Pain

I'm in pain. All the time. I was tempted to chock it up to weight gain, but the reality is that while I haven't exactly been eating healthy, I haven't actually gained any weight in the last few months either. So why the sudden onset of pain, spreading from knees, to ankles and knees, to ankles and knees to wrists, then to the forearm, back, hips, neck, oh yeah, the neck pain. It's been so long, it's back again, huh?

Oi.

So if it's not weight gain, what is it? I read somewhere awhile back that candida can settle into the joints and that's where I seem to be in pain...that and my forearms. Which is weird, but I chock that up to carpal tunnel. Except for the first time in ten plus years, I'm not working at a computer for 8 hours a day. Hmmm.

On the infamous pain scale from one to ten, I'd say it goes from a 4 to a 7 depending on the day, the time of day, level of activity, etc. I'm not one to take pain meds like advil, etc. unless it's a headache. Which has also been happening again lately. {sigh}

So I haven't been medicating with advil. I have enough stomache problems, I don't need to load up on mega doses of advil every day. But tonight the pain is worse than normal. Usually I wake up stiff and creaky. Tonight I feel that way already. I don't usually feel pain just lying in bed at night.

Oh, the analysis I could do on this! How did it happen, what to do about it, what could it be? I've looked at a few different "diagnoses" but I really think it's just the candida. Which results in thinking I should do "the diet," but that seems like a life sentence. Seriously.

But it's that or pain. Which looks like a life sentence as well.

Choices.