I am 3 years 3 months post clipping for SAH, tried to return to work after a year but was unable to cope-when I was asked questions about work I found I just couldn't understand what I was being asked-it was very distressing for me, but I hoped it would resolve over time. It didn't and after 6 weeks phased return I just ground to a halt-couldn't get out of bed -exhausted, brain at a standstill. I was ill health retired, and now 3 years later I'm trying to get back into some admin work via volunteering, and really enjoying a few hours a week, but the exhaustion is back in force, and it is a bit scary that apparently doing so little, can cost me so much.
The hypersensitivity of the neck and head causing headaches is definitely a problem too-knitting, sewing, gardening, walking, all aggravate it too! I need a perfect chair, lol, and then it will all be fine......every so often I take stock of what I am doing, what I can do with no penalty, and then I redraw my boundaries for a while, and then I find it hard to stay within them because thats how it is!!! I find this site such a comfort when I start to get frustrated because when my boundaries are closing in, I know its not really my fault-its just how life is now, and its still much better than it could have been. Thanks everyone for sharing so much, and helping us all cope that bit better than we would have otherwise.