im seriously beyond tired today im in some serious pain, sinuses r all plugged, head hurts, knees hurt, only 3 fingers and 1 thumb work right now, my stomach is upset, my back hurts i thought this would get better but im finding out how random the pain and misery can really be my hands wont stop tingling from the tips of my fingers up to my elbows or vise verse wither way i can wait to see my doc im flat out tired i took 2 naps and i feel like i could sleep through the night all i have to say is wow saying this sucks is an understatement
Hi river, I’m so sorry your having such a hard day ! Fibro has a weird way of forcing us to redefine our norm . I often wonder what is a good day ? I certainly can relate to bad days! This winter seems to be making more bad days and far and few between good days. I’m actually having a bad week, everyday hoping tomm may be a bit better. Sometimes it makes no sense, and you try and think what did I do different, or did I not do something I should have… It all makes my brain hurt when I try and figure out why this week is so much worse than last week… Ugh
I started out on Sunday … Just can’t seem to get enough sleep, or should I say … I all I want to do is sleep, it’s never enough, if I sleep 13 hrs I don’t feel any better than if I slept 8, so back to… Ugh, this makes my head hurt trying to figure it out.
Hope you feel better … chamomile tea always help my tummy ! There are a lot of herb tea’s for different things, I’m finding they actually help, just had a cup of YOGI green tea super antioxidant and feel slightly better… Maybe you could try them… The Yogi brand seems good
Hugs & blessings
dee
ty dee im thinking about doing another one of my illness venting poems that sometimes not only helps me but others too its just tonight happens to be a friends birthday so its got me bugged up more than usual basically im just flat out miserable but im sure i will have good days most of the summer was very good last year except when it stormed but i was able to do things. so im hoping this year will be better but this winter and upcoming spring r more stressful than usual too with both good and bad things.
Dear River, it's not hard to believe you are feeling this way with so many things going wrong healthwise. Your poor body is working overtime just trying to fight all these things and it is just worn out. Your body is telling you that it needs rest.......and lots of it. So, I hope you can listen to your body and rest.
River,
I am sorry to hear you are not feeling well…well, that’s putting it mildly I’m sure!
I agree with dee…if the tea doesn’t make you feel much better with the antioxidents, at least just having a nice hot cup of tea will help soothe you.
I will be thinking of you and sending positive thoughts your way!
If you are up to it and it helps, I for one LOVE your poems.
Take care and rest!
Yes. It does stink. It totally does. Pain appears, pain disappears, pain jumps to another site, then another one. Ad nauseum.
My advice to you? Get some more sleep. Sounds like you really need it. Sleep helps me feel somewhat better and more able to deal with the pain. Rest plays such an important part of our illness.
I hope you feel somewhat better tomorrow. And get some sleep.
Take care,
Petunia
ty dee i do have herbal teas for anxiety and sleep and yup i know its rough but like my doc said dont rack my brain too hard trying to figure out what could have caused a fibro flare cuz it could date back months from what we can figure out mine is a flare from back in november when i had to move and i helped with my furniture and such and i hurt my arm well last year before the move i had hurt it so doc didnt think much of it until recently. my doc told me to keep a journal which i havent made yet but i will cuz he wants foods, meds, activities and weather or not i got hurt. he said stubbing my toes on furniture may show up as a fibro flare 6 months after the fact. so try not to rack your brain too hard im finding out its not worth it.
hi rachel ty and yup i took 3 naps yesterday and i was in bed by midnight and just woke up a bit ago and will probably end up taking a nap or 2 today i still have a slight headache but i have a slight bit more energy today so thats good and your right im just flat wore out between the 7 week flare, the funeral, doc appts, and the flare throwing me into a bipolar cycle from mania to depression with no normal mood that is tiring too but im still hanging in i may be down but i will never ever be out for the count.
hi tina thank u i will most likely be putting another one up soon and i will be getting more tea today most likely too being i have to drag myself to the store thank goodness it isnt far away
hi petunia yup i do feel a bit better today but im still tired im thinking i may take a nap again after 7 weeks nonstop flare im just wore out especially with the recent funeral of my adopted dad and trying to keep my adopted mom from going into a major depression of her own its been rough
Hi River - Wow! you have a lot going on today. If you feel like sleeping all the time - go for it! This is what I do when absolutely everything is hurting me. I can't do anything else - so I sleep! I have constant tingling of hands and feet. Also, they are sometimes cold too and there is nothing I can do to warm them up - but get under the covers. When you said that ''wow this sucks'' it is really an understatement - isn't it? I don't think there are any good words to describe our wide spread pain. Take care of yourself!! Hugs! Laurie
thanks laurie and yup it is an understatement my hands right now only have 4 fingers that i can use and yup they and my feet r always cold and i think our weather here is gonna make a turn for the worse i think thats part of why im hurting again so bad summer and fall dont seem to be this bad im hoping this summer will be mostly pain free like last year but idk with the way things seem to be now
HI River - Laurie here. I feel so bad for you! Sometimes when I get really sick with the Fibro and it seems everything that's attached to me is breaking down, I have the tendency to feel sorry for myself. I realized over the years, that, for me, this is okay. I don't 'wallow' in it - but I do think, "'What would my life have been like if I had remained healthy?'' Well, First of all - I don't think I would have the wonderful friends I have today and this includes this wonderful website. I feel so lucky to have found you and the others to help me through what I have to contend with. I am not saying that it's good that I have Fibro - but the negative feelings that I associate Fibro with has diminished dramatically with the people that have come into my life. It keeps me going and it's a wonderful feeling to know that I can turn to all of you when I am feeling distraught and in pain. Please take care of yourself? Love, Laurie
hi laurie its ok everything happens for a reason and i think the bad things that happen to us r only there to show us how strong we r in the end like that poem about fibro that i put on here a couple weeks ago its only when we think we r beaten is when we r truly beaten but personally when someone or something tells me i cant do it that only makes me more motivated to do it being i have the temperment of loving to prove people and things wrong and yup sure its tough sometimes sure u will feel down and defeated but that is all part of the learning process cuz a person never wins a war without failing in the more minor battles cuz failing and re-working the strategy is what wins the war. do i use a cane sometimes sure i do but i can still get around with it, do i find it hard to type sometimes sure i do but i found a way to type with 4 fingers instead of 10 but i can still do it. so nope fibro hasnt won any battles yet i just have to learn a way around the potholes it hands me. it sucks yup thats true but in my book it aint gonna win cuz i will keep turning the page until i find something that works cuz fibro chose the wrong hard headed chicky to pick on lol
hi laurie its ok everything happens for a reason and i think the bad things that happen to us r only there to show us how strong we r in the end like that poem about fibro that i put on here a couple weeks ago its only when we think we r beaten is when we r truly beaten but personally when someone or something tells me i cant do it that only makes me more motivated to do it being i have the temperment of loving to prove people and things wrong and yup sure its tough sometimes sure u will feel down and defeated but that is all part of the learning process cuz a person never wins a war without failing in the more minor battles cuz failing and re-working the strategy is what wins the war. do i use a cane sometimes sure i do but i can still get around with it, do i find it hard to type sometimes sure i do but i found a way to type with 4 fingers instead of 10 but i can still do it. so nope fibro hasnt won any battles yet i just have to learn a way around the potholes it hands me. it sucks yup thats true but in my book it aint gonna win cuz i will keep turning the page until i find something that works cuz fibro chose the wrong hard headed chicky to pick on lol