It’s 4am. On the pain front it’s been a different weekend; and not necessarily for the better. But I’m not just writing this to record the pain experience but to give an example of what the CBD oil does and how it behaves. I realise that sounds odd but all will be revealed.
When the nerve pains began last year and they were really bad I used to gain some solace from the fact that each spasm would only last seconds so I would get a few extra seconds without the squeeze/tear/stab/burn/screw – and after a couple of hours of the spasms they would ease up and I would then be able to sleep. But Saturday (day before yesterday) the pain was constant. And it lasted 24 hours. Luckily, the majority of that time was in daylight hours and I could distract myself by either doing something or going somewhere which did help. And I managed to get six hours uninterrupted sleep on Saturday night and a good day on Sunday. Although the serpents left we weaker and wobblier.
Welcoming my 91 year old mother into the hall for Sunday lunch was rather amusing as we both stood holding each other steady whilst she got her limbs sorted out from having been sitting in a car for a while and I hadn’t concentrated on my balance having been sitting and reading the paper in the kitchen whilst the wind howled and the rain beat on the windows. Whereas I would have leapt up in the past to welcome her in; it all takes a bit of planning and time now. But neither of us fell over and we made it to the kitchen table to enjoy a bit of lunch.
The above 24 hours coincided with my CBD oil running out and purchasing a new bottle. The oil comes in a small brown bottle with a pipette lid and I squeeze a couple of drops under my tongue. I am told that that is the place where a liquid is absorbed most quickly into one’s system – and it’s what it says one should do on the instructions that come with the oil! But on Friday I noticed that the oil seemed to have got stuck to the bottom of the bottle and then I realised that it had gone solid. Also the nature of it had changed in the last couple of doses. So, on Friday night I warmed it up and it quickly ‘melted’ but seemed to be less viscose and much thinner and weaker looking. When I bought a new bottle on Saturday morning it was interesting to make the comparison.
I came downstairs just now and took another dose of oil (the new one!) and 10 minutes later the stabbing is less and in the time it has taken me to write the above I now feel I might be able to lie down and maybe even sleep. Let’s see.
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