Virus and sugar

This week has been full of virus symptoms for me.

I knew there was a huge chance this could happen, my partner had terrible flu lady week and over the weekend and the chances of catching it were big.

Not that I’m blaming him for waking up feeling like my head was twice the size due to phlegm, no matter how Homebound you are germs are around us and brought in by our nearest and dearest. That’s just life, especially at this time of year when the weather is cooling and the germs are happily bouncing around.

As with any virus my chronic condition symptoms have escalated and I’m trying to keep everything on a manageable level, which my body obviously doesn’t understand! Ha 🙂

I’ve woken with nerve pain in my back and all down my left leg, I’m limping about like the famous Bristol Blackbeard pirate, who was born just down the road from me.

I’m certainly not a pretty sight at the moment, with my puffy eyes, phlegmatic nose and throat and cough but I’m keeping in top of all my meds with Vick, cough sweets, extra paracetamol too and in a few weeks or months it’ll go.. Oh the joys of chronic illness and prolonged symptoms! 😉

I’ve been making jewerelly while in bed, and put them up for sale which I’m happy about being able to achieve. I’ve even made a veggie shepherds pie from scratch for my son and a bread pudding last week which I’m very happy about, to be able to cook is always a great achievement.

I have noticed over the last week that I am craving sugar, I can’t stop drinking coke and eating biscuits.. Something that is impacting in my usual good eating.

I have found time after time strange cravings have been a constant part of my symptoms since becoming unwell. I’ve been lucky that it’s mostly been fruit I’ve craved recently but now it’s time for fatty sugar.
I’ve been trying to not have any, but then I break in the middle of the night and cram chocolate, biscuits and a can of coke down my greedy gullet. The ignoring of the craving just makes it worse, if I try not to eat any sugary things I end up eating twice the amount I would’ve if I had just let myself eat something sugary.

So I’m going to eat lil sweet things and stop the gorging, my weight will suffer but my body is craving it for some reason and it’s no good pretending it isn’t.

I joined a great group on Facebook yesterday, it’s called Spoonie Mailing List which brings the unwell together by posting letters to each other. I think this is a brilliant idea, so many if us are isolated, are not able to have much outside communication and a letter from someone who understands that can mean so much. I applaud the lady who created this group and I look forward to sending my first letter, and corresponding with people who are in similar situations 🙂