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Posted 1/23/2015 5:29 AM (GMT 0)
...but I've never had a lapse. Constant spinal pain for over 4 years, chronic fatigue and on and on. Does anyone else experience this?
Posted 1/23/2015 6:37 AM (GMT 0)
Both my fatigue and pain levels change...12 to 24 hours before a storm my nerves act up...and low back gets worse...

I am better when its warmer and dry...i also do better when i am in a good routine, but i am out of my routines lately and really feel it...
Posted 1/23/2015 7:21 AM (GMT 0)
I'm always in some level of pain. Some are constant...that's my RA/Lupus. Then there's my Fibro which rises and falls. I call it a flare if I can't move.
Posted 1/23/2015 1:11 PM (GMT 0)
I have pain and fatigue all day every day. Sometimes I over-do it and a particular area of pain acts up more than usual, or I'm more exhausted. Sometimes I wake up and something hurts more than it did the day before for no particular reason. Also, after two back surgeries, I have constant, sometimes severe, back pain.

Post Edited (AustenFan) : 1/23/2015 6:14:24 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 1/23/2015 1:36 PM (GMT 0)
Dreamsoftravel
I totally get what you're saying. I didn't comprehend the whole flare thing at first either. I thought. ..I hurt everywhere everyday what are they talking about? But as I started doing somewhat better, which took a good 7 yrs, (no joke) I realized that yes I still hurt everywhere everyday but it would get worse in Sept. Thru April. I would have extremely BAD days! !!! I finally got it, I was having flare days.

Flares are as individual as people themselves. For instance if the pain in my legs is at a baseline of 6 everyday then suddenly shoots to a 10 for a day or week or month before returning to a 6 then that's a flare. Flares can be certain areas or whole body. Mine are typically whole body. Thank you Ohio weather! !

I hope that helped.

Take care
Michael
Posted 1/23/2015 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, over the years I've learned what flares are too. I have times when I can't even scratch an itch without feeling like I bruised myself.
Posted 1/23/2015 7:20 PM (GMT 0)
I, too, have constant pain. I progress throughout the day. I think my body wants to be adopted by the Queen of England. I want to do so many things but if I do too much I will suffer. I guess I am in a perpetual flare. I get up not so bad but when I start moving or doing anything my head tenses up. I really don't know how to stop it. I do have many other places in my body where pain comes and goes, some burning pain and some I don't how to explain it, I will have a second of pain somewhere and then it might stop. Maybe something in my brain is malfunctioning, wants to remind me of something that years ago caused pain in a spot. Pain is pain, nothing good about it.

I guess a flare is pain on top of pain. I always try to think, I felt better that I do right now and try to carry on in some way.

Loring

Osteoarthritis in Multiple Joints, Fibromyalgia, Neuralgia, Chronic Daily Headaches, I.B., Hard of Hearing...
Posted 1/24/2015 1:07 AM (GMT 0)
I actually feel a bit relieved seeing that I am more "fibro normal" than I thought…
I am always in pain too. It increases as the day goes on. By the time I get home from work, I need to lay down to try to calm the muscle pain. That helps enough to get through the dinner hour and evening, by which time I am grateful for my night dose of Tramadol. But even on that, there is breakthrough pain.
Loring, I loved what you said about being adopted by the Queen. I am drinking some Bailey's Irish Cream and trying to relax my muscles right now :)
Posted 1/25/2015 1:38 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you all for sharing your experiences. I'm sorry you are in pain, but it feels nice to know I'm not alone.
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