Re: Jill/overdoing it/ Yep I know--Hinky

[Guest guest]

---Oh gosh Jill....... We deserve the " how dumb can we be awards "

Well here's my synopsis on all this. I think when we are feeling

good, like having a really GOOD, we think well, I'd better take

advantage of this day because I don't know when I'll be able to,

wash, mop, scrub, do laundry, clean under stove & frig, wash the

windows , clean the cat poop etc. again, it may be next week it may

be next year. So we who are cleaning fanatics to begin & with jump at

the chance to get in there and CLEAN. Then we suffer.... and we know

we're going to suffer... and we say why, why, was I so intent on

doing this???? Because we don't know when we will get another chance

to clean and we LOVE clean.....make sense? don't be to hard on

yourself just rest tomorrows another day and then by Wednesday it

will be starting to be better. With me I suffer at least 2 really

bad days then it lightens up.

I'm with ya girl. Soft hugs ....Take care...Hinky

In Fibromyalgia_Support_Group , " Jeanne and Dave "

wrote:

>

> Hi Jill - I think I'd be dead if I did all that you did. I liked

Provigil a lot, too, but we are still searching for the perfect

energy med for me. I hope you have recovered somewhat by now. Take

care.

> Jeanne in WI

>

>

> Well, Hinky, now I'm the dumb one. I washed walls/baseboards,

washed windows, vacuumed and mopped, cleaned the bird cage, scrubbed

out the cat box, scopped the dog poop, wiped down the entire kitchen,

cleaned out the fridge, cleaned behind/under the fridge, sprayed off

the back patio, did 6 loads of laundry, cleaned the bathrooms,

vacuumed under furniture AND now I think I'm going to die. Every

inch of my body is screaming!!!!!! I have know idea what got into me

and why I over did it to the extreme when I knew what would happen.

I must say I LOVE PROVIGIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It helps my fatigue so

much, it's unreal!! It makes it a little easier to deal with all my

horrible pain. But not this pain. I feel so miserable and now I

need to go take a shower and take my twins to their swim lessons.

All I want to do is crawl into bed and put the covers over my head

until tomorrow. I need to learn that Provigil will tend to make me

over do it.

>

> ~Jill

>

>

[Guest guest]

You know what it is, don't you? It's because we feel guilty when our

major accomplishment for the day was to take the kids to school and

back, or make a pot of coffee or shower. So on a day when we wake up

and our hands work like they should and our back isn't throbbing and

our legs don't feel like jelly or electrified and walking isn't

painful, we say " hmm, I'm going to dust the living room. " Well

dusting the living room means we have to vacuum the living room and

since we have the vacuum out, we go ahead and do all the rooms that

have carpet. Well, now our living room and possibly our bedrooms

looking good and we look down at the kitchen floor and say " omg, look

how filthy that is! " So we pull out the bucket and mop and get to

work on the floor that has multiple layers of dirt (or in my case

georgia red mud). There! Now our floor is nice and clean. Then we

notice that the kitchen hasn't been thoroughly " wiped down " with

anything, just got lots of kisses and promises. So we pull everything

out on the counters and spray and scrub until everything gleans. We

take a break to pee and notice that the shower is filthy and the

toilet's ring is 2 " all the way around. We finish with our business

and start on the bathroom. The Ring is going to take awhile so we use

the stuff with bleach in it. We use our scrubbing bubbles in the

shower/tub and take down our shower curtain and toss it into the

washing machine so it gets the mold and mildew off.

By now it's 3pm and (if there are munchkins) kids start coming home.

So there are snacks and lunches and homework. Oh yeah, don't forget

about dinner!

So yes, we do it to ourselves, but we have to remember, most of this

stuff that takes us forever now to accomplish we used to be able to

do in 2-3 hours by multitasking. I know I can't multitask like I used

to; I forget what other task I'm working on a lot of the times!

So don't beat yourselves up ladies. Make a schedule on the calendar

of which room will get the " rock star glitz treatment " and stick with

that one room. If you feel up to it the next day, go to the next one

on the list! And if all else fails, call in a maid service *or* see

if a young teen (possibly in your youth group if you go to church)

would like to earn some extra $ by helping you with stuff you cannot

do. It could possibly also be a good service project for the youth!

Darlene

> ---Oh gosh Jill....... We deserve the " how dumb can we be awards "

> Well here's my synopsis on all this. I think when we are feeling

> good, like having a really GOOD, we think well, I'd better take

> advantage of this day because I don't know when I'll be able to,

> wash, mop, scrub, do laundry, clean under stove & frig, wash the

> windows , clean the cat poop etc. again, it may be next week it may

> be next year. So we who are cleaning fanatics to begin & with jump

at

> the chance to get in there and CLEAN. Then we suffer.... and we

know

> we're going to suffer... and we say why, why, was I so intent on

> doing this???? Because we don't know when we will get another

chance

> to clean and we LOVE clean.....make sense? don't be to hard on

> yourself just rest tomorrows another day and then by Wednesday it

> will be starting to be better. With me I suffer at least 2 really

> bad days then it lightens up.

>

> I'm with ya girl. Soft hugs ....Take care...Hinky

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