Re: Trying to put a positive spin on a painful Tuesday~Darlene

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I am so sorry you had a miserable night and are in pain. I have areas that flare

more than others. Not necessarily areas I have previously injured, but

sometimes. I do notice I will have an area that hurts more than the others at

times and takes more babying, so I can understand. It is ok to take care of you.

Feel better sweetie.

Hugs,

ddean228 wrote:

Okay, so I'm sleeping away this morning when around 2 am, my knees

feel like they are being ripped from my body! I feel around for my

pain med, pop one and wait. After 45 minutes, I opted to get out of

bed as my moaning was keeping my DH awake (although he has probably

laid in there awake ever since), came out to the living room and got

the heating pad on my knees. That helped somewhat and I have been

able to hobble walk for lack of a better word to the computer room so

I could at least post and/or answer emails.

I don't want to cry because I keep thinking " this too shall pass " and

yet, at the same time, feel like cutting my knees off! Since being

diagnosed, I've had a few of these episodes with the pain always

being in my knees. I know that as a teen, I did a lot of " damage " to

them with various sports activities (practiced falls for flag corps,

that kind of thing) and am wondering if anyone else has noticed when

they have an area of pain flare up that that is an area where they

suffered some sort of injury/trauma? I recall that my knees were so

bad one time, they were going to drain the fluid from them. Right

now, they feel horribly inflamed, and yet I cannot think of anything

I did in the past several days that would have brought this on!

So I guess my silver lining is I'll have all my emails caught up by

the time the family gets up and will be able to get the running

I " have " to get done finished up early! After that, it's baby the

knees time......

Darlene

1. While it is wonderful to share our experiences with everyone on the list as

to what treatments do and don't work for us, pls always check with your dr. Some

treatments are dangerous when given along with other meds as well as to certain

health conditions or just dangerous in general.

2. If you are in a difficult situation (doesn't matter what it is) pls don't be

afraid to ask for help. It is the first step to trying to make that situation

better.

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4. Also, it is not uncommon for more than one member to be feeling bad at the

same time when it comes to flares and b/c of that potentially take something

another member says the wrong way. And that includes the things that one member

may find funny (even if it's laughing at fibro itself) even though we who deal

with illness whether one such as fibro or multiple illnesses try to keep a sense

of humor.

5. Pls let's be gentle with each other, and if you are having a bad day pls let

us know so that we can do our best to offer our support.

Have a nice day everyone.