Thursday 21 August 2014

Shingles Bites Me On The Bum!

Well I spoke too soon in my last post as I woke up with shingles this morning. It has been eight months, which is the longest gap in years so I should be grateful for that. Unfortunately I cannot take anything for it as I have to let it develop to take a swab. It isn't actually on my bum this time but is on the sciatic nerve on the back of my thigh, so is causing the usual pain in my leg and foot. Aside from that, everything else has been pretty good. I am glad it is cooler, i found the heat draining. I haven't felt able to try to ride a bike yet because my legs still don't feel very strong. Walking is fine and my pace is pretty much what it was pre-CFS and still with no stick (since November). However, my quads still maintain a feeling of weekness.  I still feel sick and struggle for the first twenty minutes of so during aquafit and have been busy generally in life and have not felt well enough to do the exercise DVDs so I have returned to swimming. After my detox in May I am now pretty much following what is known as a 'clean diet'. I didn't eat very much sugar at all before so that's not a hardship to cut out but I have also cut right back on wheat, dairy, alcohol, corn. It means lots of fresh food and I am enjoying it. Eating out can sometimes be a bit challenging but I cope!