Hi all,

I hope we get the board back up tomorrow, but since it's not and things are kind of rough pain wise I wanted to ask, does humidity make you feel more pain? I surely hurt real bad with all the rain and increased humidity we've had down here in Florida this past week. Not much else to say, but I thought I'd lean on my CP friends a little today and see how many of you suffer more when it's humid like I have and do when it's really wicked humid here.

Hugs to you all! Wishing for pain free days for everyone.

Hi Pam, I live in the desert and i can say that even the slightest rise in humidity causes my aches and pains to get worse. One strange thing though is that when we were on vacation on the coast in Oregon I wasn't in as much pain and the humidity was very high there. So is it the humidity plus the higher temps that causes my pain? Or was I not in as much pain because I was distracted by being on vacation at the ocean? One of those Hmmmmmmm moments...Sue

I haven't been out of Florida since becoming disabled and that was when I started suffering from Chronic Pain. I have often wondered about places that have dry heat and how pain levels would be living in a place like that. I wonder about your experience too, if it was just being on vacation or if the heat is another factor. I know when I had plates in my right leg I used to sit in the sun and let my leg bake to ease the pain and it helped but then going back into the air conditioning it was always hard.

Thanks for your reply Sue! I guess it isn't just in my head as my DH might like to think.

For me it is not necessarily the humidity - it's the change in barometric pressure, which happens when the weather changes.

Also for me, when the pressure is on the high side or on the low side I also flare - even if there have been no changes in pressure - but if it gets 'stuck' at high or low then I flare until it goes back to normal.

I wonder about pressure changes too, sometimes my ears feel funny and then it goes away. That's an interesting though that maybe it's also related to pressure changes, thanks for the reply Wittesea.

Hi guys~
Boy, I'm with ya on the low pressure! My gramma could always predict the weather, because of her "rheumatiz". (Always reminded me of granny on the Beverly Hillbillys minus the money!) I'll tell 'em when the weather is going to change too.

High pressure doesn't seem to bother me though.

Hugs,
Jan

I just moved to the desert too. I have never had this happen to me before till now. I have Fx my L wrist twice and my R once. Last night it started to rain and my R begain to stiffen up and became painful this morning. It happen once to my L with rain as well. I'm no stranger to humid weather so its boggleing my mind.

DCuster
Sarah here, I'd had 7 levels fused two years ago. I'm 47 and wow can I feel pain and swelling when the weather changes..do you also have swelling?? I'm in Colorado. I was in the desert in California for a couple of months last year and felt great the entire time. Came back on the plane, I swelled so bad I had to unbutton my jeans. Doctors think I'm absolutely nuts and tried to put me on antidepressants. (tried but did not succeed). Just wondering if you have any of these same issues.

Absolutely the low pressure makes me ache more. Our weather lately has been really bad for that. We will have a couple of sunny days and then two or three days of rain and then back to the sunny weather, so my body hasn't been getting any relief.
Linda