As I knew I would, I feel much better today. I did another all-nighter, watched dawn spread across the sky, had my gastro protection tablet (Lansoprazole 15mg) and went for a brisk FORTY minute walk, and even had a little jog for about 20 seconds. That might not sound like much to you, but I got a little bit sweaty and panty and that’s generally good for your health, especially if you’re like me and have lead a largely sedentary lifestyle. Anything to get my metabolism up and lose some weight as fat is one of the effectors of an imbalanced or broken autoimmune system. Yes I figure it can’t hurt to turn back the clock on that front and see if I can’t get my system to fix itself. I have other ideas around that topic, but weight and fitness first.
I hope to take longer and faster walks, and I have my eye on a goal of turning it into a run. Maybe. We’ll see. One day at a time…
So I got back, and then had my immunosuppressant – Mycophenolate MoFetil (MMF) 500mg – and my own self prescribed 1x day multi-vitamin plus my also self-prescribed bone protection (until my GP tells me what I should be doing – waiting for the letter) which is a 2x day calcium and vitamin D tablet. It just seems sensible to me to take these vitamins and it can’t hurt as long as I don’t go crazy with them. Then the 60mg (12x 5mg) of Prednisolone steroid which I have to take at this dose for a month, then start to reduce. I make sure that I have something to eat with them, and porridge is quite nice, I really enjoy it. Who would have thought?
Incidentally, porridge is part of my master plan to keep my blood pressure down and reduce cholesterol. It’s almost magical stuff when you start looking into it and actually start eating it. Luckily I like it as it comes and don’t need to sweeten it.
The tablets are a pain in the arse and one of my concerns when I was younger and healthier was that I’d have to take one tablet for this, and then another tablet to fix the side-effects of that one, and then another tablet for that, and so on. And holy hell, that’s exactly what I’ve ended up doing. FML. But better than having your skin go bad, get infected and then kill you. Right?
So right now I’m getting used to my new routine. Take a tablet, go for an early morning walk, have something to eat and take the rest of my tablets. Like a good boy.
And… I quite like this night time / day time reversal lifestyle. It really suits me and I feel much more comfortable working all night, listening to new music from Spotify and then grabbing a few hours sleep during the day. It feels right. It feels like I should have always done this, but never had any chance but to comply with the rest of the world. It’s good.
Of course when the family get back from Australia, I may have to modify that behaviour in some way, but for now it’s very enjoyable.
As a final aside, I seemed to be bursting with nervous energy today, and got the slight trembles in my upper arms, while my hands remained rock steady. Strange. Probably my body adjusting to the additional dose of steroids, or maybe a bit of an emotional reaction. Either way I’m not worried but I’ll keep an eye on it.
