With a Cherry on Top

With several overlapping health issues it's not hard to end up feeling attacked from every angle at times.  Right now my fibromyalgia is pretty well managed.  It's not perfect, but I'm not going to hold my breath for perfect.  It has reached a tolerable point and I am becoming used to the muscle relaxants enough to not feel knocked out with every dose.  My IC is still flaring and I'm having a hard time managing the pain.  Hot baths help the pain in my back, sides, and pelvic region.  One can only spend so many hours a day in hot baths though!  I am looking forward to seeing my urologist in the morning for this flare.  The thing that it killing me today is nothing other than the ubiquitous hay fever.  Seasonal allergies.  Oy.

The ground is coming alive outside!  Flowers are starting to poke through the ground.  Trees are starting to swell where leaves will start to open in the coming weeks.  The sun is starting to stay up longer and feel warmer.  The last of the crevices that had filled with ice and snow have melted clear and are waiting to fill instead with wandering morning glory vines or dandelions, just to keep things interesting in the landscaping department.  All the world I spend every day in is beginning to warm and cheer...  and in the glory of it all I feel ungrateful to be sneezing, snuffling, and nursing a throbbing head.

I have a nasal spray my doctor prescribed last year when I had sinus infections one on top of another thanks to the congestion.  I have had allergy testing done in the past and every local weed that was tested popped up a red welt on my inner arm.  Several local wild trees popped up too.  The biggest welt lasted a week!  It was the test for mountain cedar -- the tree that is currently blooming.  I will have to rediscover the best medication to manage my allergies during the day without knocking me out and during the night without keeping me awake.  I know that if I am kept awake with stupid hay fever my entire body will rebel again.  That's too high a price to pay in my opinion.  I am using a selection of essential oils, but at a certain point it's time to break out the long acting time released relief!