I am always fatigued every single day, but this past week has been worse than usual. I've been fostering a puppy, and normally when he wants out in the middle of the night, I'm already awake because of my oh so wonderful MS bladder. That doesn't make it any easier on me though. I've had multiple times where I've almost fallen when I took him outside due to me losing my balance very easily (more than what is typically normal for me).
When he gets me up in the morning, I don't want to get out of bed (whether I was already awake or not). I actually went back to bed and slept until noon today, which is something I never do. I've still been tired and weak all day. My workout last night was a failure due to weak legs, and they're still feeling like they want to give out on me today as well. I turned off my alarm clock last night to skip my workout today (again, something I never do). I just don't feel like doing anything. I want to stay home and sleep all day.
I'm wondering if this puppy is stressing me out more than I realize. He has been a handful, and I'm getting to the point I'm sick of taking care of him (I had him 2 weeks, then someone else took him for a week when I had to take care of my parents' dogs, then I've had him again this past week). Last week went great until I overdid it walking around on Halloween. I got the pup back the day after and I've been out of it ever since then. He bites a lot, tries to chew on everything, and chases my cats non-stop. I'm at the point I've had about all I can take. I thought I'd be handing him in for good today, but their plans for him changed, so now I don't know how much longer it'll be.
Is it possible most of my issues this past week have been caused by the stress of taking care of this dog (and the organization he belongs to. I've told them I can't keep him past Wednesday, yet they conveniently don't respond to that, but if it were about me taking another, they'd jump all over it)? I've really thought of calling and having someone else take him, but I feel bad doing that. This little guy is homeless and I don't want to abandon him too.
I'm seeing my "new" neuro next week (I've had her before, went elsewhere and now going back), and I'm not really sure what's worth mentioning and what I should leave out. I'm used to having a neuro who doesn't ask anything about my condition, so I've been used to disclosing nothing (why bother if he's not interested and won't listen).
I'm also going out of town next weekend, so I'm hoping that'll help me get back to normal (last time I went, I had so much fun, I didn't want to come back home). In the meantime, I'm stuck hearing about how I have no reason to be tired. After all, it's not like I go to work or anything like everyone else does.
When he gets me up in the morning, I don't want to get out of bed (whether I was already awake or not). I actually went back to bed and slept until noon today, which is something I never do. I've still been tired and weak all day. My workout last night was a failure due to weak legs, and they're still feeling like they want to give out on me today as well. I turned off my alarm clock last night to skip my workout today (again, something I never do). I just don't feel like doing anything. I want to stay home and sleep all day.
I'm wondering if this puppy is stressing me out more than I realize. He has been a handful, and I'm getting to the point I'm sick of taking care of him (I had him 2 weeks, then someone else took him for a week when I had to take care of my parents' dogs, then I've had him again this past week). Last week went great until I overdid it walking around on Halloween. I got the pup back the day after and I've been out of it ever since then. He bites a lot, tries to chew on everything, and chases my cats non-stop. I'm at the point I've had about all I can take. I thought I'd be handing him in for good today, but their plans for him changed, so now I don't know how much longer it'll be.
Is it possible most of my issues this past week have been caused by the stress of taking care of this dog (and the organization he belongs to. I've told them I can't keep him past Wednesday, yet they conveniently don't respond to that, but if it were about me taking another, they'd jump all over it)? I've really thought of calling and having someone else take him, but I feel bad doing that. This little guy is homeless and I don't want to abandon him too.
I'm seeing my "new" neuro next week (I've had her before, went elsewhere and now going back), and I'm not really sure what's worth mentioning and what I should leave out. I'm used to having a neuro who doesn't ask anything about my condition, so I've been used to disclosing nothing (why bother if he's not interested and won't listen).
I'm also going out of town next weekend, so I'm hoping that'll help me get back to normal (last time I went, I had so much fun, I didn't want to come back home). In the meantime, I'm stuck hearing about how I have no reason to be tired. After all, it's not like I go to work or anything like everyone else does.
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