Guest guest Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Hi everyone, Haven't been on the site lately ,, my recent thing has been the introduction of some mini flaring & aching over the past 3-4 wks. I have been asymptomatic for such a long time, although I know consciously what kind of pain I used to be in but clearly my memory is not exactly accurate....lol The latest situation with me is that I have been asymptomatic for 8 months now & a few weeks ago started to get some aching & what I call mini flares where I had never been sore before. It took me a few days to realise the only thing that may be affecting this & that was that I had given up smoking. When I thought back I realised that within a week of stopping was when I started to get the mini flares; I knew I couldn't get an appt with my Dr because she was on holiday so to prove my theory I sent my HB out to buy me a pack of ciggies. I smoked 4 that night, 5 the next morning & by about 1.00pm all the aches & pain had stopped! I continued smoking the next day then stopped again, within a 2 days the mini flares started up again. I was amazed so tried the same thing the following weekend when had a few ciggies & within 2 days the pain stopped again. I finally had my dr's appt yesterday where she confirmed that to stop smoking would certainly have that affect on me. Now I need to visit the the Naturopath she works with to make sure that's all that's going on or whether there is something else & depending on the results of the tests whether yet again my meds need to be tweaked. Maz, ps : See, I knew there was a good reason I continued to kill myself... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 For most of us stress was the trigger to our first symptoms. Maybe some biofeedback will allow you to go back into remission and not take the coffin nailsJ Best of luck. cooky From: rheumatic [mailto:rheumatic ] On Behalf Of maz.aust Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 9:37 PM rheumatic Subject: rheumatic My current update: Hi everyone, Haven't been on the site lately ,, my recent thing has been the introduction of some mini flaring & aching over the past 3-4 wks. I have been asymptomatic for such a long time, although I know consciously what kind of pain I used to be in but clearly my memory is not exactly accurate....lol I finally had my dr's appt yesterday where she confirmed that to stop smoking would certainly have that affect on me. Now I need to visit the the Naturopath she works with to make sure that's all that's going on or whether there is something else & depending on the results of the tests whether yet again my meds need to be tweaked. Maz, ps : See, I knew there was a good reason I continued to kill myself... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Thanks Cookey, I have no intentions of picking them up - just found the reaction really interesting. > > For most of us stress was the trigger to our first symptoms. Maybe some > biofeedback will allow you to go back into remission and not take the coffin > nailsJ > > > > Best of luck. > > cooky > > > > From: rheumatic [mailto:rheumatic ] On Behalf > Of maz.aust > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 9:37 PM > rheumatic > Subject: rheumatic My current update: > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > Haven't been on the site lately ,, my recent thing has been the > introduction of some mini flaring & aching over the past 3-4 wks. I > have been asymptomatic for such a long time, although I know consciously > what kind of pain I used to be in but clearly my memory is not exactly > accurate....lol > > I finally had my dr's appt yesterday where she confirmed that to stop > smoking would certainly have that affect on me. Now I need to visit > the the Naturopath she works with to make sure that's all that's going > on or whether there is something else & depending on the results of the > tests whether yet again my meds need to be tweaked. > > Maz, > ps : See, I knew there was a good reason I continued to kill myself... > lol > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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