Recuperation After The Holiday

Recuperation After The Holiday

Hey all! I'm BAAACCKK!!! I took a couple of days off to prep for my out of town trip to see my family in New Jersey.  Again, what I have found out is that the prep of a trip is the hardest step. If you can see your way through this step, the rest of the trip is all down hill. And, trying not to do too much and pacing yourself during your trip is a good idea also.  But, don't worry, I didn't follow my own advice with pacing myself and not overdoing it.  How could I!?! I was excited to have my children see their uncle who is a DOTA (Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen).  He is walking history! So, yes the excitement superseded my plans to just cruise through the trip.  Oh well.  

In retrospect, I knew when and how we were living, and I should have planned better. That is the key.  I really have to do prep better and over a longer period of time.  My advice to any person out there that is suffering/living with a chronic illness and planning vacations a longer prep time for the trip is a necessity.  Please give yourself at least two weeks prep, or pack, to be ready for a vacation.

Now, after the trip I am finding that being road weary is the hardest.  With multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue is a killer.  And it is a killer after a trip.  If you are among the lucky ones still working, please come back a couple of days before going back to work in order to get your rest. This is a must.  I am now, just trying to recuperate.  

Recuperate has many meanings for many.  Recuperation for MS people is bed rest, bed rest, bed rest.  Keep up your regular scheduled medications as usual. Plan a massage.  Plan a spa day, or have a friend or family member come over and pamper you.  If you have a regularly scheduled therapy or exercise appointment, delay it. Don't push yourself is the key word or you are setting yourself up for a relapse and high doses of IV steroids or solumedrol.  Not a good thing.  

Well, I am going to get my rest and I blog from my bed.  My family has me ordered to bed and plan on taking the computer when I stop.  Having a great and loving support system beats everything and keeps everything in perspective.  Loving support helps the fatigue and weariness go away.  Talk to you later tomorrow.  P.S. REST.