hey hun, are you doing too much in the morning, remember to pace, we canβt do it all in one goal, simple light stretching, easing into where you can feel the pain, then focus on that bit, donβt over stretch, and donβt push the muscles that canβt cope, nice and easy, leave the physio, until you can cope with it.
Iβm with you with pain sweetie, chin up, I hope the sand man visits you tonight, and you sleep well, gentle hugs π€.
I hope the jab doesnβt cause any more problems π€
I know what you mean about letting people down, but I am supposed to do my trapz exercises every morning, but if itβs too painful, I miss it, physio would understand, we canβt always do our exercises π₯΄
Take some time, and try a bit of mindfulness, imagine yourself somewhere special, try and see it in your mind, it sometimes helps to lift the mood π€π€
Hi sorry for late reply, have had gastroenteritis I believe from my symptoms. I hope like me you are feeling even a bit better than you wereπ»π»π€π€π€
Had Covid jab. Pains about the same except my my jab arm to be expected.Yes at the moment I'm a bit better in the head except exhaustion but what is newπ
My joints have kicked off big style meh.
But it's a sunny day so far but cold.
How are you feeling sweetie Dawn π€π€π€π€π€π€π
Ahh, Iβm much better now thanks and went back to work today and was pleased to as I was fed up and missed everyone πIβm glad you are feeling slightly better and jab went ok π you may feel a little sore in the next day or so but at least itβs out of the way ππ€xx
Hi blue 52. I also suffer bad with fybro. I get up. And if I don't feel to bad. I dash about and try doing things like I used to do. Then I crash and burn like I feel total dreadful exhaustion like I can't walk and have to lay down. So I understand why some days we struggle to even get up x
Trying to stop before we get to the stage of no-return, I go over every single time, But I practically live in my bed, It's just so much more to just get back in when I know I get comfy cosy watch a bit of tv,and a hobbby or two, Then my animals will line up to say Hi, I'm just here for the food,
I have some really nice P'J's,some which can and have been worn out side when clothes can be less comfortable,
Hi sweetie Shazzafloydπ€I totally get not being able to walk. I struggled to get up but I'm determined lol. My Copd is playing up meh. I've been struggling to breathe and had to use oxygen.
I'll give you extra hugs π€π€Dawn ππ€πππ ππππππππππ€π€π€π€π€π€π€π€
Hello Iβm so sad youβre in the middle of this. Iβm just coming out the other side of a flare that started before Christmas and it was miserable. The better weather and lighter days are helping me a bit. My GP also did a lot of med changing and moved me to duloxotine from sertraline. It could be worth talking to your GP on reviewing your medication as well potentially. Lots of lovely people here suggested baths to me when I was very bad. And Iβve found that helps a lot. Iβm also back in counselling which is kind of helping though I prepare before each session so I can steer it towards what I want to talk about! My main issue is doing too much so I totally understand - when Iβm in pain or have low mood I do things to take my mind off everything and end up flattened with fatigue. Iβm putting alarms on my phone to take regular breaks! My physio prescribed getting outside every day for a walk - last few weeks Iβve been gardening instead of walking and itβs great for your mood; walking this time of year is lovely also - so much happening in nature to look at. I find that helps my mood a lot. Sorry for giant reply - I hope some of this helps a bit. Iβm so sorry for how youβre feeling and sending you love. This is such a lovely and supportive community and made me feel much less isolated when I was at my worst. Xxxx
hugs to you too and hope you get over this flare very soon. Itβs a wretched condition! The thing I find the most tiring is trying to explain that I might look ok but Iβm actually not! Itβs constant! Hugs and have the loveliest day xxx
That is the problem I find I also suffer with fibro. But trying to explain to someone that dosnt suffer with this condition dosnt understand it at all I'm so glad I can read and give me comfort to here othere people that do suffer on this site x
It hurts when people judge. So I find it easier to withdraw from people physically and mentally.I'm still learning on here but so far I hope I haven't upset anyone ?
Because we understand each other and this terrible syndrome on here we can talk freely. I've never had that before so it's wonderful β€.
I'm trying to compliment everyone but tiredness is messing me up.
Lol I'll stop but thank you sweetie s Dawn π€π€π€ππ€π€π€π
Hi sorry to hear that you are in so much pain, there's good advice in the previous answers so I won't repeat what they have said. Hope you feel ok after your covid jab. Sending gentle hugs your way. x Lesley x
Morning Dawn, you sound like me trying too do your physio and maybe over doing it alittle, like Blue says try and paste more (must take my own advice as this morning Iβve been run over by a truckπ) they say the weather is warming up this week πyippee, Iv e brought some hemp cream and my hubbie is rubbing that in my neck shoulder blades. Lower back (the bits I cannot reach ) Iβm willing too try anything. I missed my soak last night through sheer fatique so itβs a must tonite with some Epsom salts. Keep your chin up we can chat here and try cheer each other up xx
Oh bless you, well last week I eventually gave in too meds Weds for infected tonsils (oh joy ) I tried too get threw my week with odd sleeps and pacing and helping my daughter who has yet another infection for UTI/kidneys, then had this silly idea of having my friends (married couple round Saturday too watch football and cook them a meal(our Ipswich town are fighting hard in the top 3 of Championship league football) we drew βΉοΈI took lamb out of the freezer night before mixed it with bistro gravy and red wine and shoved it in the oven on 160 for 3 half hours , got my head down and somehow how managed too dish up a meal and even make a crumble, hubbie washed up and I got in my recliner too watch with my friend . Great I thought box ticked , then Sunday my little grandad boy says can we have a barbecue ππso they came at 4ish , I chopped up a side salad , made a curried rice salad with left over chicken, hubbie cooked the meat on the Barbie ,and me and my daughter flopped till it was cooked π. If youβve read this youβve done well π today the truck has run over one s body xx
You see me today I look about 80 πjust slept I snored so much I kept waking myself up (donβt put Cpap mask on for any day time dosesπ€£your Jon sounds a good man, mine has gone off too drop a bought pasta dish off too my daughter , get the grandboys from school , then the 3 of them going out for tea, maybe it will end up with a McDonaldβs πboys choice, one is 7yrs, and nearly 10, they will pop bsck here for an hour or so , so will try keep awake ha ha Having COPD is not easy on top of everything else and you keep your chin up xxx
You and your family sound very busy.π² I snore myself awake lol. I fell asleep in my chair last week and Jon said I have apnoea can't spell lol but you get what I mean. He was working and I kept snoring. I'm so embarrassed lol.
I have to pace speaking to my Dr. They don't cope with a lot all at once.
Ur family sound greatπππ€π€π€.
My Copd is a nuisance at night but it's difficult to tell which is annoyance at the moment.
But I've been worse so I could be worse. That I'm thankful forππ€ππ
Soooo sorry about your dilemma love. My bestie Blue-52 is so right you have to pace yourself.
YOU are the most important issue here. It only matters that you do what is best for you. Donβt worry about what others thinkβ¦they arenβt in your body and havenβt a clue what you go through every single moment.
You ARE pushing yourself too hard.
Example.
Iβve been in a flare of multiple conditions since 2014. I havenβt been able to much of anything since thenβ¦long explanation that Iβll spare you (but would tell you if interested) used to do EVERYTHING in 4 hours because I went in a whirlwind speed working 22hours on 2 hours sleep. This caused catastrophic damage to my body now it takes me 4 hours to just study how to do one thing without flaring.
Iβm hoping to get back on my elliptical but only doing 3 minutes at about 6 reps speed.
Doing twice a week for a month and slowly building from there.
I am only concerned about me not what others think or say. Iβve done too many decades pushing to continue caring for others (6 at one time) did me in.
I know that if the situation were reversed those who made snide remarks to me would never stand for me to do the same to them.
Iβm in your cheering section for whatever you CAN do every day even if it is nothingβ¦YEAH Smilesalot. β£οΈβ£οΈβ£οΈππππ
I love your postπππππ€π€π€π€ and I'm interested ur health.I'm brain fogging sorry. I'm exhausted so I'll do a bit of nothing but nap
Hugs sweetie Dawn π€π€π€ππ€π€π€πβ€πΆ
You and I should know by now we have limits, Then there's that little (or large) whisper in your ear that say's Come on I'll just finish watching this or iron this and Ooh while I'm doing that, I should just......... (might be tinnitus)π€
But no! this was not a flare??? What the chuff? If not a flare than What?,when?,how?π
As time went on the pain got worse,Change the meds,You know how it goes?
Recently I have come out of a 6 month flare, So just gently potter around then my back decides It hasn't been harsh enough recently, Gall stones are driving me up the wall, Pointless go to A&E at the moment because,they won't take it out,, (the stones or gall bladder)
So Hubby and I start "SORTING" Not even 5mins in and I'm in absolute agony
What the blood and stomach pills ( who can figure out what long standing comedy show this is said in??
Anyway we'll do a bit more after dinner,See where we get to, The wheel chair assessors are coming tomorrow so the rug doctor is on later,
Hope your feeling more cheery today? Mrs Grumpy pants π seriously though π€π€(((π€))) on way Debsxx
Lol sweetieπ,I'm trying hard not to be grumpy hehehe. Thank you for making me laugh.ππ€π€π€π€π€β€ππππ
My friend Jon does the sameππ€
I'm gonna ask my Gp if I can swap venlafaxine to d do
alloxatine brain fog π grrrππ½.. It's supposed to be better with pain and low mood than mine.
I need to be proactive as my Gp is ??? Not helpful.
It takes months to get thro to herπ. I get the gall stones and bladder. Had mine out years ago but I haven't forgotten the painπ‘. When are they taking urs out ?
I had key hole surgery. I hope they do it soon!!!
I have my bed bath tomorrow yeyπ.
Thank you sweetie hugs π€π€π€π€π€π€π€πDawn
Hi Dawn love, hope you are feeling a bit better today. Its very hard not to get depressed when you have a flare like that, which seems to go on and on. I wish you better days ahead xx πππ§Έ
Thank you very much sweetie π.Had Covid jab yesterday. Jon is a mess. It always makes him poorly especially the Moderna. I'm just in more pain which is typical lol
I just had a piece of toastππ€ was lovely. It's rare for me to have breakfast. Jon got me some π sheep egg cupsππππππ.
How are you today sweetie.? What are you up to?
I'm in pain and pooped but I want to keep an eye on Jon.
Although very tired I am having a better morningπ€π€π€π€ππππππ.
Thank you Elaine2000756
It means a lotπ€π€π€π€π€π€π€πππππ
(I'm going to have to write these down as I hear them,as there is no chance I'll spell them)
But I might have to do it in bits and bobs,with slips and slops as my brain fog is giving me mass pain today, Possibly when I fell last week?
When John was young (er)π ha was an anastective technition (Told you it was chuffed)
If you haven't already guessed I use the word chuffed chuffing chuffness and the occasional chuff you, instead of the 'F' word, I recon you've already got it because your not daft,π)
He was out with his friends and sister,When he suddenly dropped to the floor unconscious, He was rushed to the same hospital where he worked! They cut him from his chest to his pelvis, He had some thing like perititosomething?? He was at deaths door this was back 1975,
after nearly a year, he wanted to go back to work,They said he would have to go right back to his 2nd year of training, He left,
At this point John's not comfortable about me telling everyone our lives being posted π€
I'll leave it for now,
This is what ruined Pen Pals, with pen and paper,an envelope through the door,not a brown 1 or another bill Think about possibly do the pen pal thing and let me know what you think? It's perfectly fine if you say noπ
Lakeside, the Downs, Standlake, Witney. Oxford OX29 7SH. Dawn Dean. Please allow for brain fog.I'm in pain π’. Hugs sweetie Dawn π€π€π€ππ€π€π€πβ€β€
Hi sweetie I'm sorry ur still awake at that time. Yesterday was the same for me. I'm not surprised you want to screamπ.What are you up to today sweetie? Other than snoozing lol.
My meds are just not strong enough.
My Copd is being a bugger lately which reminds me to do my blood sugars and insulin.
I farted πand blamed Jonπ³π.
Hope you're ok sweetie hugs π€π€π€ππππππ
John woke me up at 8 with a brew and I've been battling this damn head ache ever since, I've been writing off and on and so far I've thrown out about six times so I don't know what the heck your getting,π₯²π
I might just wait for your's π
John took the furries to get their spring cut, The older dog had to be carried all the way, I'm telling him to take her to the vets, but I think John knows as well as I know She's no life left in her and she's been sleeping much more than she's awake,
πͺπ€€π΄π΄π΄I think she's in a lot of pain and I don't think she should have to suffer, If I had a choice I'd rather be put to sleep myself, Then I look around and think, Would I?
Really? It's tough
If we need to blame anyone else we blame it on 1 of the girls πππ
I spend all night wishing I could fall asleep and then all day trying to stay awake, It doesn't work, I'm fighting with it now,π usual aches and pains It's my back and sciatica really cant get in a good position at the moment, Might just spend half an hour bagging more stuff for donating and tip,
This will make you giggle a bit
We decided we would have takeout 2 times a week because we don't want John to get over tired, EVERY single shop in a mile radius knows John and starting to get freebies, He talks so much to them I'm sure they do it to get him out! LOL fish and chips they gave him 2 cans of pop. Chinese, prawn crackers (Cat and Dogs love them) Frankies, We get 2 cans of pop and extra little pots of dipping and a small fries,π
John says Frankies tonightπ It's like KFC but nicer and not as expensive, It is also near the Costa so John brings me a frappe back too, We know it's naughty, The way we look at it , We've given up too much already,
Have you had all your medicines today? I hate it when something kicks in and won't sod off, Hope you can get some rest, There's some classic programmes on this evening Starting with Keeping up appearances and Last of the summer wine,The John gets the remote for a couple of hrs, All this exitement,
Lol. That's excellent all those freebies.I've got my blanket and hat on brrr.
I go to bed at 7-8 pm.
We have naughty stuff toππ€π€π€ can't live without them.
I've tried the healthy Fibro diets. I felt worse. Go figure. I'm much better diet wise but Jon's such a good cook especially YouTube curries lol tasty and healthier.
Brrr.
We don't have any take aways near by so they have to deliver.
I'm hungry now lol !!!π€π€π€π€
Hugs sweetie Dawn π€π€π€ππ€π€π€π€π΄π΄π΄π΄hope you sleep π€
Sciatica ?π€ sweetie no wonder ur not sleeping.I get it now and then or bursitis and it's agony.π’π’π’. I hope I haven't jinxed myself lol.
I can't cope with more pain.
Ur very brave.
I hope you don't mind swearing as I swear a lot but I also like fake swears lol. Sorry I'm hogging you. My guts have decided to play up and the geese are fighting bfn sweetie hugs π€π€π€π
LOL I swear too just not on line, I'll get barred, The only swear word I will not say is
The' C 'one
How do you feel about tattoo's?
I jinxed my self years and years ago, I said John could put me out to grace when I starting peeing myself!!! I don't think it counts the 1's when you laugh,cough and sneeze π€§π€§ Oh dear!!! lol
The more serious was, I'm not afraid to die, I am afraid however of pain!
Just a teaser...I have a poop πͺknifeππππ€π€π€π€π€π€π€π€π€πππππππππ€π€π€π€π€π€πππππππππππππguess what it is and see if you still want to be friendsππππππππlol hahaha.
I agree it's not the dying it's the pain.
Sometimes I think I've reached my limit I take extra medicine sleep and know I was so close.
Cripes that is like a curse.
I'm up shop cream without a paddle today meh
Hugs sweetie Dawn π€π€π€ππ€π€π€π€π€π€π€π€π€did you sleep ?
Thank you CleopatraS π€π€π€π€I'm sorry ur suffering.π’. It's not good is it. I hope you can relax in the heat. I can breathe better at the moment yey π.
Hugs Cleopatra S, Dawn π€π€π€ππ€π€π€π€π€
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