swimming

[demelza]

hi went swimming this morning it helps me phiscaly and mentaly feeling positive, now going for a wee rest xx

[phlebo123]

I find swimming (as long as the water is reasonably warm!) helps me to feel positive and re-energises me -- Other activities that help me are walking the dog, yoga, gardening, sudoku puzzles and baking cakes!! I believe FM sufferers have to experiment to find out "what works for them" and then the hardest part is trying to fit them into your daily routine -- good luck to you all in discovering "what works for you"

[demelza in reply to phlebo123]

hi phlebo im glad you enjoy swimming aswell as your other activities i love playing some of the games on facebook allso doing cross words it helps with my memory i also read short storys as you say its what ever works for you personally x

[harvey12]

yay keep it up ladies positive mental attitude is always good for us its hard to get in the right frame of mind but when there you can feel so much more relaxed and able to look forward im pleased to see the positives to fibro even though it doesnt go away it shows mr fibro that he aint gonna beat us we can still have some enjoyment in our lives and im glad to hear your going for a rest too as this is important to pace ourselves big gentle hugs to you all xxxx

[demelza in reply to harvey12]

thanks harvey its tough living with fibro as only another fibro sufferer can understand but we must fight him the best we can yes its very important to pace ourselves i love this site it realy helps to talk to others hugs xxx

[harvey12 in reply to demelza]

let me know how you get on hun it does help to talk to other sufferers and encourage each other too lots of luv and hugs xxxx

[fairycazzie]

Yeah positive attitude and sharing what helps your fibro is a great help to others!

Whilst i was in spain last year my friend has a private pool and spent a fair bit of time in it, i suffered after for it but the heat is different abroad (i did not know then my problems only neck and nerve compression) so think was down to my neck that it bothered me so much i was laid up for a bit. The heat was good too , but had to keep watering myself a lot!!

walking the dog for me is a no no (too strong) 2 big white german shepherds (which not sure has contributed to my problems) so will not attempt on the lead. I may get back in to card making as i really enjoyed it, but am not as creative as i like to think my mind is hahah.

I just spend tooo much time on the internet reading up on things

xxxxxxxxxx keeep up the swimming huggles xx

[demelza in reply to fairycazzie]

hi fairycazzie thanks for your reply i also enjoy making cushions i had to give up knitting because of the pain in my arms and hands im so glad im able to swim i had to build it up very slowly its realy helped strethen my legs. good on you for getting back to your card making i spend a lot of time on computer as well hugs xxx