Hello Cyndy!

I was dx'd with Fbro long before I was with rsd, and I personally think that there's just a matter of degree's. Really, what's the difference, my chiro was able to dx the Fibro, it took a neuro to dx rsd. That's the diff, imho, and experience, which of course may not be enough!

I, like you have difficulty with temperature.

I was in two crazy accidents.
The first gave me rsd and tos.
The second added a tbi, and kicked up the rsd, up up up!

After the first, I just wanted to be warm. I couldn't be too warm.
Now, after the second, I run the A/C more than the heat!

I can't seem to stop sweating after a shower. I hafto take a cold shower, and I wish it were for the normal reason! (No such luck).
Anyway,
the humidity and barometric pressure changes make a big difference.
From the first injury, I found that when the barometer is "falling", I felt pain. Once it stabilized, even if it was raining/snowing, I was OK. Rising or High, was good.
The humidity, I just don't like it over 50% relative (to temperature).

You can buy gauges for this @ a place like Graingers, (they won't be fancy, but they'll be accurate), if you buy fancy gauges, they won't be accurate. That's the trade off.
But, you can tell with your body just as well. Unless you need to prove something to your doctor or insurance company.

For instance, now that cooler weather is coming...
And the heat will come on...
The heat takes the moisture from the air (This is where "Relative" comes into the equation),
and, as you raise the heat, you Lower the humidity. Thus, your skin will "give off" more humidity, just the same as if you're sweating! While it's warm! Yep! Then, you get the "chill", and the cycle starts!!!
If you don't have a humidifier in your home, here's some simple things you can do.
Water your plants, use a hand sprayer with just water in it, and spray it around! Yep!
Run the Shower, HOT, into the bathtub, with the stopper CLOSED! (Keep the hot water in the tub! don't let it overflow!) Be sure that any exhaust fan is turned OFF! The idea here, is to get that "Steam" into the house. Now that I'm stuck in a little apartment, I do that for 5-10 minutes every evening!
If you have "Radiators" buy some aluminum pans at the "acme" and put them on the radiators, and put water in them. This way, they'll emit the moisture into the air. (any nasty "scale" left behind is just minerals in the water. You can put them in the dishwasher, scrub it out, us tin foil, put some dish soap in there, or us Distilled water, like you SHOULD for your Iron, and CPap machine...(Now you see why your Iron calls for that)!

You can actually feel warmer, with a higher humidity! If you turn the heat Up, with no humidity, you'll "Feel" colder!
If you don't believe my 40+ years of experience in the business, google it!

This is why, in the summer, we feel much "cooler" with lower humidity! (I designed my home's A/C to work harder on humidity rather than just blow cold air!) It works well, and saves me $$$.. I have a few other tricks up my sleeves, too.

Now to the embarrassing constipation with Opioids.
Nothing easier to fix!
Go to your friendly drug store, and buy over the counter MiraLax. (RiteAid has a store brand now).
Go easy. This stuff WORKS!
Use it by directions, and once it works, go probably a little lighter. (you can tell you're OD'ing on it, if you use too much paper)
AS my Doc say, it keeps the world moving...
Be patient with it, it WILL work!


I hope, (after writing this book) that I've been some help!

Seriously, sorry for the tomb!

Pete

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