What an eventful couple of days and believe me I'm feeling it now. Today though, I've done pretty much nothing but lay around and listen to the storms that have been rolling over. I haven't slept well the past couple of nights for some reason. Normally I'm out like a light, which isn't unusual given the meds I take, but for the past couple of nights its taken what feels like forever to fall asleep. Then during the night I wake up with strange feeling sensations crawling all over me. The might well be aura's which are strange feeling, smells etc that some people get as sort of warning sign before seizures. I rarely get them and whatever it was these past couple of nights it isn't something I've ever felt before so I can't definitely say if it was an aura or not. Hopefully it'll pass and I'll get a full night sleep again very soon. I NEED my sleep!
Since I was a baby I've always loved the swimming pool. I swam competitively from a young age too and have always loved and taken part in water sports. Since having seizures though it's not as easy. One, there's the risk of seizures in the water and two, the side effects of large amounts of Keppra and Vimpat I take make energy levels very low. Now I live a five minute walk from a leisure centre though, I've found I can't resist the lure of the pool any longer! So yesterday I dug out my swimwear and went off. Obviously I have take my time but I swam a few lengths I have to say though I was SO jealous of the girls swimming up and down length after length without it seeming to bother them in the slightest. I used to be that fit. I really enjoyed being there, even the smell of the chlorine was invigorating! I have to be careful and not push myself to much but I've decided I'll try to go at least once a week if I can and build up some strength. If I can get a good night sleep tonight and feel rested and of course am well enough then tomorrow I think I might go for another quick dip.
Oh here's a bit of drama though... I literally had just showered and got into the pool when a woman walked up to the side behind me and started talking in a foreign language in a distressed way. You know the kind of sound where you immediately realise something is wrong? Well there was... her young daughter who (as we later found out) had never been swimming before had climbed into the pool and was out of her depth and struggling to get to the top of the water!! Instincts kicked straight in and before I even realised what I was doing I was grabbing her out of the water. An older lady helped me lift her onto the side and she immediately started angrily shouting at a lifeguard who even by then STILL hadn't noticed what was going on. Why the girl was in the pool on her own though is beyond me!! Everything was fine in the end though. Nothing like a quick bit of drama to get the adrenaline pumping!
Anyway sleep first, swim later.
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