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Posted 12/20/2010 5:29 AM (GMT 0)
Oh boy, I've done it again.  I won't bore you with the details (those of you who have been on here awhile have already heard me gripe about how little it takes to throw my body out of whack TOO many times) but my point (and I do have one!) is that the fact that I've overdone it doesn't mean I can now throw caution out the window.

It reminds me of when I was younger and I'd eat way too much, telling myself the whole time that TOMORROW I would start my diet.  Then, the next day, I'd overeat a little and then figure that since I'd already blown it, might as well get as much pigging out in as I could. 

Now I hurt myself, and find myself continuing to do things I shouldn't, because it's too late to avoid damage....so I may as well get something done, and do what I want!  Right? nono   Wrong!!  Because it will just cause more and more pain - -

Why don't I know this after 2 decades with Fibro?  Is there something in my brain that turns off all common sense, a "stupid" hormone that gets relased when the muscles are strained?   rolleyes   Does anyone relate to this??

Debbie   

Posted 12/20/2010 9:13 AM (GMT 0)

HI Acheybody, 

 My brother brought over a dounut and Pepsi the other day and me not realizing I was craving just the cafine had Pepsi three days in a row. And my flare is going strong due to my own stupidity. Yes I'm off the cafine now and am starting to feel better, but it's really no consilation for stupidity.

Acheybody you just wanted to feel like you did when you were younger. Then your body inserts 'I told you so'.... Sometimes I do that to.  I went for not even a 1/2 mile walk to the grociery store with my son and back to where we live. After sitting down for about 15 minutes I went to get back up and nearly fell over because I couldn't walk. OMG! It was awful, (my body inserts, 'I told you so'...

HARA

Posted 12/20/2010 1:07 PM (GMT 0)
I do the exact same things! Just this morning I wanted to start on laundry and halfway to the laundry room dragging the heavy bag of clothes I thought to myself "what are you doing?" My chest already hurts like crazy this morning, but I feel like I just have to get things done!

Before fibro were you the type to go and go? I have only had fibro for 6 years and I was superwoman before this started :-) - I think it is hard to adjust to not being able to do everything I want to do!

Hope you feel better!

Posted 12/20/2010 3:55 PM (GMT 0)
Yes...especially the pigging out part!  turn    BUT, we want to do the things we always did before fibro.  We are in that mindset.  Just like no matter how old we get, we still think like we are 20 years old.  We don't want to give up and that, actually, is quite good!

 

The key is to remember what will happen if you do what you want to do...all at once.  PAIN!  So, if you have a bigger "project" that you want to do, give yourself a lot more time.  Do a little, rest, do a little more, rest.  It will get done but not in the same timeframe and you can smile when it is completed instead of heading for the heating pad! 

 

I know I sound like a broken record but you have to pace yourself.  You CAN do just about anything but you have to pace yourself!  I spread 70 bags of mulch last year, by myself, but did it over a period of time.  I'll be doing that again this spring, too.  But I will again pace myself.  Not bad for a senior citizen!  yeah

 

Sherrine

Posted 12/20/2010 4:29 PM (GMT 0)
Hara, sorry the caffeine made you hurt more. That's one thing I've had a real hard time cutting out - so I haven't.

Upbeat, I wouldn't say I was a superwoman - I always had to rest inbetween things because I tended to get winded easily - but I could lift heavy things, move furniture, paint, garden, exercise normally. Now I can't do anything normally.

Sherrine, you would not believe how I pace myself! What did me in on Saturday was moving a 3-lb bag of those little oranges. I pushed it off one counter, held it to my belly (so I didn't lift it at all,) turned around and walked about 3 steps to another counter, and let it fall onto another counter. That's all! Immediately, my whole left side tightened up, and now I'm having to go to the chiropractor to get straightened out again. Hard even for me to believe, but it's been this way for many years. I should have taken about 5 oranges at a time, I guess.

70 bags of mulch! That's amazing to me. Good for you!

Debbie
Posted 12/20/2010 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all,
I have a hard time pacing myself too. I get so angry when I can;t do simple little projects, so i;ll do it anyway, and pay, and pay. I too like working in the yard, it;s my true passion. I think we all need to have something we truly enjoy to keep our minds busy. I have bi-polar to contend with also, so its a battle there as well. I don;t know whats worse the battle of the physical pain, or the emotional pain..I think if I had to choose one, I;d rather have the bi-polar over the fibro, at least I could get out and enjoy life, maybe the bi-polar would go away! If I didn;t have the good Lord in my life I don;t think I could keep on battling. Anyho yall take care and try to go slow..Remember were all here for a reason..barbo
Posted 12/20/2010 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
Debbie, do you have back problems?  I do because I have a curvature in my spine.  Carrying in potatoes from the grocery can bother me so I balance the load...potatoes in one hand and something equally as heavy in the other hand.  I don't carry things in front of me because that will do me in, too! 

 

When I spread the mulch, my daughter has the bags strategically stacked in areas of the yard.  I grab a bag with both hands and slide it to the ground.  Then I drag it behind me, using both hands to keep things balanced for my back,  to where I need to spread it.  I cut the bag wide open and tip it over so it spills out and that makes it easy.  I have a very small rake (about 6-8 inches wide) and spread the mulch that way.  I don't do lifting.  I couldn't do it if I had to lift it.  There are always ways around fibro!   yeah  

 

Sherrine

Posted 12/20/2010 5:59 PM (GMT 0)
Debbie, I can relate to both the back and the pigging out.

I've had back issues for 40 years...know how I'm suppossed to
lift things, all the do's and don'ts...but continue over the years to
strain my back from overdoing. I know better, but there are days
where I'm stubborn and want to get things done and then pay dearly
for it. I'm getting better at letting hubby do the things I shouldn't.
There are somedays carrying a gallon of milk can throw my back
out.

When it comes to chocolate, I'm the ultimate pig. Many of you know
I have an obsession with milky way candy bars. I gave up chocolate
one year for Lent and thought I was going to go crazy.
Thank goodness I exercise because it has helped me from gaining
the weight.

I do try to pace myself...I no longer eat 10 snack size milky ways
in a sitting, but I can still eat 10 in a day :)

Hey no one's perfect, all we can do is what we can do!

Hugs, Robin
Posted 12/20/2010 11:13 PM (GMT 0)
Sherrine, yes, I also have back problems - curvature of the spine, disc problems, places on the lower lumbar spine where the nerve root contacts something it shouldn't....but my doctor says I should be able to do anything except run. NOT!

That's a good idea, balancing weight on the sides. My dad used to do that. I should make a note to myself to remember that.

Robin, I'd be so happy if I could carry a gallon of milk! A quart is my limit!

Debbie
Posted 12/21/2010 12:49 AM (GMT 0)
Debbie, I can't imagine only being able to lift such small amounts. Around here I would be in major trouble LOL. Sorry you over did yourself and hope you feel better soon.

I kind of do what Sherrine does but My bags of stuff is animal feed not mulch. I get the guy at sam's club to load my minivan and it is the right height for me to wrap both arms around it, useing my legs not my back to lift a small amount, walk into kennel and drop, then I can drag it where it needs to be. Horse food, chicken food and lots of dogfood.

Debbie, how's the pooch? Good I hope!!
Posted 12/21/2010 1:44 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for asking, Denise! He's been home for almost a week, and is so much better. Really getting back to his old self, running around in the backyard, even wrestling some with our other dog. The only problem is that twice now, hubby has decided to leave the e-collar off at night, (thinking he'd stopped licking his scab) and twice he's licked it off. It's pretty superficial by this time, but WHY hubby can't just leave the collar on until he's healed completely is beyond me! "But he doesn't like it..." (me smacking my head) - well, yeah! - but after all he's been through, I think he can handle it!!

Yeah, the lifting thing is a real drag...it's definitely the worst part of fibro for me.

Debbie
Posted 12/21/2010 1:49 AM (GMT 0)
 *******but WHY hubby can't just leave the collar on until he's healed completely is beyond me! ******

Sorry guys..............but, Debbie it is because he is a man smilewinkgrin

Posted 12/21/2010 4:55 AM (GMT 0)
Yup, I guess that's about it!!
Posted 12/28/2010 5:30 AM (GMT 0)
I second that motion. Men will be men. turn

HARA - about to loose her medical insurance next year.

Posted 12/28/2010 4:47 PM (GMT 0)
Awww bless you hun!!

''....so I may as well get something done, and do what I want! Right? Wrong!! Because it will just cause more and more pain''

That comment is so true for me too, I know I will suffer but I don't stop.. Mainly because no one else will do it.. but I hear what you're saying!

I'm guessing it's not just me addicted to caffeine to get through the day then.... (Pepsi, Coca Cola what ever's on offer...) **BLUSHES**
Posted 12/28/2010 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
Nope, it's not just you! I don't drink that much (2 cups of coffee a day) but I definitely have to have it every day. It's my one little indulgence (unless you count chocolate!)

Debbie
Posted 12/28/2010 5:05 PM (GMT 0)
Nope, it's not just you! I don't drink that much (2 cups of coffee a day) but I definitely have to have it every day. It's my one little indulgence (unless you count chocolate!)

We do what we have to do....

Debbie
Posted 12/28/2010 5:20 PM (GMT 0)
Awww, hehe!
I can have anything from 1-4-5 cans a can. Bad I know but sometimes it just gives me a little get up and go, so that I can work through the pain.. you know? I definately regret it the next day, but if I have more coke then it's good and I can work through the pain again... and it's a vicious circle isn't it :(
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