Holiday Blues

[janethepain]

Just come back from 3weeks in a very hot Corfu .... Only had one headache attach and very little pain , i swam every day and relaxed on the beach ! Been home 8hours and i ache like mad and just want to cry ....... does anyone know if the weather affects this pain - in - the -rear - illness ??

[julieevh]

I'm sure the British weather doesn't help; I'm seriously thinking of emigrating to Torbay when the kids have flown the nest as the micro-climate there is much milder!

Julie xx

[janethepain in reply to julieevh]

sounds like a plan

Love'n'rainbows x

[cobweb]

haven't been abroad much since I've had fibro, but heat actually makes me feel worse ,except for the raynauds/carpal tunnel, obviously the great British weather does NOT help that!

[Hidden]

I am absolutely convinced the weather/climate plays a large part with our Fibro and pain levels etc. It certainly does for me. When the weather is mild, warm and sunny I feel a completely different person to when it's freezing cold, the heating's on at home and I have to wear ten layers and am still cold! My mood and general well being seems better when I can see and feel sunshine and warmth.

I haven't been abroad either since I've had Fibro, there is no way I could travel in a car or train for long, let alone fly in a plane. No way! I hope one day I can travel again, finger's crossed, I am forever the optimist lol!

Please click on the link below where we have discussed this topic before, hope this helps -

fibroaction.healthunlocked....

[Hidden]

Ooh like sound of torbay myself.

Yes im in total agreement this british weather doest do us,any good.i have m.e plus,fybro and id move abroad if i could afford it.

Glad you had a nice time though.

[janethepain in reply to Hidden]

Perhaps the NHS will send all us sufferers away to have a rest and recover a little lol

it will save them a fortune

Love'nrainbows x

[ArctoLindy]

Hi, just joined this group last night - one of my friends (who I've sadly lost touch with since she moved to Australia) thought it had a lot to do with humidity. She spent some time in Madrid because of her husband's work and she said the drier heat out there was so much better than the more humid heat we usually get here, not that I've ever experienced anything but the British summer myself, I hate hot summers as they make me feel awful.

[janethepain in reply to ArctoLindy]

Welcome and thank you for your reply

Think i am going to start saving so i can emigrate as i am suffering today .

Love'n'rainbows

[Bev95]

I find weather extremeties do affect my FMS..however I have been abroad ..I went with my mother and sister to Lanzarote last December and the warmth I must admit did help my FMS very much as it wasnt too hot...However, as soon as I arrived back in the UK it wasnt long before my aches and pains were back as there were freezing temperatures...This summer hasnt been too good here in the UK as the weather hasnt been all that great...But usually summers here in Gloucestershire are generally lovely and warm...but the winters are what I dread most..as it tends to be really cold and often snows here....! I think the answer is what a lot of people do when they retire...go and spend the winter months abroad in places like The Canary Islands and summers here in the UK....! Only thing is the cost...and thats the drawback...for me it is anyway!

[suejayjay]

I have never been abroad, so have no other weather to compare to here in 'not so sunny England, (SE) But I really struggle when it is cold and have to wear lots of layers. My electric blanket is used pretty much 45 weeks of the year and I can't work outside when it is cold and damp. Even juring the summer weeks my hands are freezing and I usually wear my school uniform fleece 52 weeks of the year. If mine comes off everyone knows it is a very good day! However, if the weather is VERY hot!!! I also suffer. Seems like all my joints dry out! and I am so stiff and lathargic. Then people really lose patience as it seems there is no pleasing me. Also, altho' I am well past the "hot flushes" stage of the menopause, I can suddenly come over really hot and my face and head perspire.No were else! I know Fibro can cause poor temperature control, but have others found this phenomenon? xx

[janethepain in reply to suejayjay]

Yes i do the head and neck sweating ..just pores out of me but no where else.

My cold spots are from my knees down its so bizarre but i am generally hot 24/7 xx

[beauty_queen_from_mars]

Hi Jane

This is my first post/comment!! I came back from Feuterventura last week and, after 2 weeks of reduced symptoms and my kids even commenting that I seemed happy, I plunged into a massive relapse and was actually reduced to bed for a few days. It felt almost like I was being punished and all the pain that had been reduced had somehow been banked with interest and dropped on me like a stone.

The sun and warmth definately helped me as did eating out and having someone else do the food prep and clear up. So maybe its resting too that helped. I dont know.

I also suffer the temperature control and like many others am permanently cold yet i get a hot head that send s rivers of sweat down my neck.

Hope my comments help as yours has helped me.xxx

[janethepain in reply to beauty_queen_from_mars]

i am finding this illness hard to get my head round

your reply hels

thank you

hope your bouncing soon x

[Shortnsweet54]

Hi Jane,

went to visit my daughter in Melbourne Oz in April/May.....was in a bit of a state beforehand, due to a flare in Nov that didn't want to stop,...caused by a general anaesthetic i had for eye surgery, but literally within 2 days of being there ( temp high 70's) i'd not an ache or pain. In fact felt so well went on an Ocean Road trip and walked up a small mountain!!. within 2 days of being back, curled up on the sofa, meds, hottie, blanket, gas fire on trying to keep warm. Pain was back and some. sunshine and warm definately help me

hugs to all

Take care

Jan xx

[janethepain in reply to Shortnsweet54]

My word i think i will have to emigrate down under ....

Seems to good to be true, first day back at work today and i am suffering but i am so bloody minded i wont relax

i'm my own worst enermy

Love'n'rainbows

Jane x

[Sthandra]

Hi jane my mum went to Cyprus once and found that the heat reduced her pain considerably so from then up till a year before she die from lung cancer she had 2 weeks in Cyprus every June with my younger brother in tow as he was her carer so she had a holiday every year for about 18- 20 years so I would say yes warmer weather does help.

[Sthandra]

Hi jane my mum went to Cyprus once and found that the heat reduced her pain considerably so from then up till a year before she die from lung cancer she had 2 weeks in Cyprus every June with my younger brother in tow as he was her carer so she had a holiday every year for about 18- 20 years so I would say yes warmer weather does help.

[janethepain in reply to Sthandra]

Bless sorrry to hear has gone but so pleased she found relief on her holidays xx

Love'n'rainbows to you x

[Mills]

Hi Ladies, yes the weather in a warmer country is better for us, I went to Cyprus for my sons wedding, I even forgot to take with me my Gabapentin!! after the panic was over & thinking I would just have to get on with it my symptoms reduced considerably, I was able to take part in some activities like sitting on a tyre in the water park & going round & around the perimeter of the water park & oh it was so lovely! within 3 days of getting back home & after deciding I didn't need my gabapentin any more I was back on them, as said I think it's the dryer heat over there.

Also yes I get absolutely awful head neck & boobs sweating profusely! my hair gets dripping wet with sweat & I can't wear make- up as the sweat just runs down my face & the make-up just slides of my face....I hate it! The least exertion kicks it off & I have to put my feet on the cold tiles to cool down!!

Bloody F/B oh how I hate it! robbing me of my quality of life along with my other ailments.

Take care all. Gwen x

P.S. so sorry for being a misery!! Haha!

[cosydaisy]

I am sure heat helps , my electric blanket is on every night & for 10 / 15 mins before I get up it seems to help ,

my arms from elbow to shoulder & my legs from knees to thighs are alway cold.

I also find a hot bath with epsom / dead sea salts is very soothing , on that well known auction site , you can get 3kg for about £10 including postage

[janethepain in reply to cosydaisy]

I work at bathbomb.biz and we sell these ingredients omg will have to bring a few samples home thanks for that x

[shezzz]

you know the answer for you it affects the illness for many of us warm and balmy weather makes us feel so much better went to rome last month same thing felt so much better .. its more pressure and rapid changes that seem to affect us more and uk is lethal for weather that is up and down like a umbrella