The Energy Bug

I've discovered a new disease: it's called the Energy Bug. I'm sure other people must get it too, I've certainly spoken to a few people who get this, but I think the occasions I've had it have been rather extreme, to say the least.

It goes like this:

Most days, you feel ok, bit lethargic, but nothing that a good cup of coffee and a chat with one of your besties can't cure. Some days you feel like your bones are made of metal, and you can't get out of bed because there's a giant, invisible magnet under your mattress that is pulling you down. Then, out of the blue, you get the Energy Bug and all of a sudden, you feel like you can take on the world, and win!

'So what do you do about it?' I hear you ask. Well, I take on the world. A few weeks ago, on Friday night I had to change a wheel on my car (tyre was flat - thanks Lancaster potholes for making my alloy triangular...), then I got home and tidied up and rearranged the living room (admittedly managing to break one of my pretty light shades in the process...), finished the backlog of washing up and cleaned the kitchen.

Saturday morning I woke up at 6.30 on the sofa, wondering what on earth had happened, I could have sworn my film only just finished a minute ago and I was thinking of going to bed... After a bit more of a snooze (in bed this time), I spent the morning continuing my cleaning whirlwind, until the afternoon when I did a radio interview for Bailrigg FM, our student radio station, to promote Lancaster Nightline ready for Nightline Awareness Week. Then on Sunday, I changed the rest of the wheels on the car over to my winter wheels, so I don't have to sort out replacing my dead alloy until the spring. Note to self: don't try changing wheels when your car is parked partially over a dropped curb. Not a clever bunny...

....And then I spent the rest of the following week feeling absolutely exhausted.

That's the only problem with the Energy Bug: you take on the world and win, and then it buggers off and you're left feeling like there's magnets under the mattress and your bones are made of metal...

More recently, I had my annual MS nurse appointment, and I explained this phenomenon to her; apparently lots of people get it, and we really shouldn't take on the world when we get it, but we do anyway because we know it's one of the rare chances we get to do the things that need doing in as short a time as possible.

In other news, I finally get a response from the Gym, who were very contrite and have now given me a full refund, which I've gone and spent on membership at the hotel gym instead, because they look far nicer in there, and it looks far less busy too. Oh, and they do aquafat, which is fun :) I've had the membership for a week and I've still not had the chance to go yet, but next week I'll start fitting it in.

The physio's given me some new exercises to strengthen my core - apparently my left side is particularly wobbly at the moment, and probably doesn't help with mobility or back ache very much. They seem to be helping, which is good, and my next appointment isn't until January now, so plenty of time to get cracking with it all.

Still stuck at 14 stone, but aquafat and maybe a bit of spin thrown in for good measure should help get me back on track.