Posting this awkward mirror selfie across all my social media platform as I don't really know what else to share but wanted to do a big life update 😅 sorry if you follow me across platforms and see if more than once. Now, let's get started... I've pretty absent of social media for a good few months. I wasn't in the right head space to be sharing. As you probably know by now I suffer from a chronic illness that I was under the impression until recently was PMDD but at the end of last year I was getting sicker and sicker, I had fatigue so severe I couldn't function. I couldn't get out of bed, I hardly had the energy to return my WhatsApp messages from my friends let alone come on here. My brain turned to mush and I became extremely forgetful and like I was pushing through mud to do anything. Small tasks took my energy for the entire day. My body aches became more severe and I was getting migraines regularly that were lasting for days at a time. It got worse with my periods like my PMDD but stopped relenting for 2-3 weeks during my cycle like it usually does. My doctor's tested me for everything they could but I came out healthy in everything. So I have been referred to the hospital for thorough investigation to get tested for everything ever 😅
At the start of January things started to relieve a little and I was able to function but I was still very fatigued. I think at this point the frustration was building and I was regularly getting upset at feeling like I couldn't live my life any more, and that at 26 this wasn't what I expected for my life. My appointment isn't until the end of April, so I have a good long wait to even start the process of figuring out what is going on.
In the mean time, I've spent some time back at the @druworldwide lodge in Snowdonia and have benefited from the support I found there and I'm forever greatful for the wonderful community there who are supportive when I'm there and from afar, too ♥️ I saw an Ayurvedic practitioner there and I'm following a new diet to see if that's helps. And generally I'm feeling less frustrated, overall happier and I'm feeling functional fatigue and other symptoms at the moment. Continued in comments...
