Re: Venting about Massages

[Guest guest]

I have heard so many of you talk about a good massage, how can one

stand to be massaged. It just hurts me so much. >

> Sherry in SC

>

Sherry,

I can't speak for others in this group, but for me, massage can only

be doen at certain times. If my flare is too bad, or my skin

especially sensitive, I can't have one done. But when I'm just muscle

achy and not skin sensitive, it's a wonderful thing. I just wish the

effects lasted longer. :-) Good luck with the pain specialist.

Take care,

[Guest guest]

I have heard so many of you talk about a good massage, how can one

stand to be massaged. It just hurts me so much. >

> Sherry in SC

>

Sherry,

I can't speak for others in this group, but for me, massage can only

be doen at certain times. If my flare is too bad, or my skin

especially sensitive, I can't have one done. But when I'm just muscle

achy and not skin sensitive, it's a wonderful thing. I just wish the

effects lasted longer. :-) Good luck with the pain specialist.

Take care,

[Guest guest]

I have heard so many of you talk about a good massage, how can one

stand to be massaged. It just hurts me so much. >

> Sherry in SC

>

Sherry,

I can't speak for others in this group, but for me, massage can only

be doen at certain times. If my flare is too bad, or my skin

especially sensitive, I can't have one done. But when I'm just muscle

achy and not skin sensitive, it's a wonderful thing. I just wish the

effects lasted longer. :-) Good luck with the pain specialist.

Take care,

[Guest guest]

Sherri, I am so with you on this one! I cannot withstand that pain either.

Sometimes my husband will run his fingers over my back and it hurts!

I even went to physical therapy to get my back massaged. I thought I

> was going to jump off that table. I told her to STOP. I even had tears in my

> eyes, it hurt so badly, she told me she was not putting hardly any pressure

> on it only about 25% and that I shouldn't be hurting that bad. I told her I

> was and I wanted her to stop. They wanted me to do other things also and

> most of them I could not so I stopped going. I wish it had helped but I

>

[Guest guest]

Sherri, I am so with you on this one! I cannot withstand that pain either.

Sometimes my husband will run his fingers over my back and it hurts!

I even went to physical therapy to get my back massaged. I thought I

> was going to jump off that table. I told her to STOP. I even had tears in my

> eyes, it hurt so badly, she told me she was not putting hardly any pressure

> on it only about 25% and that I shouldn't be hurting that bad. I told her I

> was and I wanted her to stop. They wanted me to do other things also and

> most of them I could not so I stopped going. I wish it had helped but I

>

[Guest guest]

Sherri, I am so with you on this one! I cannot withstand that pain either.

Sometimes my husband will run his fingers over my back and it hurts!

I even went to physical therapy to get my back massaged. I thought I

> was going to jump off that table. I told her to STOP. I even had tears in my

> eyes, it hurt so badly, she told me she was not putting hardly any pressure

> on it only about 25% and that I shouldn't be hurting that bad. I told her I

> was and I wanted her to stop. They wanted me to do other things also and

> most of them I could not so I stopped going. I wish it had helped but I

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sherry, I go to a pain clinic and I like them, I usually see a nurse pract.

we talk about the pain and if my meds are working and if I need to take any

steriod shots, they always leave that up to me, they are quite painful so I

don't take many of them,all thought they do seem to help, the last one I had

were in Feb. The last time that I went to the pain clinic I had a new nurse

pract.and she was great she said even thought my pain was different from the

other patients it was still pain and I needed to be treated, you could have

knocked me over with a feather, I was so surprised that someone believed me, she

even gave me a few extra pain pills to use when I need them. I think that most

of the patients have a lot of back pain at the clinic that I go to but the Doc

who gives me my shots said that all his fibro patients had big muscles. I used

to work out all the time but I don't anymore. I sure hope that they help you

too. Audie

Venting about Massages

I am so tired of everyone not believing us when we say we are in pain. I

feel like my whole body is one horrible bruise, why would anyone want to

fake that is beyond me. I have fibro, CFS, diabetes, high blood pressure,

psoriatic arthritis and osteoarthritis. I have a lot of things that hurt me,

it is very difficult to know what my pain is coming from cause all of those

things can cause a lot of pain. I am 57 years old and been hurting for 8

years. I even went to physical therapy to get my back massaged. I thought I

was going to jump off that table. I told her to STOP. I even had tears in my

eyes, it hurt so badly, she told me she was not putting hardly any pressure

on it only about 25% and that I shouldn't be hurting that bad. I told her I

was and I wanted her to stop. They wanted me to do other things also and

most of them I could not so I stopped going. I wish it had helped but I

suffered for weeks after that. I won't do it again. The only thing that

helped me was a moist heating pad on my back, now that felt wonderful. I

have heard so many of you talk about a good massage, how can one stand to be

massaged. It just hurts me so much. I have my first appt with a pain

specialist on Friday, I sure am hoping she can help me. I have never been to

one before so I really do not know what to expect. I have heard others in

this group talk about it though. My PCP referred me to one cause no matter

what she has given me; the pain is always so bad and never goes away. Thanks

for listening to me. Thanks to all of you for having such a wonderful

support group.

Sherry in SC

" In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next

time. "

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[Guest guest]

Hi Sherry, I go to a pain clinic and I like them, I usually see a nurse pract.

we talk about the pain and if my meds are working and if I need to take any

steriod shots, they always leave that up to me, they are quite painful so I

don't take many of them,all thought they do seem to help, the last one I had

were in Feb. The last time that I went to the pain clinic I had a new nurse

pract.and she was great she said even thought my pain was different from the

other patients it was still pain and I needed to be treated, you could have

knocked me over with a feather, I was so surprised that someone believed me, she

even gave me a few extra pain pills to use when I need them. I think that most

of the patients have a lot of back pain at the clinic that I go to but the Doc

who gives me my shots said that all his fibro patients had big muscles. I used

to work out all the time but I don't anymore. I sure hope that they help you

too. Audie

Venting about Massages

I am so tired of everyone not believing us when we say we are in pain. I

feel like my whole body is one horrible bruise, why would anyone want to

fake that is beyond me. I have fibro, CFS, diabetes, high blood pressure,

psoriatic arthritis and osteoarthritis. I have a lot of things that hurt me,

it is very difficult to know what my pain is coming from cause all of those

things can cause a lot of pain. I am 57 years old and been hurting for 8

years. I even went to physical therapy to get my back massaged. I thought I

was going to jump off that table. I told her to STOP. I even had tears in my

eyes, it hurt so badly, she told me she was not putting hardly any pressure

on it only about 25% and that I shouldn't be hurting that bad. I told her I

was and I wanted her to stop. They wanted me to do other things also and

most of them I could not so I stopped going. I wish it had helped but I

suffered for weeks after that. I won't do it again. The only thing that

helped me was a moist heating pad on my back, now that felt wonderful. I

have heard so many of you talk about a good massage, how can one stand to be

massaged. It just hurts me so much. I have my first appt with a pain

specialist on Friday, I sure am hoping she can help me. I have never been to

one before so I really do not know what to expect. I have heard others in

this group talk about it though. My PCP referred me to one cause no matter

what she has given me; the pain is always so bad and never goes away. Thanks

for listening to me. Thanks to all of you for having such a wonderful

support group.

Sherry in SC

" In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next

time. "

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[Guest guest]

I am also about your bad experience. While in therapy I had a wonderful massage

therapist, but when I went in during the weekend one time I had this rough lady.

She was horrible! Pushing too hard. My next visit to my normal therapist I told

him not to let that lady touch me again. I was sore for quite a long time after

that. had to start from scratch on my back because my back was knotted

back up. My insurance plan doesn't cover massage therapy so I go back to my

doctor on Friday. I'm hoping he will change some meds. Try something else for

the pain and talk to him about trying therapy again. The office I went to isn't

covered under our insurance any longer due to slow payment from the insurance

company. That makes me so releaved. NOT! That facility was excellent, all except

the water therapy. Ultrasound, moist heat, & massage was wonderful. I accueally

went back to physical therapy for my knee last summer. I don't know if any of

you seem to have this happen, but I had surgery on my right knee when i was 17.

Well, it seems that every time I fall I hit the right knee. So I went to a

diffrent facility for my knee. I liked my therpist, but it wasn't nearly as good

as my other therpist. They did a lot with ice and the bike killed my legs.

Anyway, I babbled on long enough. I guess I'm in a rambling mood. Everyone have

a good day. I hope you all are mostly pain free!!!

~released

---------------------------------

[Guest guest]

Sherry!!

Good Luck with your appointment tomorrow!! Please let us know how it went. I

love to get information form everybody.

You are doing the right thing, you are not giving up. I hope this doctor

tomorrow can help you.

I am not in pain from touch, that must be really difficult.

It seems that you have a lot of different symptoms. So, maybe you need to do

many different things that help.

Good luck,

, CO

In a message dated Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:54:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

sherry98@... writes:

> I am so tired of everyone not believing us when we say we are in pain. I

> feel like my whole body is one horrible bruise, why would anyone want to

> fake that is beyond me. I have fibro, CFS, diabetes, high blood pressure,

> psoriatic arthritis and osteoarthritis. I have a lot of things that hurt me,

> it is very difficult to know what my pain is coming from cause all of those

> things can cause a lot of pain. I am 57 years old and been hurting for 8

> years. I even went to physical therapy to get my back massaged. I thought I

> was going to jump off that table. I told her to STOP. I even had tears in my

> eyes, it hurt so badly, she told me she was not putting hardly any pressure

> on it only about 25% and that I shouldn't be hurting that bad. I told her I

> was and I wanted her to stop. They wanted me to do other things also and

> most of them I could not so I stopped going. I wish it had helped but I

> suffered for weeks after that. I won't do it again. The only thing that

> helped me was a moist heating pad on my back, now that felt wonderful. I

> have heard so many of you talk about a good massage, how can one stand to be

> massaged. It just hurts me so much. I have my first appt with a pain

> specialist on Friday, I sure am hoping she can help me. I have never been to

> one before so I really do not know what to expect. I have heard others in

> this group talk about it though. My PCP referred me to one cause no matter

> what she has given me; the pain is always so bad and never goes away. Thanks

> for listening to me. Thanks to all of you for having such a wonderful

> support group.

>

> Sherry in SC

>

> " In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what

> not to do the next

> time. "