Candimichelle
02-17-2006, 02:16 PM
Thank you everyone for welcoming me to the healthboards. It is so nice to able to talk to other people who can empathize with me and offer suggestions to help cope with FM.
Yesterday I had the most painful flare up since I'd been diagnosed in December. The pain has carried over to today. I'm not sure what caused it. I was a little more stressed yesterday than usual but other than that nothing out of the ordinary. When I very lightly touch some of the points on my body they feel bruised although there are no visable bruises on my body. The thing that is bothering me the most is my back. It takes me 5 minutes to drive to work and even that was almost unbearable. I am supposed to drive up to my boyfriends house, 2 hours away, today. I don't know how i'm going to make it. All I have is over the counter medicine and that no longer does anything for me, it doesn't even phase the pain. Is it hopeless? I don't know what to do. HELP!
Yesterday I had the most painful flare up since I'd been diagnosed in December. The pain has carried over to today. I'm not sure what caused it. I was a little more stressed yesterday than usual but other than that nothing out of the ordinary. When I very lightly touch some of the points on my body they feel bruised although there are no visable bruises on my body. The thing that is bothering me the most is my back. It takes me 5 minutes to drive to work and even that was almost unbearable. I am supposed to drive up to my boyfriends house, 2 hours away, today. I don't know how i'm going to make it. All I have is over the counter medicine and that no longer does anything for me, it doesn't even phase the pain. Is it hopeless? I don't know what to do. HELP!
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PollyGirl
02-19-2006, 09:10 AM
Hi CandiMichelle - I'm new to the board also. I got my DX one year ago by an alternative physician then just last month my family internist also just gave me the DX. She has suggested I see a rheumatologist. I have that appt set up for next month and it can not get her fast enough.
I have been taking Advil 800's (I think that is what they are) that the doctor gave me an RX for as a trial. Those ran out and I have been taking my Extra Strength Advils. They work, just not as long lasting. Not sure of anything else as I have not yet seen the specialist.
I have to say, I had a major flareup yesterday also which has run over into today. Good thing I took my wedding rings off before bed because my hands are so swollen I can barely type at the moment.
All I can think of that caused mine was something in the shower I used or the teenie tiny spray of Tilex on this moldy spot in the shower. Within a 1/2 hour of that shower, I had my "classic" bright red sunburned look cheeks and ears and chest. Lasted the entire day with a host of other "symptoms".
Hope you found a solution to your problem. Please let us know what worked for you.
I have been taking Advil 800's (I think that is what they are) that the doctor gave me an RX for as a trial. Those ran out and I have been taking my Extra Strength Advils. They work, just not as long lasting. Not sure of anything else as I have not yet seen the specialist.
I have to say, I had a major flareup yesterday also which has run over into today. Good thing I took my wedding rings off before bed because my hands are so swollen I can barely type at the moment.
All I can think of that caused mine was something in the shower I used or the teenie tiny spray of Tilex on this moldy spot in the shower. Within a 1/2 hour of that shower, I had my "classic" bright red sunburned look cheeks and ears and chest. Lasted the entire day with a host of other "symptoms".
Hope you found a solution to your problem. Please let us know what worked for you.
bluelakelady
02-19-2006, 10:14 AM
hi chelle,
sometimes you will have to change or cancel plans. next time maybe honey can come to you instead.
stress is about the worst thing you can expose your body to. with fibromyalgia stress is like junk food. the more you feed the stress the more pain you are going to feel. the stress has to come out somewhere. eating it or stuffing it down is no longer an option. fibro won't allow that. and if you do, oh how fibro will gorge on that stress and you will feel it. all over.
examine where you carry your stress. once you know the places you store it you can breath it out and release it. long slow deep breaths. i count while i am doing it. that takes my mind away from the source of stress. most all the time stressing over a problem does not solve it any faster. actually it slows down the solution process.
now that you have fibro even a tiny bit of stress becomes a mountain within.
best idea i have is get back to your doctor and be persistant. there is a lovely little muscle relaxer that does not cause drowsiness. it is called baclofen. it really is the only pill i have found that helps my back. i garden and refuse to stop. i take one of those and grab my shovel. next thing i know a couple of hours have passed and even tho i still hurt some, the work is done and i have diffused the possibility of stressing about what i have to get done.
nothing is without hope unless you decide it is. hopeless and helpless are emotions fibro loves for you to feel. more junk food for it to feed on. i have been doing this for years. it gets easier with practice. it gets doable. and at some point in time it becomes a gift instead of a curse. the gift of time to truly look around you and see your life. and somehow it also brings the power to change.
this is not the end. it is a new and different beginning.
peace,
bluelakelady
sometimes you will have to change or cancel plans. next time maybe honey can come to you instead.
stress is about the worst thing you can expose your body to. with fibromyalgia stress is like junk food. the more you feed the stress the more pain you are going to feel. the stress has to come out somewhere. eating it or stuffing it down is no longer an option. fibro won't allow that. and if you do, oh how fibro will gorge on that stress and you will feel it. all over.
examine where you carry your stress. once you know the places you store it you can breath it out and release it. long slow deep breaths. i count while i am doing it. that takes my mind away from the source of stress. most all the time stressing over a problem does not solve it any faster. actually it slows down the solution process.
now that you have fibro even a tiny bit of stress becomes a mountain within.
best idea i have is get back to your doctor and be persistant. there is a lovely little muscle relaxer that does not cause drowsiness. it is called baclofen. it really is the only pill i have found that helps my back. i garden and refuse to stop. i take one of those and grab my shovel. next thing i know a couple of hours have passed and even tho i still hurt some, the work is done and i have diffused the possibility of stressing about what i have to get done.
nothing is without hope unless you decide it is. hopeless and helpless are emotions fibro loves for you to feel. more junk food for it to feed on. i have been doing this for years. it gets easier with practice. it gets doable. and at some point in time it becomes a gift instead of a curse. the gift of time to truly look around you and see your life. and somehow it also brings the power to change.
this is not the end. it is a new and different beginning.
peace,
bluelakelady
Glojer
02-19-2006, 12:48 PM
Such true and graceful words Blue. I agree, don't ever give in to the fibro. Learn to live together and work out that graceful dance we call a routine. It is like living with another person, you soon learn how to live in harmony.
I did pretty good these past few months with the stress, but it can be an 'all you can eat buffet' for fibro if we let it. As always great advice blue.
Glojer
I did pretty good these past few months with the stress, but it can be an 'all you can eat buffet' for fibro if we let it. As always great advice blue.
Glojer