I have the most extreme fatigue I have ever felt.
I could fall asleep at any moment of the day. I am sleeping 8-12 hours a day and still am yawning. I’m just not certain what is going on.
Could it be the anemia? Pneumonia? Leg problem? Gastro problems? Or is it something more nebulous
If only my fatigue was this beautiful.
such as exhaustion? I don’t know but I hate it. No amount of sleep helps and my nemesis, guilt, finds a way to get nestled in and cozy.
As I write this, I think of healthy blogging, social media, etc. When does our interest in our blogs, Facebook, or Twitter become unhealthy? I think of this in relation to Dr. Rob’s blogging exit. For me, I had to accept (or semi-accept) that it’s okay for me not to have over 100 friends on Facebook. When it comes down to it, I don’t value myself against the number of friends I have on facebook and I don’t believe anyone really does. However, there is a temptation to try harder, to be more, to do more with our social media and blogs. I’ve toyed with this myself.
Should I be actively searching for Blogophites to follow my ramblings so that The Queen of Optimism can become an award-winning famous blog? Should I be ashamed of the number of visitors to my blog? Should I be trying harder?
It’s not in me and likely never will be. While I will likely never lose hope for making a marked achievement in my career, I will likely never be looking to turn this blog into something other than what it is. It’s me, talking about my medical stuff, hoping it will resonate with someone else and most of all hoping it will give another poor sicky a helpful search engine result.
I enjoy interacting with those who read my posts and know I do not do enough to keep them interested and coming back for more. With any luck, they will continue to check in with me anyway. Thankfully, my blogging has not negatively impacted my life in any way. If anything, it has helped me, even as I face this tremendous bout of fatigue.
How do you stay healthy with your blog, twitter, facebook, etc.?
PS – thanks for reading.
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Sorry to hear about the fatigue. I hope you’re able to find a solution quickly.
Interesting questions. Twitter I just started, and I don’t see ever spending tons of time on it – I did just add you, though
Most of my extended family is on facebook and that’s how we keep in touch – sort of a perpetual online reunion. I’ve only friended a handful of non-family members on FB because I don’t want to keep up with zillions of people. I FB under my real name, but blog anonymously to keep medical stuff from overwhelming my life. I probably spend too much time blogging – but it’s a way for me to cope with medical stuff without overly burdening my family. Sort of a way of keeping disease cloistered in it’s corner, if that makes any sense. It will be interesting to see what other comments you get on this topic.
Blogging about illness allows me to organize my thoughts and communicate with others who understand, and at the same time it helps me to keep illness separate from other aspects of my life. I’ve been amazed at the community of health bloggers out there, and I’ve found it really inspiring to take part in that. I’m happy with a small blog, a few readers, and a few blogs to follow regularly (including this one!).
I’m not on Twitter, and only really use FB as a way of connecting with friends who don’t live nearby.
Again, I feel ya on this one too. During my illness I have bouts of extreme fatigue. So much so that even though I’m on 30 mg’s of Adderall, drink 2 energy drinks, and a cup of coffee every morning… at time I would be sitting at my desk and literally be fighting to keep my eyes open.
Again, this is something I would mention to my doctors, but none took it seriously until I saw my new Endo. I had nurses tell me that it was just do to “crashing” from my energy drinks, but when I’d restate that this was at 10 am and I was still in the process of drinking them… they’d just move on to another topic. This is yet another symptom that told me that I had definitely had/have something wrong inside me.