Stress…Bad!

Earlier in the week, I mentioned that I had a little scare with cancer.  Turns out, it was a non- cancerous lesion.  Great news!  I am very very happy about that.

However, no matter what the outcome – all of that worrying (even if it is only a few days) comes at a price.  Stress equals sickness.

I now have the weirdest cold ever, which has made all of my joints swell up, to the point where I can’t bend them.  Typing this post, is causing great amounts of pain (need to get one of those voice activated things), and I cant even close my hand to make a fist.  It’s like I have had the world’s harshest allergy attack.

I used to have problems with joint swelling, when I was first diagnosed with CFS – but not all at the same time.   I am 89% sure that this is a direct relation to what happened earlier this week.

Since I am very prone to getting pneumonia from a bout of the cold/flu – I am taking all precautions…incessant hand washing, vitamins, cough syrup, bed rest – carrying around a hot water bottle. Hopefully this bug will leave quickly without reproducing any ‘monia larvae.

Keep Well!

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