Re: morning stiffness? sleeping

[Guest guest]

I am lucky. I have a king size waterbed all to myself. My husband moved

himself to a recliner years ago due to not being able to breathe laying down. I

do not allow the kids to touch my bed, tho- cuz when they wiggle it on me, it

can hurt.

I know I feel like I am always flaring, just some days are much worse than

others. Thank goodness this weekend everything is bearable. I have some very

stiff fingers and one thumb is useless and I am wwalking ever so gently on my

ankles today- but none of those are causing me the extreme pain they can on

other days. YAY! I wa reading about the gout stuff and I wonder now if som of

this might be gout sometimes? This stuff seems all so interconnected- and I am

so easily confused. I suppose maybe the more I read the less confused I will

be. THAKS GINA for all the great info!!!!! LOL :-)

- In , " Tawny " <tawnyokc@s...> wrote:

> Sorry, that your having a flare, I hope that it goes away real soon.

> I seem to be always flaring myself, stiff all the time. I have a

> real time trying to sleep now, I toss and turn all night. If I lay

> in a postition for just a little while, I have terrible pain. I tend

> to be glad when I can sleep by myself, how awful I know.

> I will keep you in my prayers, take care Tawny

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> > > My rheumy always asks how long after waking does it take for my

> > stiffness to subside. Um, if I am flaring- it does not go away in

> > any time frame- it hangs around a day or two or 3. AM I weird? If

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> > am not flaring, it does not bother me so much and I do not notice

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> > much.

[Guest guest]

Lucky you, to have that big bed all to yourself. Sorry to hear

though your hubby had to move to the recliner because of breathing

problems, how terrible. When my hubby leaves, I think bed to myself,

then my daughter is running in my room, ready to crawl in bed with me.

I am glad the weekend was a little better for you, I know it is such

a relief to have less pain, but then you don't won't to say anything

about it, because the pain seems to really start.

It does get so confusing when the symptoms are so close. I don't

know to much about gout. How do they find out if one has gout? I am

not good when it comes to medical terminology, I am in the dark.

I hope that you have a good evening, and I will keep you in my

prayers. Take care, Tawny

> > > > My rheumy always asks how long after waking does it take for

my

> > > stiffness to subside. Um, if I am flaring- it does not go away

in

> > > any time frame- it hangs around a day or two or 3. AM I

weird? If

> > I

> > > am not flaring, it does not bother me so much and I do not

notice

> > so

> > > much.