Weather plus a cold equals fibro hell and a postponed trip

I was supposed to have travelled to Wales last week for a fortnight's respite. Unfortunately my immune system decided against that and instead decided that a cold would be a really fun thing to have. I would rather have had my trip to Wales. Still, I do believe that things happen for a reason and in this case perhaps the reason was that it has barely stopped raining all week, according to my mom, who has been about 15 miles away from where I go, since Wednesday.

Because I wasn't in Wales I could, in theory, have gone to Weight Watchers on Wednesday instead. I say 'in theory' because what happened was that I slept all day. As you may already know, one of the primary symptoms of fibromyalgia is fatigue. The cold has made things worse; I haven't had the strength or energy to wash my hair, meaning it feels disgusting. Greasy hair is my pet hate, so the very first thing I am going to do the moment I have enough energy is to wash my hair.

My hair, currently blue, is one of my 'things'. We all have things that we insist has to be okay before we leave the house and for me, it is my hair. That tells you straight away that I haven't been out of the flat all week. The main reason for this (apart from my hair!) is that I don't have the energy to get down the stairs let alone back up them.

However, as I've said before, just because I have struggled to get out of bed, even with assistance, it doesn't mean that I can't do movement of some description. This week, movement has consisted of very gently using my resistance band to help raise each leg off the bed in repetitions of five. I am then repeating that later in the day. I am using a combination of thigh, stomach and arm muscles to do that. Believe me that while I am aware that doesn't sound like a lot - and for most people it wouldn't me - but for me, it is. Energy-wise even just that amount of movement feels as though someone has stuck a needle in me and sucked all the energy out. My muscles are drained like flat batteries!

So, that is as much as I have been up to this week, apart from entering competitions on the internet which, unfortunately for me, doesn't count as exercise. I hope that it has been a better week for you this week, despite the weather.