Another CaptainCaption Health Update

Stay positive!

Last time I checked in, I mentioned that despite not being 100% back to "normal" from the mono (keep in mind my "normal" is likely very different than your "normal"), I was going to get back to work even if I couldn't do all that much because my energy levels were still pretty bad.

So while I have gotten a moderate amount of work done (keep in mind my "moderate amount of work" is likely very different than your "moderate amount of work"), yeah, uh...

I'm probably way too cooked to write this post and I don't have the ability to cleverly word things, so I'll just get to the part where I say how I've spent the last 4 days almost entirely in bed. I had no energy, I couldn't even hold a Nintendo DSi XL in my hands for more than 15 minutes without feeling completely fatigued, my brain was in a nearly-constant state of confused overwhelmingness whenever I tried to talk to people from my phone and I could barely even listen to a conversation let alone take part in it, my body was achingly sore as fuck (likely a mix of bed rot + my normal hormonal cramp fest but supercharged on progesterone (which I am taking for a complicated reason (look, just look at the last health update I explained it better there than I can here))).

All I could really do was the bare minimum number of tasks required for survival for my cats and myself and lie in bed motionlessly either thinking too much, barely being able to think, trying to sleep, and watching YouTube videos no more complex than Star Wars lore videos (I don't even like Star Wars very much but I need background noise and this was a plentiful option).

Last night was the first time I'd been in front of my computer in three days, but I think I only lasted 4 hours. Today, I woke up at 2:30 PM-ish, but I was so brain-dead that I kept fucked up making a pancake mix (not even the DIY flour and baking powder one I like to do, but something as brainless as a ready mix pack) until I just gave up in frustration and had a bowl of cereal. I've been up for less than 4 hours and halve downed have a pot of coffee, but I'm falling asleep or just otherwise running out of steam after answering some questions about re:Dreamer lore people were asking on Discord and writing this post.

Not all days are like this. I've had days where I've been up for 12, 14, and even 16 hours straight, but those aren't as common as I would like and my average time in bed is much lower than I would like. I hate being held down by a sickness I've had for over 3 months now, and the recovery has been agonizingly slow.

I'm still trying to work when I can, but like, keep modest expectations for the next release date. Okay post done going back to sleep bye bye.