Energy issues

This whole lack of energy thing is beginning to get me down.

The first half of nearly every day is a struggle to stay awake, never mind doing something constructive. Most mornings I will have a very good idea of how the day will go.  Often the first half of the day is something akin to driving a car with the handbrake on.  At midday the handbrake is gradually released and the day starts to gain a little more momentum.

The most active time of the day, for some reason, happens between 6 pm and 9 pm. It’s better than nothing at all but it’s a short time frame to cover the things I’d like to achieve some days. And it’s that time when the end of the day is nigh.  And it’s dark. I prefer to work around the Trash Palace in the daylight. All the better to see the trash, you know.

I was warned about one of the effects of drug hormone therapy, which is fatigue. I nodded in understanding when given this information but I had no idea it would be like it is most days.

I recently attempted to winkle some information out of the hospital pharmacist about how the drug works but the answer was not particularly helpful and veered off into that morass known as the half-life of drugs.

Perhaps I should talk to my local pharmacists, one has been in the business for years and has a lot of practical experience and understanding of prescribed medications. I’m sure he could explain the half life of drugs, even to someone as slow-witted as I am.

Another thing to be taken into consideration is the hot weather we have experienced lately; I’m sure it does nothing to improve the situation.

Eucalypt trunk detail                         circa December 2005