Saturday April 3, 2004
In the itch department, last night and today have been an improvement. Could be a number of things to thank for that. Like the cessation of the drugs suspected of contributing to, if not actually causing, the whole bad liver thing. Or the fact that I'm getting used to it and learning to head it off at the pass.
Last night I was determined to sleep, so I had a bath with epsom salts, drank some tea (which I'd noticed over the past few days seemed to help) and took the blankets off the bed because accumulated warmth seemed to activate it. When it tried to attack, I refused to recognize it as itch. I just told myself whatever it was it would go away in a minute. I was pretty exhausted, too and finally slept for the whole night. Yay.
Today's been so-so. I didn't feel like going outside to walk (it's rained most of the day) and after hanging around reading and waiting for phone calls I'd had enough of looking at the chaos in my apartment - a reorganization that has been in a bit of a gridlock awaiting energy. So I took two loads of shelves and boxes up to storage.
I think it was well within the range of "just don't over do it" that I was advised when I asked if I should be resting or active while I await more diagnostics. I'm not in too much pain, either. Tomorrow will tell the tale. I did want to be tired enough to sleep again, though.
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