A bad few days...

I try not to complain about pain...  I mean, when my husband asks or if someone sees me grimacing, I'll say that it's bothering me or it hurts, but I don't make a point to bother everyone with my complaints of pain.  However, I'm sure that some people that might read these posts are in a similar situation and (figuratively and literally) feel my pain. 

That said, these past few days have been terrible!  It's been getting quite a bit colder and, in fact, Pennsylvania just got a dumping of snow over the weekend!  Where I live, we got about 8 inches of snow on Saturday - actually a new record for our area (haven't had any snow in October since the mid-1970's and haven't had any real accumulation since that 1920's)!  Well, as we all know, cold and damp makes our joints cramp...  Unfortunately, the "cramp" is more of a persistent, severe pain.  And to make matters worse, yesterday was a medical school/law school mock trial (basically we put on an abbreviated version of a medical malpractice trial where the residents play the doctors and experts and the lawyers formulate their theory of the case and conduct the direct and cross examinations).  I was "volunteered" as a participant which required an awful lot of standing, walking, and (most unfortunately) climbing the stairs in the auditorium/courtroom. 

So combining the additional movements and weight-bearing activity with the weather has made a very unhappy Nikki!  And a very tired Nikki... since I haven't really been able to sleep since Friday night (and it's now Tuesday morning).   Friday night was when the temperature really dropped and it was raining; Saturday came the additional precipitation with the snow.  Sunday night wasn't too bad since I was down-right exhausted but I still probably only got about five "O.K." hours...  And last night was the worst of all, combining the weather and activity.  What I really don't understand is why I get so tired that I can fall asleep on the couch, watching TV or reading, at night but when I go to bed the  pain then keeps me awake...

I can't wait until January or so when I've had my surgery and have gotten past the pain associated with the surgery...  I'm going to hibernate for a few weeks!  Well, sorry for the rant, but for anyone out there in my situation - I feel ya!