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Posted 4/14/2011 4:19 AM (GMT 0)
I too have been having a flare. I have started physical therapy due to degenerative disc disease. They are trying to strengthen my back and stop some of the pain. Monday I hurt really bad. Combo of things I think. Sinus infection, had the first three days of phys therapy the week before, and we had a big storm headed our way (tornado watches) I also have arthritis in addition to the fibro. I was feeling really bad when I went to work on Monday. I knew it would be a day or too at least to get through the pain. My clothes even seemed to hurt me. I called PT and told them i could not make it there on Tuesday barely made it to work that day. Felt so tired that I did not want to take pain meds due to having to drive.

Today I went back to PT. therapist sd he knew the weather makes a difference as he has a bad knee. He does massage on my back and at the base of my spine it really hurts when he presses there. Is it a trigger point? I actually cry out when he presses. After the massage he puts Biofreeze on it. I love that stuff. Used it years ago, and just bought some more. Now if I could only reach my back to put it on myself.

Tell me about your recent flare ups.

Posted 4/14/2011 5:20 AM (GMT 0)
I am so sorry about your flare up. I think the trigger point is on either side of the base of the spine, so depending on how sensitive you are now, yeah. But I'm not sure (can't remember! hah!) I agree about the weather. It's been just awful where I am and it's turning me into a creaky hinge.

Thanks for the Biofreeze reminder! I saw this and said to myself AHHH, I have some of that! I will apply before I go to bed and maybe my back will feel better. My flare up this week is due to weather and being on my "off week" of my BC pill. Migraines, stiff and sore knees, back pain, tensing all over, wicked bad foggy brain and stomach troubles.

I really hope your flare up gets better soon, I know it's tough. What do you do to relax? Maybe it'll help a little. I know I'm going to go read in bed for awhile until I pass out.

Stay well, get better, be positive!
Posted 4/14/2011 11:42 AM (GMT 0)
Weird, you say your clothes even hurt you, I never thought about that.  My hips and shoulders are my worst areas and there are days that every movement I make, it seems my pants are too tight.  They really are't tight, I can't stand wearing tight clothing, yet they seem to be rubbing against my hips.  The same pants on another day do not effect me at all.  It's like a heighten awareness of them being there.  I can't wait to get home and put on my "too large" sweat pants for comfort.  I can't be sure if it's the fibro or my neuropathy, maybe a combo of both.

My daughter told me about Biofreeze, I haven't tried it yet.  She has hip issues and she says it really helps her.  I have a product called StoPain, which I only find online anymore, I do like it.  Never used it on my hips though, never even thought about it. idea I use it mostly on my neck and my feet.

Hope you are feeling better...we all need some nice warm sunshine...April Showers be gone!!! smilewinkgrin

Posted 4/14/2011 11:57 AM (GMT 0)
My flare started last week sometime. It's from all the dampness, rained two days in a row here. I have been warding off a flare since mid-term exams. Stress is a trigger for me too. Since the dx last November I've become more active during flares. I do not want to miss out on my pre-teen son's life, or my 85 yr old grandmother's. The other night all I wanted was to skip dinner and lie down. When my boy came into the bedroom, I saw the look on his face and realized how much he needed me at that moment to just get up and sit at our table.

Hope everyone is feeling alright today. If not, at least we have a place to come and vent!

Free Spirit
Posted 4/14/2011 12:44 PM (GMT 0)
It is too much of a coincidence that you mention the hips hurting Deb, I was feeling that pain a few days this week that I wore jeans. It is my hip bones that hurt and have been that way for a few years now. I always thought it was the wide cowboy belts that I wear.

We have had rain just about everyday this month and maybe a day and a half of sun uughh
Posted 4/14/2011 1:38 PM (GMT 0)
I am in agony again, thanks to good old mother nature bringing us a foot of snow!! From booking my yard clean up crew to a yard buried in snow again.

I have been hurting everywhere again but my hips and calfs are burning as are my wrists and fingers.

There is no way I'm shoveling so today is an inside day, think I'll have a look at those seeds I'm starting might have to give them a larger temporary home.

Take care
Rose
Posted 4/14/2011 2:52 PM (GMT 0)
I have been flaring for several days now, couldn't really tell you when it started. I have the all over burning muscle aches, terrible brain fog and the left knee is killing me (even wakes me up several times a night). I am almost tempted to go get another cortisone shot but keep putting it off thinking its more the fibro than the arthritis/meniscus tears.
The rheumy, after seeing how much pain I was in suggested that I double up on the meloxicam and come back to see him next month to see if that helped? I think, as usual with flares, that time will be the healer not neccessarily the meds. If anything it may help with the arthritis and pain from the meniscus tears but it hasn't yet.
Anyway, I just keep muddling thru. I work full time and live with my daughter and her three small boys so there really is no true "down" time. I love those boys and I cannot shut myself up in my room and miss seeing them grow and mature. The last time I had to (radiation therapy) my youngest grandson learned to crawl and pull up to furniture. I hated that I had missed that.
There are a few rare moments that I wished that I had my own place to just sit back and relax in but 98% of the time I am glad that I am here, where I am needed and where I stay busy. If I didn't have that I would probably get less exercise than I do now and I know that that is not good for me. I have to feel needed and keep going. Sometimes, I am my own enemy.


up-date. I am at work so it has taken me about 1 1/2 hour to get this written and sent and in that time I have gotten severe muscle spasms in my knee and twisted it wrong about 3 times in the process of having to get up and down. It is really giving me a fit. I guess I am going to have to suck it up and go get that shot.

Hope everyone gets over their flares real soon.
Posted 4/14/2011 4:30 PM (GMT 0)
abattagl:

My main thing to relax is hot showers, reading or cuddling with my furbabies while watching tv. Some nights laying on the bed reading is just too much for me and I am an avid reader. Then I get up and play around on the computer. I have 4 small breed dogs that love to cuddle and if I am having a bad day and stay in bed longer than usual, at least one stays with me. Usually my Yorkie, Gypsy.

Deb25:

about the biofreeze, the tube I bought was 12.00 and was 4 oz I think. It helps me for at least 2 hrs when I am having major pain. You can get it online and at physical therapy offices. I highly recommend it.

Others that posted. I hope everyone gets better soon and has a nice weekend.

Posted 4/14/2011 5:10 PM (GMT 0)
I too, love biofreeze! I take it with me everywhere, and my worst areas are hips and shoulders. I also used it when I was starting to get a migraine. rubbed it on the back of my neck and shoulders and then a little on my temples and it helped...I have the roll on and wouldn't be without it.

I've been feeling the fog pretty heavy this week...reminds me why I'm not working...

hope the weekend is better for everyone!

FibroNana/Jerrie
Posted 4/14/2011 11:34 PM (GMT 0)
I hope you feel better soon. Yes, on the sides of the base of the spine there are pressure points.

Thank you for reminding me about Biofreeze! That is the best stuff. Where do you all get yours? I used a sample a long time ago.
Posted 4/15/2011 1:46 AM (GMT 0)
After all this time I still can't define a "flare" I do get sore after doing some things but not so sore that I would call it a flare.

Mostly "in my mind" a flare is the days that I either have been sick or feel like I have the flu. Not so much after physical activity, it just happens. The weather doesn't seem to play a part in it, I just get somewhat down, depressed, feel like doing nothing but I don't think that is a flare or is it?

I do have pain, oh yea pain always but I can't honestly say I think of it as a flare. Does any of what I wrote make any sense???? I hope so.
Posted 4/15/2011 3:20 AM (GMT 0)
HAHA this is quickly turning into the BioFreeze Lovers thread tongue

callcenterdiva, I love the furbaby thing! When I started getting really bad and also had a spike in anxiety from personal troubles, I went and adopted a cat. It was the best decision I've ever made in my entire life. I know just how you feel. I love it when she comes and sits in bed with me, especially on days when I'm stuck there for most of the day.

GSDgirl, I feel like a flare is different for everyone, depending on their fibro and other symptoms. Sometimes, for me, I flare is exactly what you described. A day or so when I feel extra down, flu-y in my bones. But also for me, sometimes a flare is a week or so long of particular achyness, brain fog and extreme exhaustion worse than normal. For me, a flare is a bad reminder that I'm not getting better. And a reminder that I need to slow down for a few days. But that's just me.
Posted 4/15/2011 2:42 PM (GMT 0)
Wow, I have heard of biofreeze but didn't know it could work for fibro. Gonna see if I can find some today. I've had a great week or so and then yesterday, bam, the aches started again. Arrgh!!!! I thought I was having some success b/c I was sleeping better. I think we have a front coming through today, so maybe that is it. It gets so frustrating.
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