errr change in weather

Hi Guys ive been away for a bit too much going on

But have had Both Good and Bad news

My heart condition was getting Very serious and i was collapsing almost every day

i went to new Cardiologist and he changed my medication to Tambocor

and Ta Dar No more collapsing and havent had any palpatations for 3 weeks Shhhhh

so Thats Good

Yes with the Good Always the Bad

we have had a Cold Snap and Wow My Joints

My Feet are Hurting So Much they are Burning Feels like Frost Bite (yes i have had it - thats another story )

but i crawl into bed by 7pm Feet,Hands,Shoulders, And ohh my Back All Hurt. and then i Can't get out of bed next day

Hubbys been really good but theres only so much he can do he asks if i want a hot bath he puts me in and out But i think No the effort is too much so i limit it to one every 2 or 3 days and don't stay in too long so i don't zap my energy  and he dries me now too cos i simply can't towel its too heavy.

well i hope everyones keeping if not good at least a scence of Humour

Weather effects us all. I notice when the weather gets cold my pain gets bad. I am glad your new heart med is working good for you.
I hope you feel better soon.

Hi Bad day, great news about your heart. I'm freezing too. Today I just couldn't get out of bed. Joints, back, legs are in agony. Feel like I have the flu but I know its just the temperature drop. We will adjust.

So I'm with you on this one, gotta struggle on somehow don't we.

My carpel tunnel has been acting up too, I had such a good summer I feel I've been spoilt. These long hot summers do wonders for my joints. What was that old add "send all your troubles to Arizonia"?

Maybe we all need to move to a warm dry climate, be like lizards laid out on the warm rocks or something.

Good to hear from you, glad your heart has settled down for you. golitho

Hey Bad,

Long time no speak! Good news with the heart medicine-what a relief that must have been for you! It stinks that you went into a flare after your quality of life had just improved. Not fair! Hope you are feeling better! When you talk about needing assistance in & out of the tub and toweling off it brings back bad memories for me of needing the same. I know what you mean about not being worth the effort. I was told I HAD to take a hot shower to start my day to get my joints loosened up during onset. I won't bore you with the details leading up to even stepping into the shower but once in there all I could do was slowly go around in a circle to hopefully hit all joints in the water stream. I couldn't wash because I didn't have any range of motion. After awhile my husband would get me out and now I had dripping wet hair that I couldn't even run a comb thru and he'd roughly towel me down and force my limbs through sleeves of a robe (I thought he was being mean at the time but now I know he just couldn't fathom the pain we endure) and I'd be like.....well that was a half hour diversion of not just thinking about how much I hurt but it didn't do jack crap in loosening any joints! Thank God I never flared again in that kind of intensity.

So you and Go are in Australia I think. That means you are coming into cold and I am going into warm. I feel like I've been waiting for warm forever. I feel better in the heat too. Cold & damp goes straight to my bones. I keep a heating pad stationed in my chair and even though it doesn't touch all the tender joints the warmth seems to flow through my body.

Go- hope you're feeling better by the time you read this. Despite the nice weather I have all over tender joints. Not sure what it's all about and hoping they just stay tender and don't flare. Have had a couple of stressful months so maybe that's just catching up with me.