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01-09-2010, 11:37 PM
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Has anyone noticed when flares come?
I notice that they come when: There is a climate change of say 5 degrees or more. When something bad occurs in my family or friends' lives that upsets me, even if I try not to be upset, it still will cause a flare. If I read too much. Too much being say, an hour? If I walk every day - once I hit about the 4th day in a row, my body freaks out and flares up and I'm back in bed for anywhere from a few days to many weeks. When my meds hit a plateau - say the third or fourth month of doing the exact same thing, my body becomes used to it, so it will flare, and then I have to try either a drug change, or another method to try to "trick" my brain into getting off of the pain message. Too hard of a massage - my massages must be very light and gentle and smoothing of the muscles - no vigorous, deep or pounding type stuff. Of course, use of hands / arms. Many days can go by when I can't brush my teeth. I can only stand having my hair washed about once a month - my scalp is so sensitive. Holiday times - even though I don't attend any, I think the feeling that I should be there gets to me. If I worry about money, not working, that this illness is incurable - I have to push those out of my mind, and pray, (for me), and repeat positive things in my mind, as silly as that sounds. The Lord's Prayer is something I will repeat if I find myself thinking negatively, or before bed. Does this sound familiar to anyone else? |
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01-09-2010, 11:48 PM
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sanding drywall hammering with one hand lawnmowing driving putting dishes away crawling on floor doing plumbing sleeping in any position no working bathtub or showerlooking for a job getting angry getting sad crying being frustrated reading bending over to pick things up cold feet cold back cold nose dog hogs the bed |
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01-10-2010, 02:12 PM
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cooking driving holding a book knitting sewing laundry weather fluctuations washing my hair typing writing I know there are more I just cannot think of them right now. |
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01-10-2010, 07:09 PM
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tight isobars (winds) with intersecting fronts (Lows mostly); arctic air moving from north to south or west to east; sudden shifts in humidity; 24 hours before a thunderstorm or tornado event. Falls: Even minor ones... like just a couple hours ago I slipped on some black ice in my driveway. I think I hit the left side of my head on the side of my car then landed on my rt hand, elbow and butt. I can feel every surgery site, old rib fractures... and my head hurts.  I'm gonna hurt tomorrow!
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