Crash and SAD?

Well I'm in a little crash. Last Wed. and Thurs I went to town (about a 45min trip one way). Sue and Joe did the shuttling (driving) but the two half days in town caused a crash. They were stressful days physically and emotionally. I might be buying a house. Houses in this city are really inexpensive so I figured I might have cheaper "rent" if I bought a house. Since my father offered to pay the down-payment, and my friends offered to help with making the house livable, I thought it was something to consider. To make a long story short, it takes a lot of energy to look at houses, make an offer, get the financing approved (still working on that one) etc. etc. and obviously it was a bit much for my body.

I got in on Thurs night and got a chill. My body was so exhausted, even with layers of clothing and layers of covers it took me at least an hour to stop shaking. My body just wouldn't warm up - I just think my metabolism was past functioning.

Friday I got up and was somewhat crashed, but it wasn't until yesterday that it really hit. Today is Sunday and I'm still feeling quite sick and weak with very painful underarm lymph nodes, sore throat and worst of all - the fluey chest ache that I get where it just hurts to breathe.

Usually I could shake a crash like this off. It's not a really bad crash (like my fellow CFSer Alyson is going through right now), but I think I have a little SAD (seasonal affective disorder) on top of the crash. For me, this is a common occurrence in December. I even struggled with a little SAD prior to getting M.E./cfs. Thankfully, by January I always seem to be able to kick it.

I just hope this crash is short. There are things I want to do this week on Wed., Thurs., and Friday!! Thursday is the local M.E./cfs support group meeting which I haven't made for months either due to being away or being too sick to go. The group hasn't been too successful partly because it's small and several of us often miss due to sickness.

Well that's about it for right now. The lake is now solid enough to walk on which has been fun. I'll post a photo I took on Friday just prior to sunset.