[inchronicpain]

Originally Posted by lizardlady

Inchronicpain, I'm confused. What does the analogy my friend shared with me have to do with being able to get, or not get, pain meds?

I'm sorry it the analogy bothered you. Personally, I like the analogy. There are days I can get up and get going. Other days it practically takes a crane to haul me out of bed in the morning.

I was meaning I need my pain meds to be able to get out of bed without them its all I can do is get out of bed since my vicodin was taken away I can barly move have to crawl out of bed

[CedarS]

I slept okay and got out for a walk this morning, I count this as a big win, something to be grateful for. Hoping to get dishes done too later today after some rest.

The walk helped me think a little more clearly, was able to remember that a soak in a warm bath can help some with pain, will do that today too.

[sabby]

Glad you were able to get out and walk today Cedar. What a blessing!

[sabby]

I'm struggling with my change in meds at the moment. I stopped the neurontin as it wasn't doing anything for me and I started Lyrica.

The Lyrica has made me very tired and more foggy brained than normal. Of course the weather hasn't been real agreeable for the past week or two, many swings in temperature and cloudy/sunny points.

I'm feeling a bit more depressed than normal (I'm still on the cymbalta) so right now I'm chalking it up to the Lyrica. I've had a couple of nights where I had a very low grade fever for awhile but it always lifted.

I just have absolutely NO ambition. I stayed in the apartment for 3-4 days, never got dressed either during that time, was always in my pj's. That is just not like me.

I'm finally on the dosage that my doc prescribed for the Lyrica, so hopefully within a week or so I'll start to feel better and get my brain back and some ambition and energy again, even if it's just spurts of it, it's better than nothing at all.

Gentle 's to you all!

[inchronicpain]

i am still in fibro flare since I posted this last time and I am sick on top of it to I am coughing my head off and runny nose fever off and on to

[sabby]

I found a really great way to help calm down coughing.

Take a wash cloth and pour some honey on it. Hold it up to your nose and mouth for awhile and breathe in the vapors. It really does help!

I hope you feel better very soon!

[inchronicpain]

thank you sabby but right now I am taking Nyquil for the cough and stuff but its not helping much and my chest hurts so bad to breath and I am hurting so bad its unbearable

[inchronicpain]

could not go to sleep last night because I am in so much unbearable pain from this fibro flare plus this cold I am coughing my head off and my chest hurts to breath

[sabby]

Do you have a humidifier? If not, keep a large pan of water on your stove and heat the water until it gives off steam. You can also go into your bathroom and turn the shower on the hottest water and sit and breathe in the steam. That would help break up your chest congestion and your sinus congestion as well.

If you can, try the honey on a wash cloth and breathe it in, it will help reduce your coughing. When coughing too much you can pull the muscles in your chest and/or back. A warm heating pad will help with that pain too.

Have you been to your doc yet about the cold? Could it have turned into bronchitis or even pneumonia?

I hope you feel better really soon. Take care of yourself ICP.

[inchronicpain]

yes I called the reg doctor office on Monday or Tuesday and they told me to give it a few more days then if I am no better by thrurday to call which I just did they want to get me in today but I have no way there right now my bf is at work he is my only way there they said if I need to go to urgent care and been seen tonight.

[inchronicpain]

I was right I went to urgent care I have bronchitis I knew I did the way I felt on med for the bronchitis and on cough med but went to get the cough med filled they are out of the cough that the doctor wrote for so now I have to wait till tomorrow I did get some cough med over the counter and hope it works till tomorrow I told the doctor what helps for my cough and she said no its one of these 2 or nothing I told her the cough med pills don't touch my cough I just hope it helps the med she wrote for when I get it tomorrow if not then I will call my reg doctor and tell them because I already told them what helped me to and I hope if I call in morning or Monday they will give me what helps I am wasteing my money on something I already know don't help when I have bronchitis

[lizardlady]

It's that time of year... the cold fronts are moving through like freight trains one after the other. Am having the flare from Hades this week. I am exhausted and hurt like bloody blue blazes. Am struggling not to get down about it. The idea of months of this (I struggle every winter) is daunting.

[inchronicpain]

Originally Posted by lizardlady

It's that time of year... the cold fronts are moving through like freight trains one after the other. Am having the flare from Hades this week. I am exhausted and hurt like bloody blue blazes. Am struggling not to get down about it. The idea of months of this (I struggle every winter) is daunting.

I hear that lizardlady I know what you mean the winter is the worse for me to for fibro flares I have had this one I am in now for almost a month

[lizardlady]

I'm so glad we have this thread.... I feel like I'm whining when I post in the other forums. I hurt so stinkin' bad that it's waking me up at night. I'm so tired of this.

[inchronicpain]

Originally Posted by lizardlady

I'm so glad we have this thread.... I feel like I'm whining when I post in the other forums. I hurt so stinkin' bad that it's waking me up at night. I'm so tired of this.

I hear that lizardlady same for me my pain wakes me up at night to and I agree I am so glad we have this thread and I hate when I comeplane a lot about my fibro flareing here but everyone here understand .

just got back from pain management doctor and he seen how much I am suffering because of this bronchitis and because this fibro flare he put me back on vicodin short term but that's ok I did not even ask him and he said I will put you back on vicodin to get you through this which I got it filled and took one and took a tramadol was it and its working thank goodness for the pain.

my pain was a 9 when I went and he could really tell I could barly walk and stand when he was feeling my back and he could tell I was really tender to in my lower back he says that fibro flare which is true .

I told him its not just my back its my whole body he could tell that to I am happy I did not have to ask for the vicodin I don't like asking for it because that makes me look bad .

the coughing is still bad but since I took the vicodin its calming this cough down to and he told me try not to take it every day it says every 8 hours as needed but he said take it as needed but try not to take it everyday just when I really needed it .

which I think I can maybe get through tomorrow without taking or atleast going to try to because he don't want me taking it everyday and I got to listen to him my pain level right now went from a 9 to a 3 or 4 which its better then being at a 9

he said since my pain is a 9 he would do the vicodin short term which like I said its fine because it helps me

[sabby]

I'm glad you have a good and understanding doctor! It can make the world of difference.

[inchronicpain]

Originally Posted by sabby

I'm glad you have a good and understanding doctor! It can make the world of difference.

thank you yes it does does

[inchronicpain]

still in this fibro flare its not letting up at all showing no signs of letting up eather my shoulder and shoulder blades and my neck hurts and also hurting all the way down to my elbow and my hips and my lower back is killing me

[sabby]

Is anyone else dealing with pain to the bone from this frigid air that Canada is sharing with us? OMG.....it just finds it's way through each muscle right to the bone it seems.

I was handling it okay until today. Even my fingers and hands hurt to the point where it's painful to type. I just feel like crappola, like the best thing for me to do is to crawl back into bed and try to get as warm as I can and go back to dreamland. uggggh

[lizardlady]

Sabby, I have been miserable this entire winter. My pdoc told me lots of his fibro patients are struggling with the weather this year.

The pain and emotional affects of the fibro had me concerned that my depression was getting worse. It helped me when he suggested I view the current situation as seasonal. Doesn't make me hurt any less or be any less stupid because of the danged fog, but it does help me to reaslize this is not going to last forever. Eventually spring will get here.

That said, I'm having a horrid falre the last two weeks. Can't think for the fog. I lay in bed at night and wimper because of the pain. The pain and fatigue combine to shorten my fuse. I have supervision with my new boss who has no f'ing idea what I do tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers that I don't go off on her if she critisizes my work.

[sabby]

I'm going to take what your doc said about it being seasonal and run with it!

(((((((((((( Liz )))))))))))) I'm so sorry you are in such pain and fog. I get it, boy do I get it.

I know being in pain and foggy can make one quite cranky and when I'm that way I try really hard to remember that it's no one's fault and they don't deserve my acid tongue. I don't always succeed but I do try. It's flippin hard though isn't it?

Hopefully you can be prepared enough to have all your ducks in a row for your supervisor tomorrow and it can help make the meeting that much easier for you. Don't forget to breathe!!! Let me know how it goes okay?

gentle one of course.

[lizardlady]

Well, I didn't go off on her, but was close to tears when we finished.I came out and told her I'm overwhelmed and can't keep up. Her response was that I didn't have any more work than any of the others, that I'm doing the same number of intakes as anyone else. Yes, BUT I have twice the case load as anyone else and have clients scattered over two friggin' counties! I'm working 10-12 hour days just to try and keep up. Y'all know that is not a good thing for us fibro folks.

To really make things wonderful, I had to fly out of the office right after supervision for a dental appointment. What was supposed to be a simple cleaning turned into 3 1/2 hours in the dentist chair. A temp filling was coming out. They needed to work on the tooth and fit me for a crown. While the dentist was working on that tooth the filing on the tooth next to it came out! More emergency work!

Today I'm exhausted, overwhelmed and ready to throw in the towel. The mad rush at work is not going to end until the end of June. It's tough to remember the pdoc's statement about the fibro flare being seasonal today. While I know I won't feel thie way forever it sure feels like it!

[sabby]

(((((((((((((( Liz )))))))))))))))

I'm glad that you didn't wig out at the supervisor. I am sorry that she "didn't get it" when you explained your case load. That really sucks.

Yeah, I definitely know what it's like to work many hours with fibro. I was a home care provider for a mentally challenged/physically disabled individual. 24/7 I lived with him. I had some time off each week but it was never long enough to really let down and relax. It was always a constant in my life for 3 years.

After 3 years, I lost my job for 2 reasons, one was because the individual was deemed medically fragile and needed more hands on assistance and two, because of my fibro, I was unable to give him that assistance. It was hard to say goodbye under those circumstances. He passed a year later.....it was sad.

I said all that to let you know that I absolutely understand how difficult it is to put those kinds of hours in. I'll keep you in my prayers for some relaxation the rest of this weekend for you. I hope you can find some rejuvenation!

[sabby]

Warning.....rant on it's way!


Today is just one of those danged days that I just don't have the energy to fight my way through this stoopid pain and foggy brain. ugghhh

It seems like every other day I have localized pain in a different spot and then some days it's just everywhere. The meds I'm on are a bit better than what I was on before but it seems like they are working less than when first started. I guess I should call my doc and see if I can go up in dosage or not.

Is anyone else on Lyrica and if so, what dose are you on? I take 100mgs 2x daily.

[lizardlady]

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offering you a very gentle hug Sabby.

I hear you about not having the energy to fight through the pain. Can you give yourself permission to just rest until you get through this flare?