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Posted 7/28/2013 9:43 PM (GMT 0)
The weather went from 90F to 50sF cold. I am having the worst flare that I can remember. Arms, legs, fingers toes even my spine hurts. Any tips on keeping up with daily living like cleaning etc?

I always go with the motto "Do as much as you can" but, that is turning into a disaster. My visions and goals are not meeting with reality right now. Wish I could figure out how to create that bridge. Want to finish college so that I can work at home. Would like to become a minimalist. Nothing in the house. I can't keep up on it. I can't find the help so I am trying to do a room at a time but this flare has stopped me in my tracks even with simple tasks of cleaning,cooking, laundry. I mean I was up all night. I work 40 hrs week M-F need to be ready for that first too. Ready to fall down.

Thanks for listening any tips are welcome.

DX;d: Fibro,Asthma, Tinnitus,Ulcertive Colitis,Chronic Rhinitis etc etc.
Posted 7/28/2013 10:16 PM (GMT 0)
Have you tried malic acid/magnesium supplements and vitamin D3 supplements? These have helped quite a few with pain and fatigue. There are links in Fibro 101 about these and how they work in your body.

For your flare, hot showers help. Bed Buddies help, too. You can find them at Walgreens and other stores. You pop them in the microwave and they give off moist heat and it feels wonderful. I use Tylenol and ibuprofen with food, too. I also will do gentle stretching. Somehow that makes my muscles feel better....keeps them more flexible and not as tight. Breathing exercises help too. Take a deep breath and blow it out slowly like you are blowing through a straw. This helps relax the muscles. So does Lamaz breathing.

This is all I can think of right now but I'm sure others will be on soon to offer their suggestions. Do remember that flares go away. That helps so you can relax better. I hope this ends soon for you...probably once the weather front moves on.

Sherrine
Posted 7/29/2013 12:04 AM (GMT 0)
Occupational Therapy can help you get on with daily life. Here are some of the basic principles my Occupational Therapist told me to follow (along with my own ideas for how to follow those principles):
•Move - e.g. gentle stretches (like Sherrine said)
•Rest and recovery - alternate activity periods with periods of rest. Personally, I can do about 15 mins activity followed by 30 mins rest while in a flare-up. When I'm not flaring up, I can do 1 hour activity followed by 75 mins of rest and recovery.
•Be happy - take a little bit of time each day to do something you enjoy; this will keep your spirits up and help you to want to keep moving on. Listen to nice music while doing the housework. Don't beat yourself up over what you can't do today; just do the best you can without making the flare-up worse and be content with that.
•Nutrition - make sure you eat and drink well (e.g. don't live on coffee and chocolate)

I have to be my own cheerleader. I often find myself saying to myself:
•"You can do it, yes you can! Up and at it, bam bam bam!" (Don't laugh at me...)
•"I'm getting a little bit better every day..."

Hope this helps.

Jasmine
Posted 7/29/2013 4:02 AM (GMT 0)
Feeling better - I use to stress over the household stuff years ago. As I got older I realize I couldn't do all the house work like I use to. I finally accepted it and realize the work will be there tomorrow still. So if I don't get to it, I don't get upset. I love cleaning too.

When I have those bad flare days, I try to take ibprophen and use lots of heat. When your at work try those back heat wraps. They wrap around any part you want. I put one of those on when I am on the go. It really helps relax my mucles.

As you know stress is a huge factor for us fibromites. So if you can rest or do something fun for yourself. I even took classes on how to relieve stress and anxiety. It really made a difference.

I hope you can get better control of your pain. Hang in there!
Posted 7/29/2013 10:11 AM (GMT 0)
Bless your heart !! Others have already given the advice I would have.. prioritize & try not to dwell on stuff at the bottom of your list.

Going to try, again, to sleep now.. hope you already are (asleep)
Posted 7/29/2013 12:58 PM (GMT 0)
Antioxidant vitamins A, C, D, E, the B-vitamins, and trace mineral magnesium, calcium, zinc, and selenium.
Omega's, Vitamin D, Grape Seed, CoQ
Also there has bee research into Turmeric for pain and inflammation. Has anyone been using it or tried it?
Posted 7/29/2013 1:35 PM (GMT 0)
It is great to set goals. They do, however, need to realize-able and possible and probable. Many people, when starting a task, will set unreasonable goals and have expectations far in advance of what they can accomplish. When you don't reach a goal, it is then easy to stop, to blame yourself, and go no further because you CAN'T do it.

But, when you succeed, it gives you the enthusiasm to go on and reach for more.

I schedule things in life so that I can get them done, not as fast as possible, but within an accepted framework. I do not attempt more than one or two things a day. Incidentally, this is the way to build up energy and reserves. If you go a little at a time, you can reach more because you are efficient.
Posted 7/29/2013 2:53 PM (GMT 0)
I was getting so stressed with housework and keeping up with everything so I gave up my own apartment and moved in with some roommates. So far, it's been great. We help each other clean, we talk about our days and hang out. I can't use my fibro as an excuse to isolate in my messy apartment anymore and it's helping me to feel a lot better about my disease and myself :)
Posted 7/29/2013 7:22 PM (GMT 0)
I've taken a product called Curamin.  It has tumeric and a few other things in it and it does help!

 

Sherrine

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