Feeling More Positive Now, But Need My Bed!

So I just got back from physio and it went surprisingly well.

My physiotherapist, Peter, was such a lovely chap. He asked questions, listened to everything I had to say and was very understanding. He spent quite a long time testing out my movement, flexibility, reflexes etc and made me feel very at ease.

So the basic outcome is that there is nothing nasty going on, all of my nerves are working fine etc etc. My coccyx is very predominant, probably caused by my injury as a child, and that is one of the reasons I am experiencing pain. Nothing can be done about this, however they can treat the muscles around the area which haven't much strength and are quite painful. So I'm going to be going for acupuncture around that area of my back to treat the pain and tension in the muscles and hydrotherapy to strengthen them. He is also going to look at treating my general pain caused by the M.E. He showed me the pool and said it would only be a few weeks before I can begin the treatment. Because of my operations this will probably end up being longer but he assured me it wouldn't be an issue to work my treatment around this.

I'm booked in to see him in 10 days time, 2 days before my gall bladder is due to come out. He has given me a basic home exercise to do and I feel a lot more positive about the whole thing. I'm not expecting miracles from this but small changes can often make a big difference.

On a side note I'm feeling rather drowsy right now. I've had a banging headache since yesterday, my gall bladder has been a little painful. I've taken Buscopan and Tramadol for the gall bladder pain and paracetamol for my headache, as well as the usual Pregabalin and Naproxen. The trouble is I've been taking the Tramadol for a few days now as my gall bladder has been flaring up a lot and I think one or two doses are ok but when I take them for a few days straight they really start to knock me out, especially seeing as I'm taking other medications along side them. I feel nauseous and exhausted and I have a feeling that as soon as this post is done with I will be out for the count. I've nearly fallen asleep into my laptop a few times now. I think I best be off to bed. Apologies if this was a bit all over the place, I hope it makes some sort of sense...

xx