Ugh! Flare

My everything hurts and I have chills. I feel extremely weak. It feels like someone is drilling for oil behind my right ear. Even laying on the bed hurts. If I do anything with my arms then they throb.

I don't know what brought it on. The weather changed from warm to cold though. I have things to do, places to be and I'm stuck in place. There are times when I push through and other times, like now, I absolutely cannot. This is the second day I'm hoping it's short-lived. I don't volunteer at church because I never can tell how I'll be that day.

It's like a bad flu. I'm usually 3-4 on the pain scale every day, this is an 8. Oh Lordy we need a cure.

Anyone get chills?
Barb

I do get the chills but I would double check it's not a virus too. It's that time of year.

I hope you feel better. Try a heating pad if you have one. They help a lot .

I am fighting a virus now but I can't tell if my body aches are fibro or the virus...probably a little of both. It can be hard to distinguish between the two.

It's not a flu, it's a flare. I describe fibromyalgia to people as being like the flu, the aches and pain in every muscle along with the brain numbing fatigue.

I get a prodrome of chills, weird as that is, followed by the ratcheted up pain and fatigue. It passes and I'll be able to do things again I know. You don't always know what brings it on or why it passes.

My heart goes out to people with chronic pain that get no relief.


Barb