Diary of a Chronically Exhausted Vicar. Episode 22
Pain. So much pain. Have I run a marathon? Been hit by a bus? No. I have chronic exhaustion, or my doctor calls it fibromyalgia, and it’s flared up. Again. First, I [...]
Pain. So much pain. Have I run a marathon? Been hit by a bus? No. I have chronic exhaustion, or my doctor calls it fibromyalgia, and it’s flared up. Again. First, I [...]
I wrote last about adjusting the rhythms of my daily life, for the new circumstance brought about by this exhaustion. I have had to adjust my expectations about life in this new city, too [...]
It's been a while between diary entries. I had another infusion of iron at Christmas - the 12 month supply injected into my blood stream last June only lasted six. I had a couple [...]
I checked in with the GP this week, and it was a worthwhile visit. I'd been frustrated again over the weekend with the fatigue quickly following any activity. I felt that very little progress [...]
I have entered the tension zone: feeling a little better and tempted to do the things, yet still finding the doing of things to be exhausting beyond reasonable expectation. This morning I [...]
While my communities gather for worship on this sunny spring Sunday morning - I can hear them singing next door - I continue at home on orders of complete rest. This week, [...]
Catalogue of feeling. Foggy. My mind cannot see, cannot think clearly. My mouth speaks only slowly, slightly slurred, sounding vague. Tired. Goes without saying, I suppose, with this diagnosis. It is a [...]
Three days into two weeks of enforced rest, I have achieved a lot. A lot of sleep, that is. I have completed a jigsaw puzzle, too. Done some cross stitch, watched some [...]
So here we go again. I thought I was getting better. I thought we had identified the problem. Glandular fever, low iron. Six weeks of tonsillitis. Small hiccough. I woke a few [...]
In which I get moving on my house furnishing project, think about how to get me moving again, and then take it a little bit too far. I decided it was time [...]
In my work as a minister, I need to be present and available for others. I preside at community gatherings, participate in administrative and pastoral councils and committees, I listen to individuals and hold [...]
I've been back from my four week round the world trip for two weeks now, and have plunged straight back into life in the parish. By the end of the four weeks, [...]