August 07, 2004
Fibromyalgia Symptoms escalating
I knew that going to an early appointment and then a second appointment in the same day on 5 hours of sleep would put me into a FLARE.......but...
OMG, when I got home from taking Mom to the attorney and seeing my psychiatrist across town and going to Mom's and helping her locate some paperwork for the attorney then driving a half hour home...........a day that started at 5am and I got home at 7pm.....OUCH!!
As I sat down after dinner, I felt the stiffness in my muscles start at my hips and work up muscle by muscle to my back, chest, shoulders and neck like a fog. Have you ever had your muscles hurt from starting an exercise program or from FMS to the point that you feel nauseous and like you aren't breathing well???? Well I wasn't breathing deeply because it hurt to. So off to bed with me.....med & bed as I call it........
This morning the pain & stiffness is still there, making me wish I'd set a chiropractic appt. for today or any day.......or a massage.......something other than my stretching to relieve the tension. There's a massage school in town that takes walkins on Saturdays...but I don't feel up to shaving my legs and don't want to freak out the poor students!! So I've taken my meds and I'm gonna do my stretching which helps somewhat and take it easy today.....probably back in bed for a nap around 3. Or alternate between hot bath and bed, oh that does sound good.
BTW I think everyone should be able to take a nap around 3pm because it's in our bodies rythmn to need a nap around then, employers should allow naps!!!
Another early sign: When we'd walk a block or so to lunch from our offices, after about 1/3 of the way my back would hurt, like my spine wasn't suspending it properly, sometimes like I didn't think I could take another step. I felt riduculous and never said a thing. Well now I know the muscles weren't doing their job to keep my body upright very well, and were spasming and tight around my ribcage. I wasn't crazy after all.
Hugs and blessings, Judy
Posted by on August 7, 2004 10:49 AM
Judy,I don't envy you the pain of everyday at all. I do understand about restrictions that you need to make yourself stick to though. As well as the NHL that you read about in my diary I also hav coeliac disease and sarcoidosis in my lungs,so I am extremely restricted in what I can eat and also in the amount of exertion that I can put on myself. This is very frustrating as I am extremely active in the State Emergency Service. This is a volunteer organsition that is professionally trained to rescue people from all situations. I get very frustrated when I cannot help in emergencies because of my physical constraints. I hope that there is some improvement for you or that they make some breakthroughs in the treatment of fibromialgia. At least I know that I get to have some time off from NHL, at least until it rears its head again.All the best Possum
Posted by: Possum at August 5, 2004 05:38 AM
Thanks Possum. Sounds like we share the greatest loss which is our bodies inability to do what our hearts and minds want or need them to do when we need or want it done. Bless your heart....glad you're in a break from the worst for awhile. I'm gonna find your Blog and keep in touch.......Hugs and Blessngs, Judy
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TITLE: After 7 years of this you'd think I'd know..........
AUTHOR: Judy in AZ
DATE: 7/31/2004 11:17:30 AM
Posted by: Judy in AZ at August 6, 2004 10:09 AM
Amen and how right you are dear!!! I'm fond of saying that "Through the difficult times I have had many people pass through my life...but I have never lost a FRIEND". You hang in there girl!!!!!!SilvrPixi
Posted by: Anonymous at August 7, 2004 11:51 AM
JudyThis is Pilgrim, whom you e-mailed this morning. I just wanted to say thank you so much for the comment you posted about my health diary. It was really what i needed to hear today and touched my heart. thank you so, so much.God bless,Pilgrim & Company
Posted by: Pilgrim at August 7, 2004 02:18 PM
Hi Judy,This is Rose S. the one with agoraphobia you e-mailed a couple days ago. My fiance Michael has FM and he and I run a group on yahoo for FM'ers. I am as supportive of him as he is of me with my myriad of illnesses. We are thankful each and every day for the friends and family we have to back us up in our daily lives. I want to thank you for your post to me and let you know that you have a new friend here!Hugs....Rose S.
Posted by: Rose S. at August 7, 2004 09:17 PM
Hi Judy,This is Pilgrim again, and I received your 2nd e -mail. Thank you so much.I'm glad you came and looked at my sites and bulletin board.Your comments really mean a lot. I would like to invite you to join as a member of A Mind's Journey, if you would like to. I have shared your e-mails with the other members there and we all want you to know that your support for DID means so much and that its people like you that make this world a much better place. We would love to have you as one of the support people on our bulletin board if you have time.I do not have your e mail address so I hope its ok to post this here on your weblog. But if you would like to give me your e mail that would be nice too. I'm glad you like my diary and I appreciate your kindness so much.Pilgrim and Co.
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TITLE: Happy Friday........& Oh Yeah, Drugs..........
AUTHOR: Judy in AZ
DATE: 8/6/2004 10:10:58 AM
Posted by: Pilgrim at August 8, 2004 03:48 PM
DATE: 8/8/2004 05:12:34 AM
G'day Judy, I think you are absolutely right about the friends. I am sad to say that through my cancer I have found that my forever friends are very few and far between. I have my husband and my mother and they are the best. I have caught up with the diaries from my treatment so I hope you get to read the rest of them. Oh, BTW I didn't kill the guy with the forceps but I came pretty close to slapping him!!!!love and healing, Possum
Posted by: Possum at December 31, 2004 01:06 AM
DATE: 8/6/2004 06:33:22 PM
Hi Judy,Thanks alot for the post to my site on agoraphobia. My fiance has FM so I know what you are dealing with. It's rough on everyone involved including the spouses. He and I run a group on yahoo for people with FM called Fibromyalgia/CFS so I know what you are going through. In my blog about My Life with Epilepsy I wrote about my seizure alert dog. Feel free to go there to read about her but I plan on writing more about the comfort side of her (She is a black lab border/collie mix named Little Girl who is about 14 years old now)Hugs....Rose
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TITLE: OUCH!
AUTHOR: Judy in AZ
DATE: 8/3/2004 11:29:17 AM
Posted by: Rose S. at December 31, 2004 01:06 AM