This is mostly just as a log. I'm going to the doctor today, hopefully, to get checked out.

Friday: Got massage at 1:00. Came home, ate small muffin (only food for day). Felt sleepy all day, 4:00 really crashed. Took nap at 4:30. Woke up 5:30 feeling crappy: mostly extremely weak and also achy, like flu, but didn't feel like I was sick with flu. Also depressed. Did not get up from bed. Stephen came home. Drank milk and lots of water, ate three hard-boiled eggs on bed. Cried because I should be taking better care of myself. Later, ate bowl of chicken noodle soup. Felt better, but still like I had flu or something; spent most of evening on couch. Took herbal sleeping meds before bedtime but still woke up every hour or two; very unsettled sleep.

Saturday: Woke up at 10:00; Stephen and I got up at about 11. Dizziness upon getting up and in shower, but goes away after that. Went to eat breakfast at Panera. Feeling okay. Staying hydrated because massage therapist recommended it. About 2:30, Steve and I start cleaning apartment. Approx. 20 minutes of cleaning, struck by chest/rib cage pain if breathing in deeply. This has happened to me periodically in my life since I was a child; learned to just let it pass. This time doesn't pass within 10-15 minutes and I start to get worried and tell Stephen. Take it easy to see if will pass. Two hours later, still having trouble and call my mom (nurse), who recommends a hot pad on the painful area. Possibly muscle spasm, she thinks. I don't get around to using hot pad until nighttime. Rest of day, trouble breathing does not go away but is tolerable if careful. Saturday night sleep through night with hot pad on side, but still not settled sleep.

Sunday: Very hard to wake up. 9:15 get into shower, dizziness when looking down. Hot pad did not help side pain. Fine during church. Very irritable and emotional after church. Take long nap, still irritable and very emotional after waking up and rest of day. Eat lunch at 3 (Arby's) and dinner at 8 (dutch babies). Make cookies from 4-6 feeling jittery as if haven't eaten enough, but not hungry. About 8:00 body crashes, getting weak and fatigued again, and I'm cold in 73 degree apartment. Take temperature - 97.9. Wrap up in blanket and am okay. Stay on couch rest of evening. As evening wears on, feel worse. Stomach feeling unsettled; eyes very fatigued (could be from computer late at night). Go to bed early (quarter to 11). Not too much trouble breathing today, but when I lay on left side in bed, hurts a lot on right side/center of chest. Trouble falling asleep--restless legs--but eventually sleep through night.

Monday: Wake up 10:30 feeling okay. Try laying on left side--doesn't hurt nearly as bad, but does make chest tight for the morning. Lower back hurting a little, probably sore from sleeping on back.

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