplyDeleteThen this morning I had a drug test for my employment (moving from a temp to full hire) and had to be sure to bring my prescriptions for all my stuff! The tech asked me about living with fibro, and I found your relaying of the spoon story to be most helpful.
Congrats to the hubs on his graduation! That is so very exciting. And I am with you, brains are so sexy on a man!!!
You're so lucky you don't have the nausea! Not like it's lucky when you have Fibro, but hey, let's take what we can, right? :)
DeleteMy hips were killing me this weekend, too! It hurt so much to walk. So yay for the pharmacy purse!
Yeah, it's so unfortunate you have to work out with Fibro... :) When we went swimming, it felt so good. There's a reason they say swimming is best for Fibro. It felt so good. I hope wherever we move to, there's a pool in my backyard, he he.
Going full time, huh? Wow, that's gotta be so hard. How have you been handling it? When I worked, it was only part time and that was almost too much. I know it's not like we have a choice sometimes, but dang! It hurts. It hurts and it's hard. Good luck with it, I hope it's not too much for ya.
Thanks, we're all so proud of him! Can't wait to see where we'll be living now. He had an interview this morning and he's feeling pretty good about it, fingers crossed it goes through.
Your daughter is nine? That's SO nice! Totally old enough to be helping with stuff. My kids are needy, rude, disrespectful, and fight non-stop. :) I love 'em to death, but it's the dead, honest truth. My six year old can be really helpful and that's nice, but it's so hard having a baby, though. A baby with a three year old, potty training boy. It's been really rough. They say you shouldn't wish away these times, but I won't lie, it can't come soon enough. I didn't know I even had Fibromyalgia until I had the fourth baby. Glad I did, but I won't say it's been entirely fun or easy. I don't regret it, but wowza! It hurts! :)
I've been a "sufferer" over seven years now, which I know they say is normal to go that long before being diagnosed. I'm so thrilled my child is self sufficient now. I get worse every year, so I could NOT imaging having an infant with how I feel. And unlike you, my "night life" is affected. My daughter's biggest complaint (which is ALL THE TIME) is that we don't spend enough time together. And by that she means doing stuff. That breaks my heart, but she doesn't understand how much it hurts to sit and do nothing, let alone move! My husband is very supportive, but I don't thin he completely gets it either. He can get annoyed when I don't want to do stuff. Man, I can't imagine chasing after little ones! Don't know how you do it!
DeleteI have been working for full time for going on two months now, and it was 32 hours/week before that. I just got hired in, whereas I was through a temp service before. My only saving grace is that I work in finance, so I am at a desk all day long, but that doesn't mean no pain! Actually more pain now that I'm ALWAYS sitting. Sometimes I need to get up and walk, just to loosen up, but it doesn't really help, not in the long term. I basically cry at my desk a lot! Thank goodness nobody can see me unless they come into my cube! My back is hurting so bad right now, and the only thing I have with me is my "knock you on your rear" muscle relaxers. I'm tempted to take one and load up on the coffee so as to not fall asleep at my desk! I only have 40 minutes until quitting time, but I don't think people realize how long that 40 minutes really is so someone who has to sit in agonizing pain watching the clock tick down those 40 minutes!
I really hope you husband finds the right job! And that you end up somewhere without such humidity. Man, I couldn't deal with that! And good luck with the pool! :D We keep talking about putting one in to. It sure does help!
That's really sad about your daughter. My six year old says stuff like that to me, too. It's very heart-breaking. She prays every night that this will go away, just disappear. She tells me all the time that she just wants her old mom back. :( It's so hard to explain. Even when you can explain, it's not like that'll make anyone feel better. It's very painful. It's hard for anyone to get this thing. My husband is VERY supportive and is awesome with it, but I've come to the realization that no one will get this but other people with Fibromyalgia. He can feel sympathy, and totally does, but it's not quite understating, and when you feel this bad, sometimes that's all you want. It always feels good to talk to someone who TOTALLY understands it. Someone who understands all the tiny, stupid details of it. Who else could laugh at a pharmacy purse? :) We just get it.
DeleteI so get the pain of work! I was at a desk, too. I was an office manager for a chiropractor for three years. Loved it to death, but it was hard sitting there. A family member said to me once, "well, at least you're sitting down!" Um, yeah... it doesn't quite work that way. No, it's just as painful. Ya get stiff, it hurts, ya get stiff, it hurts. :) Unless you have Fibro, you just can't get it. Yes, moving hurts, but you don't understand how painful sitting can be, too. My lower back and shoulders would be on fire by the time I got home. Seriously, you just won't get it unless you have it. I could talk to family members about the pain of working until I was blue in the face. "Oh, it's hard for all of us, no one LIKES working!" Mercy. Hold me back before I take you down! A-holes. ;) I love to work. I love to feel accomplished, appreciated, and I have a type A personality, I love to work. I miss it a lot. Don't confuse my disease with your insecurities, thank ya!
Thanks, I hope we find the right one, too. Florida's sounding mighty fine right now. I shoveled a ton of snow from my driveway today. BIG mistake! Ouch. A seriously hot climate with a pool sounds amazing right now.
I would not wish this disease on my worst enemy, seriously. That being said, don't you sometimes wish people who say stuff like that (at least your sitting down at work....) could experience it ON YOUR GOOD DAY for just one day? Not even a bad day! Most people would spend every day after for ever saying something such as that!
DeleteI wish I could tell you that Florida would work wonders on your Fibro, but I just moved back to Ohio from there. We were there for two years, and I have a very physical job, which I know doesn't help. There were lots of bending over, up and down, what not. Luckily I worked with my husband, because I spent a lot of time at work curled up in the fetal position bawling.
I'm with ya on the whole work thing too. I love working! And I'm now in my dream career. I hope it never gets to where I have to give it up. I, unlike your last job, do not have to see customers. And my co-workers only see me when they need something from me. So I can try to work through the tears as needed. It is great to have someone who truly, honestly understands what you are going through. Like the fact that it is raining out right now. Nothing else needs to be said. You understand what that says about the type of day I am going to have. And are you nuts? Plowing snow? We are fortunate to have gotten a riding mower and plow this year (and of course no snow yet!). I could not imagine having to plow by hand! For sure nothing else that day would get done!
Ha, yes. Rain. That's what I'm talking about. The total and complete understanding. I could say eye, knee, head, and you'd totally get it. :)
DeleteI can't even tell you how many times I've wished I could let others feel my pain, only so they'd know. If it were even five minutes! It would be all over, they'd never say anything again. I honestly believe (and not because I have it, 'cause I SO don't think I'm strong!) that people with Fibromyalgia, and all invisible diseases, are the strongest people I've ever met. They do it quietly, all alone. It takes the strongest of the strong to fight something like this. It's not for sissies, that's for sure. It's a very lonely disease. We have each other, but in our worlds, that's almost all we do have. It takes a lot.
Oh no, Florida was awful for you? Awww, that makes me so sad. What a bummer! Yeah, it is really humid. :) I've been living far too long in feet of snow, me thinks. A job is a job at this point, and we'd take anything. Can't get too picky about Fibro, darn.
Yes, working is awesome! People just don't get that! You really think I'm faking this to get out of working...? Alright, if that's what you need to tell yourself.
I know, I was so stupid to shovel that snow. I can't even begin to tell you the pain I'm feeling today, but that's where the understating is so nice. You know how much I hurt. :) We don't have anything to help with the snow. We're so dirt poor, we don't even have a snow shovel, I used a broom. He he, so yeah, I'm extra dumb. We're renting and the landlord made it very clear that if we didn't keep it clear, he'd hire someone to do it and then charge us for it. It had snowed all night so I didn't have a choice. The sun came out so I had to clear it so the sun would melt the ice. Hubby's at work from 7:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. I didn't have a whole lot of options, but dang, I am paying for it today.
Oh yeah, and to answer your previous question, I have only one child. A daughter. Nine years old. I am so lucky to have such a caring child that like to help take care of things when mommy can't. I just hope she gets spared this horrendous disease. I read an article this weekend that said 1/3 of sufferers have a family member that also suffers (I had asked my doc if there was any hereditary evidence and he said no, cause they don't know what to look for in family, but my biological father was also diagnosed with fibro). I'll take twice the suffering if it means she doesn't ever feel what it feels like!
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