Adventures of Moving Apartments

We finished moving everything into the new apartment. And we used movers for the large things. I was assigned ‘unpacker of things‘ because I can’t lift heavy things let alone bring them up three flights of stairs for when we moved the boxes. And I am well aware of this limitation.

I did pace myself as much as I could. I definitely took rest breaks. Drank a lot of fluids. But I exceeded my limits and I knew that was going to happen.

It is just one of those things. That has to be done but you know the consequences are going to hit you hard. And they are. But it must be done so there is nothing but to wait out the consequences. It is the way it is.

But even the Unpacker of Things had a hell of a time with chronic pain and weakness and fatigue

1. I flared my Fibromyalgia big time: It is going to take a while to recover from the pain of this fact. And I knew this would happen. But we needed to get stuff done and I needed to do some part in the getting of stuff done. So, yeah, I am in a boatload of the pain. And in a LOT of PLACES.
2. So many migraines: My sleep cycles was messed up and there is a lot of stress with moving so, yeah, migraine attacks really jumped on board with this. Migraine after migraine. So I couldn’t take triptans for them all. So that was sucky.
3. Then there with the fatigue and weakness: I assume this is an MS thing but who even knows. All I know is that I am drained to my core and things are just weaker than they should be. My leg, of course. And then both legs. Then my arm. Its been a blast.

So I am going to wait until my body settles down a bit to go and clean up the old apartment. We have till the end of the month to to do, so that is good. And my mom is going to help me along with my common-law spouse.

I do feel accomplished having done what I did. And there is still more I need to unpack at a slower pace today and in the next few days. I’ll get to it. This place already feels nice and cozy and like a home, now that we have most of it sorted.

But man, when you push things like that, the body sure pushes back.

Exercises

I prepared for this venture with weeks of exercises. Stretches designed to work some specific muscle groups. Mostly my legs so I could get used to walking up stairs and to that, I think I succeeded mostly. Except I did fall up the stairs and earn myself some impressive bruises almost right away- because I was wearing my pants that are too long for me and, of course, my innate clumsiness. But aside from that, the stairs are difficult but not problematic. So I will continue those exercises once the flare settles down, to ensure those muscles get a good steady buildup. There is little I can do for my weak leg other than ensure the muscles are maintained, and to build up my core and my other leg.

Routine

Now it is important to establish routines here and get back to them. But also to rest and recover from the fibro flare and tame the migraine attacks. But establishing routines here will help with the migraine attacks. Because with the move sleep routines and eating habits all went wonky and that can really mess with things. So today is mostly resting, unpacking and getting back to some routines.

We plan on staying here for some time so this should be the last move for quite a while. One hopes. You never can say with prices these days. But one hopes.

See also

Moving Apartments