Re: Weather Changes

[Guest guest]

I am having so much pain with the weather changing!!

I live in NY and the temps

are going from the 80s to the 60s. I have CRPS and my hands are turning purple

and white- I believe it's raynauds or crps related but either way it hurts!

I

was born with clubbed feet and was very severe on my left foot so I've needed a

lot of metal but in that foot. When it starts to get cold, the areas where I

have the metal plus titanium literally feel like they are trying to pull away

from my bones. I asked my doc and he said that it hurts because the metals

expand and contract with the temp. changes.

Anyone have any tips on how to take

this pain away? The only thing that helps me is rest, pain meds, and a heating

pad but I want to live my life!!

Any advice on how to manage the pain from the

metal, arthritis caused from weather change is greatly appreciated. Thanks-

Becky in NY

[Guest guest]

I live in the same area Becky Rose and find that any change in the seasons

triggers me be it Migraines, Fibromyalgia, Radiculopathy etc.I try and live the

most I can and accept what I can't change. Often that means living by not really

living but by rest and not doing things I want to because the pain is too great

and the pain meds don't work much for me.I am always struggling.

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Becky wrote:

I am having so much pain with the weather changing!!

[Guest guest]

I too have a lot more pain when the weather changes...or begins to. I can tell

before the weatherman that it's going to rain. It's often the barometric changes

that makes our bodies hurt.

The needle can be going UP or DOWN - doesn't matter which way, it's when the

pressure is actually changing that matters. I've yet to find anything that

helps, but did read something interesting a few months ago on one of my online

" pain " groups.

One of the ladies mentioned that she put on her wetsuit to go diving and found

it helped a LOT. To me,it just sounds like it would feel good. It would provide

a firm amount of pressure against your skin and sort of hold you in. You know? I

don't own one and it's way too hot here in Texas to wear one anyway.

I do believe that some sort of pants and top that's VERY snug but not tight

might feel great in the colder months though. It makes sense that we would hurt

more when the barometer is moving because that reresents the amount of PRESSURE

on us at the time. Once the barometer levels out..my pain seems to as well.

JAN @->----

[Guest guest]

I live in Maine who's weather changes daily. We have 3 seasons. Mud

season,summer, and winter Summer lasts 1month Winter lasts 6 months

and mud season lasts 5 months.

Blessed be,

Ms.Katurah

[Guest guest]

MsKaturah wrote:

> I live in Maine who's weather changes daily. We have 3 seasons. Mud

> season,summer, and winter Summer lasts 1month Winter lasts 6 months

> and mud season lasts 5 months.

Ms Katurah,

Does the mud change to dust in the Summer? I love your sense of humor, I smile

for an hour.

Bennie

[Guest guest]

Yep, the mud does turn into dust for the summer. But, sometimes mud season

lasts all summer, when we have rainy summers.

Ms.Katurah

Bennie asked:

Does the mud change to dust in the Summer?

[Guest guest]

Summer mud = adobe. You can make houses out of it, or walls.

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Yep, the mud does turn into dust for the summer. But, sometimes mud season

lasts all summer, when we have rainy summers.