3/4
Exhaustion problem. So weak I was trembling, was physically spent and almost hadn’t been able to get out of bed despite being knocked out for over 24 hours.
3/5-3/11
Recovering with added snacks, shorter hours between meals, morning protein shakes and multivitamin. Mom suggested I keep a log of my meals, how I’m feeling energy wise and sleep intake the next two weeks.
3/11
Dr. Pepper around 12-12:30am.
Went to bed at 1:45-1:50am. Sleep was not accomplished. Rested physically for four hours, time change made it 6am.
Ate string cheese stick 6am. Feeling just a bit tired around the edges physically, okay mentally.
Ate bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats Touch of Fruit in Silk soy-milk at 7am.
Went to bed at 8:30am – didn’t fall asleep.
Drank protein shake, took multivitamin at 9:30am.
Finally fell asleep around 9:45-10am.
Woke up at 3:45pm.
Ate Veggie burger on Ciabatta bread 3:50pm.
Feeling a bit physically tired (mainly my upper body, particularly my arms) again at 4:40pm.
Went to bed at 4:50pm, managed to fall asleep.
Woken up to take meds at 9pm. Fell back asleep.
Woke an hour later, rest physically another hour.
Got up at 11pm, took shower and cleaned dishes. Feeling weak in the arms again.
Finally ate around 11:30pm, barely soup in particular.
3/12
1:30am, food has no effect, still feeling a bit weak around the arms.
2:45am, drinking Dr. Pepper.
Went to bed 5am. Dozed, still could have felt better but arms briefly closer to how they should have felt.
Drank protein shake, took multivitamin at 6:30am. Fell asleep sometime after that.
Woke around 9:30am, got up a while later. Still don’t feel right around the arms.
Ate bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats Touch of Fruit in Silk soy-milk at 10am after doing the dishes.
Paused halfway through folding laundry at 10:30 due to fatigue in arm area.
11:30pm, going to bed again. Not so weak in the arms.
Woke around 3:15pm.
Ate a tablespoon or so of peanut butter and a package of Ramen noodles at 3:40pm.
Went on 45min. walk around 5:45pm. Finished around 6:30pm.
Went to bed to rest physically at 6:50pm. Muscles felt rather worn, but walk did not exhaust me nor did it energize me. Did not fall asleep fortunately.
Got up again around 7:30pm.
Ate Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers: Buttery Rice and Vegetables at 8pm.
Ate cheese stick at 11:30pm.
3/13
Went to bed at 1:30am. Fell asleep around 3am?
Woke up at 6am to have protein shake and vitamin.
Fell back to sleep, woke at 1:30pm. Feeling a bit more like myself for once.
Ate bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats Touch of Fruit in Silk soy-milk at 2pm after letting dogs out and doing dishes.
Fell asleep around 3pm.
Woke up at 5:30pm, ate a cheese stick.
Fell asleep at 8pm after coming back from yoga.
Had meds at 9pm.
3/14
Slept until 12am.
Ate store bought pizza at 12:50 after taking a shower and baking it in the oven.
Went to bed at 5am, didn’t fall asleep.
6am, had protein shake and vitamin, fell asleep afterwards.
Woke up at 12:30pm, let dogs out, washed dishes.
1pm, ate Campbell’s Vegetable soup in beef broth.
1:30pm vacuumed, tended to laundry.
2pm, drank Diet Coke.
5pm, ate cheese stick and Nature Valley Peanut Butter Granola bar.
Ate Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers: Macaroni with cheese sauce and Broccoli at 7:30pm.
Ate Nature Valley Peanut Butter Granola bar at 10:30pm.
3/15
Went to bed at 2am, might have fallen asleep at 3:30am?
Woke at 5:50am to drink protein shake and take vitamin.
Fell back asleep to wake again at 2pm.
Ate a tablespoon or so of peanut butter and a package of Ramen noodles at 2:45pm after tending to the dishes.
Fell asleep again at 3:30pm.
Woke at 7pm, ate Stouffer’s Farmer Harvest Vegetable Lasagna and Nature Valley Maple Syrup Granola Bar at 7:30pm.
Went back to bed around 10pm. Woke again at 12am.
3/16
Ate Veggie Burger on Ciabatta bread at 2am. Feel a bit weak around the arms again.
Had protein shake and vitamin at 5:50am.
Ate bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats Touch of Fruit in Silk soy-milk at 6:40am.
Fell asleep around 7am.
Woke at 2:30pm, ate Nature Valley Maple Brown Sugar Granola Bar.
5:30pm ate Schlotzsky’s bacon sandwich (bacon, lettuce, cheese, mayo, wheat bread) with small bag of sour cream and onion chips.
Felt a bit weak around the arms and rather sleepy at 7:30pm. Fell asleep.
3/17
Woke at 1am. Felt better.
Ate Nature Valley Maple Brown Sugar granola bar at 1:30am.
Ate can of Campbell’s Vegetable soup in beef broth at 4:30am.
5am, arms feeling just a tad bit of weakness. Overall, fine.
Fell asleep again around 7am.
Woke around 12pm, ate half a Nature Valley Maple Brown Sugar Granola bar package.
Ate Subway BLT sandwich without tomato but with light mayonnaise around 1:30pm after putting up groceries.
Fell asleep around 3pm.
Woke up at 9:30pm.
Ate Veggie burger on Ciabatta bread around 10pm.
3/18
Ate Ciabatta roll at 1am.
Fell asleep around 2-3am.
Had protein shake and vitamin at 6:30am?
Woke up at 2pm. Ate Nature Valley Peanut Butter granola bar.
Ate 5 turkey tacos with lettuce and cheese at 5:30pm.
Fell asleep at 8pm.
Took meds at 9pm.