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Posted 1/25/2013 4:22 AM (GMT 0)
As I look back the last year, I noticed with my journal entries that my fms was still present of course but much less during the past summer.

When fall and winter came on, wow! What a huge increase in symptoms.

My question is, does any experience an easier time in the warmer seasons with fms?

Do I have something to look forward too??

thanks as always. :-)

Posted 1/25/2013 4:36 AM (GMT 0)
If the weather changes I have more pain-Summer or Winter.
Posted 1/25/2013 6:43 AM (GMT 0)
Most fibromites usually like heat and sunshine. I think in the winter the fronts are always moving through with the barometer is fluctuating. I live in Alaska and it really has no change for me. We are always cool or cold. I know if it ever reaches 70 degrees I am in heaven. My Dr's says I probably live in the worse state for having fibro. I think I have learned to buy nice warm clothes, so I really never get to cold anymore. It's the lack of daylight we get in the winter that is bothersome.
Posted 1/25/2013 10:32 AM (GMT 0)
Summer is definately much better. My pain levels have been up since September...

Hugs, Karen
Posted 1/25/2013 2:52 PM (GMT 0)
Warm weather is always better for me.  When our season goes from summer to fall, my body falls apart in a nasty flare for weeks.  I think the sun sort of 'bakes' out the pain in my body--at least it feels like it!
Posted 1/25/2013 3:22 PM (GMT 0)
The warmer the better
Posted 1/25/2013 3:35 PM (GMT 0)
I'm actually an odd one out as I do well in temps anywhere from 40 to 65 degrees. When it gets to be summer around here it is hot and VERY humid....I literally drag and I have to work harder to not feel exhausted. I also have a bit more trouble sleeping....

With the cool and crisp days I feel energized and just wear a ThermaCare wrap and/or take a muscle relaxer if needed but I enjoy my walks more, running errands, and being active ...

If I lived out west where the humidity was close to zero (I have family in Nevada), I would love the warmer temps as well.

I certainly love the sunshine on my face no matter what the temp though.
Posted 1/25/2013 4:57 PM (GMT 0)
Snowbunny, I'm thinking of moving to SW Florida and I'm not sure if I could handle the heat and humidity.

Question: When you have your air conditioning running do the hot days of summer bother you?

The cold of winter in Wisconsin bothers my fibro a great deal.

Posted 1/25/2013 6:08 PM (GMT 0)
Warm weather is better for me.  That's why I moved to Florida.  BUT, the rainy, humid summers are tough on me.  Right now it's sunny and around 75 degrees out and I feel so much better.

 

Sherrine

Posted 1/25/2013 7:15 PM (GMT 0)
AM...I would think the bitter cold of Wisconsin would bother me too! I'm in Northern VA so we don't usually get the "really" cold except fo this particular last few days...LOL...

The A/C during the summer only does so much as we try to save money by keeping it at 74 degrees...But there really is no escaping the humidity so that is what gets me the most. I just feel lifeless and fatigued during the brutal summers we have been having lately. I think we set a lot of records last year with days with 90 degrees and above.

Btw....I have traveled and loved camping in the Wisconsin Dells :)
Posted 1/25/2013 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
Well i hope when it gets warmer my symptoms alleviates some.

thanks everyone :-)

Posted 1/27/2013 6:34 PM (GMT 0)
I live in Ireland .. we don't even get nice summers anymore.

Our winter climate is a mixture of rain, wind, rain, wind, frost, rain, rain, dry-cold, rain.
Our summer climate is a mixture of rain, wind , rain , rain, rain, sunny spells-rain, rain, sunny, rain.

I feel like a human weather vane. I can tell when a good weather day is coming because I don't hurt so bad.
I told my partner I NEED a holiday to the Mediterranean this summer because if I spend another summer here at home with the rain and damp cold weather I will crack up.
Posted 1/27/2013 7:13 PM (GMT 0)
Kaylem- I can totally relate about needing some summer heat ans sun. I told my husband the some thing, that I need to get off this ice burg. He got our tickets to go to Florida this summer. Now I have to wait 5 months till it gets here. Many people from Alaska go to Hawaii in the winter here. I went one time and found that I like Florida beaches better and cheaper. Hawaii is only a 5 hr flight from Alaska. Nothing like going from -20 to 80 degrees in a few hrs. Lol
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