The thing about lists is that although they are useful to get things in order, they also put a lot of pressure on.
I get a lot of satisfaction from completing a list of To do, crossing through each task with gusto as it gets done. But I forget I have Fibromyalgia and have to pace myself. I finished my to do list and was looking forward to going out with my friend Pauline and had a fog brain feeling. This is a kind of fuzzy head ache that Fibromyalgia sufferers get. I knew I had done too much but I had not seen Pauline for two months and missed her company so off I toddled ignoring the warning signs.
The exhibition of Quilts from Apple County Quilters was Wonderful, I voted for number 25 because it had a connection of words and writing and authors in the design but I also particularly loved this one: It appealed to me because I do a lot of bird studies and I liked the free embroidery combined with the quilting and found objects.
When I got home I had a full fibro flare. This is when your muscles tingle all over and feel like lead, your head feels clogged up and all I could do was sleep from 6.00 until the next morning. I woke up and then had an attack of laberynthitits. I couldn't walk from my bed to the en suite with out holding onto something and losing my balance. I knew what was happening because the last time I had an attack was in Paris soe years ago when we went to see Monet's exhibition. Needless to say I did not see the exhibition.
Needless to say that will be a couple of days when I cannot complete my next To do list.
I am hoping to be well enough for a course at Ilminster onTuesday which is already paid for. This is the downside of being seventy. The only poisitive thing I can think of in this whole sorry story is that it teaches me patience.
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