Feeling Better

Man, it has been a rough couple of weeks. I’m not 100%, but I am feeling better. I’m not really entirely sure what has been wrong with me, but I got part of it worked out. I think. lol

Years and years ago I was told I was borderline anemic and I’ve been turned down for donating blood because my iron levels were too low. I was also diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome when I was in 13 and I have periodic bouts with that. Tons of fun.

Anyways, ever since we got back from Thailand last month I have been so tired and weak. It hasn’t been every day, just quite a lot of them. Last Monday I felt great and was able to go to the gym for an hour and then do another hour of my physical therapy exercises. I hadn’t been to the gym in quite a long time. I went to the gym three other times last week, but after Thursday I have pretty much constantly been feeling pretty lousy. I slept half of Friday, then Troy and I went out to i-City, which is this area in a suburb just outside Kuala Lumpur that has a little forest of lighted trees, a carousel, some rides, food booths, shopping booths and this awesome indoor snow area. We were there for 5 hour taking pictures of everything. As fun as it was, I was super exhausted by the time we were done. I kept sitting down on stuff while Troy wandered and took pictures because I was so worn out and my digestive tract was freaking out.

For the past month, ever since we got back from Thailand, I’ve been having a hard time eating. It’s not every time I eat, but a lot of the time when I eat my digestive tract revolts. It’s frustrating. I have a suspicion that part of it is gluten-free ingredients and I did some research into that. I try to eat the same stuff Troy eats because I don’t think it’s very nice for me to make him one meal and me another. I mean, he already feels like it’s too much trouble to make gluten-free stuff for him and that he’s some sort of weirdo because he can’t eat what other people eat. How much worse would he feel that way if I went around making him one meal and me another? So, I’ve been eating gluten-free, too. After some research, I’ve found that certain combinations of ingredients aren’t tolerated well by non-celiac people, the biggest of which is the milk powder. Several forums had people discussing how the milk powder has a lot more lactose in it than regular dairy products and some people can’t handle the excess that is found in the boxed mixes. I found that interesting because I used to drink milk every day and have cheese quite frequently before moving out here. Now, I don’t eat either very much. I have cheese in my scrambled eggs once or twice a week, but that’s about it. So now I wonder if I’m one of those people who doesn’t tolerate the extra lactose. But I don’t know. It could be anything. I do know that starting Saturday I pretty much quit eating gluten-free products and for the most part haven’t had too many problems. Saturday night, at Troy’s work Christmas party, I was able to eat my first meal in a long time where I didn’t feel sick. It was great. I was still super tired, but my stomach and digestive tract didn’t act like they were trying to take over my body.

Saturday was weird. Since we were up so late on Friday, we both ended up sleeping pretty late in the morning on Saturday. Most of the day we just lounged around, watching some our favorite shows. We did walk around Little India for a bit, trying to find some hair clips I could use to do my hair for the party, but other than that, we were lazy. We napped for a bit and just stayed on the couch for most of the day. I was still super tired. Sunday, wow. Troy had to come in and wake me up three times before I could wake up enough to get up and get ready for church. I was having such a hard time getting up and moving that we ended up being about 15 minutes late for church. By the end of sacrament meeting, I was just feeling to tired and weak to even sit up. Troy brought me home and I just laid on the couch for a while. Troy kinda laughed at me when I flopped on the couch, but I was just too tired to walk back to my bedroom and get in bed. I tried to take a nap, but I couldn’t fall asleep. It sucked. Around 8pm, Troy gave me one of his melatonin pills and I fell asleep around 10pm. I’ve been taking those every night because I feel super tired, but can’t fall asleep.

Today, though, I feel better than I have in a while. I’m still pretty tired and could probably fall asleep if I laid my head down. But I don’t want to do that. I felt great when I woke up (4:40am – no alarm lol), but I’m starting to feel worn out again. Last night while we were at the store, I bought some iron and B-complex vitamins. I took an iron pill last night and I thought that was helping, but I don’t know now. I took my multi-vitamin, the B-complex and another iron pill with my breakfast this morning and it’s starting to hit me right now, the super tired feeling. I really want to go walk around the park this morning, so maybe I’ll take a short nap and then go. I meant to go yesterday, but I ended up talking to my mom for a really long time (after I took a nap haha) and then I spent some time by the pool. By then, it was getting overcast and I didn’t want to get stuck in the rain again. Today, I’m going in the morning. I’ll set my alarm for 30 minutes and get up at 9am.