Re: Pain and weather front

[Guest guest]

I've been laid up all week with this stuff. If you find an answer, PLMK.

My girlfriend has a teeshirt that says " Weather Body " on it, that she got

from a fibromyalgia conference. Does Vicodin help? I took 2 Vicoprophen

last night and am feeling a bit better today, but of course now the front

has come and is passing through.

Pam in Illinois

>Becky in Illinois wrote:

> I am a kindergarten teacher, so I have to keep my wits about me. So, what do

I do when all I feel like doing is crying and wanting to get home to lay down?

I need to move to a climate where the weather doesn't change like this or maybe

there is no such place.

> I try to distract myself but the pain just keeps attacking. I'm open to

ideas. Thanks so much.

[Guest guest]

Pam,

Haven't heard anything about options to try when that front is hitting and the

scarey thing is I looked at the weather predictions and it shows another front

moving into Illinois tonight and tomorrow. I really didn't have to look cause I

am feeling it already. Where in Illinois are you because we must be feeling the

same front!

Becky in Illinois

[Guest guest]

Becky wrote:

> I need help with ideas of what to do when a weather front is moving through my

area and I have to keep working. Today was absolutely horrible.

> From the moment I got to work 'til I collapsed onto my bed when I got home I

was miserable. The pain in my neck and head was a 10 plus.

I can really relate to that Becky. Trying to get through the day with

horrid head pain is my most difficult problem. I have chronic pain from

other parts of my body, but the head pain tops everything else.

Weather affects me too, but I have yet to figure out a way to combat it.

I'm sure there's an island somewhere that has a stable temperature,

but I bet the storm fronts move in there too. :-)

Lyndi

[Guest guest]

Weather affects me too, but I have yet to figure out a way to combat it.

I'm sure there's an island somewhere that has a stable temperature,

but I bet the storm fronts move in there too. :-)

Hi Lyndi

I am afraid it will need to be a magical island. We all know about the tropical

fronts that turn into hurricanes, the volcanic eruptions in the Pacific Ocean

that cause tsunamis.

lin said:

" in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes "

I believe he should had added that the weather will always change too.

Lyndi, if you do find this magical island, wand, or elixir, please share it with

us. <smile>

Now I am finally off to take a hot shower. At least I will feel better while it

lasts.

Yes, we have had several gloomy, rainy days here in Montana. It is rarely gloomy

long, the sun shines so beautifully here.

I do not feel as morbid as this message sounds. I'm just weary.

I have just started a new book, so hopefully I will be able to dive into it far

enough to ignore this pain.

Kaylene

[Guest guest]

I am in Chicago. Is that close to you?

Pam

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:58 PM, heldings@... wrote:

> Pam, Where in Illinois are you because we

> must be feeling the same front!

> Becky in Illinois

[Guest guest]

No, I am in Decatur but my son lives in Chicago.

I am very worried because it looks like stormy weather tomorrow and again Monday

so here comes the pain!

Hope you and everyone else in the group have a better weekend where you are. Try

to find something to get your mind off the pain and enjoy life.

Becky in Illinois

[Guest guest]

>Kaylene wrote:

> lin said:

> " in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes "

>

> I believe he should had added that the weather will always change too.

>

Actually Ben lin did have a saying about weather, as follows:

" Some people are weatherwise, most are otherwise. "

I'm a meteorologist but both disabled and retired now.

Joe S.

[Guest guest]

Lyndi wrote:

> I'm sure there's an island somewhere that has a stable temperature- 20C or 70F

-------

In general California is fairly stable weather-wise, especially if you live

within 20 miles of the coast. It is usually between 70-80 degrees year-round at

the coast cities.

The farther you go inland the greater the variation of temps, like 65-85

degrees, instead of 70-80.

Los Angeles only gets super hot a few days a year, which for the cost of the

rest of the year being stable and reasonable, I guess a few days is worth it.

The coast cities never do get beyond 90 degrees, even if inland goes up into the

100s.

Then, my friend's physical therapist just told her that Arkansas has a 20 degree

temperature range, and that she should move there to save herself from all the

weather changes in her area (middle states USA). (She's not in California).

Jade

[Guest guest]

Wow! Small world Pam and Becky..I'm in Willowbrook. Hi neighbors!

S

Pam wrote:

I am in Chicago. Is that close to you?

Becky in Illinois wrote:

> Pam, Where in Illinois are you because we

> must be feeling the same front!

[Guest guest]

--- jade tadaima wrote:

>

>

> Then, my friend's physical therapist just told her that Arkansas has a 20

degree

> temperature range, and that she should move there to save herself from all the

> weather changes in her area (middle states USA).

Where do people get crazy ideas like this, especially so-called " experts " who

should know better!?!?

Arkansas is a big state, and like every other state it has a wide range of

weather. There's nothing special about it that keeps the weather in a tighter

temperature range. And the midwest as a whole has as wide if not even wider

weather extremes than other areas of the country.

I looked it up on the state's own website, and their average temperatures range

from 33 degrees in the winter to 91 in the summer. That's a whole lot bigger

than a 20 degree range! I would imagine that range is pretty typical compared

to other areas - other areas would just be colder or warmer on average depending

on latitude, but the range would be similar.

And for most pain folks, it's changes in barometric pressure - not temperature -

that kills us. (Of course, for some specific conditions, like Reynaud's

Syndrome or RSD, cold temperatures are particularly problematic, but that's

specific to the disease.)

These kinds of silly statements drive me a little nuts, because these so-called

" experts " should know better.

I lived in Phoenix, Arizona, for years, and heard this kind of drivel from so

many people. " Oh, you must not hurt very badly because they don't have any

weather there. " Grrrr. The desert doesn't have as much *rain*, but it has just

as much *weather* as anywhere. The barometric pressure changes daily, just like

everywhere else in the universe. And during the summer months, we'd have strong

fronts move through every single evening - they wouldn't have rain with them,

but terrible winds and dust storms instead. The barometric pressure would go

nuts during those storms.

And I also got tired of hearing people say stupid things about allergies and the

desert. A girlfriend who lived in Wisconsin was planning to move to Phoenix

because her allergy doctor told her she'd have less allergies there (all her

allergies are pollen and dust based.) What a quack! That doctor should have

done his research before recommending someone uproot their lives and move

cross-country. Phoenix may have been good for pollen allergies 100 years ago,

but not today. Today all those midwesterners have moved to the desert and

brought all their favorite plants with them, along with the means to irrigate

them. There are even subdivisions in Phoenix whose homeowner associations

REQUIRED them to keep their front yards in grass, in the middle of a desert!

Crazy!! Worse yet, everything blooms 12 months a year there! At least in

colder states, you get some relief from pollen allergies during the winter when

things quit blooming. But you get absolutely no relief from pollen in the desert

in the winter. And the dust is utterly horrific there, along with the dust

mites that cause the real allergy problems. And to make allergies and asthma

even worse, Phoenix is one of the most air-polluted cities in the country now.

The air there is thick and brown. I had to move away in part because of my

allergies and asthma - the place was literally killing me! Thankfully my friend

managed to ask me enough questions and did her own research before she put her

house up for sale based on that one quack's outdated assumptions.

OK, I'll quit ranting now. I just hate when trusted medical personnel can't be

trusted.

Cheryl (no longer in AZ, but I still sign my posts like that because that's how

everyone knows me!)

Moderator

[Guest guest]

Jade,

Is that really true about Arkansas's 20 degree weather climate range? I am 3

years away from retirement so am beginning my research on where I might wish to

move. Are there plenty of pain clinics and doctors in Arkansas because that

would be a necessity, too. Is there is anyone in the group from Arkansas? Becky

in Illinois

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