Oh the stress...

I realize it's been a very long time since I last posted. I've been meaning to update this, but haven't had much time lately. I'm happy to report that my stimulator is still helping a great deal with my pain. Now on to the bad news... the stress:

My coworker left today. He's going to live out his dream and I couldn't be happier for him. A few weeks ago I offered to take over his job, as it's a much needed position in the company. Today they tell me I'll be doing it temporarily until they can find a suitable replacement for him. I got all of 15 minutes of training. The job that he does really required about 3 full weeks of training in order to do it properly.

The job is in technical support. I'm supposed to be dealing with emails more than phones, which is a good thing, because I have a fear of phones. I used to work as a telemarketer and ever since I've had serious anxiety surrounding phones. I rarely even answer my own phone.

I'll be doing this job on top of my regular work, which also has gotten more complicated recently. I really hope they find a good replacement soon.

On top of all of this, I have barely been sleeping. Our cat has been keeping me up at night. I also have been dealing with tension headaches recently.

Yesterday was my mother in law's birthday. My husband and I made dinner for her and I could barely even eat because I had a headache. I made dinner, picked at it a bit and then got in bed around 7:00. I took some muscle relaxants and slept a bit, so that was good.

Although the stimulator is helping with my pain, it's not getting rid of it entirely when I am this stressed out and sleeping so poorly.

I'll try to update again soon, and hopefully will have better news.