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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / March 2007weather & the blues (whine alert)
It's been a rough week. Last Monday and Tuesday morn, I felt fairly good. Then our latest weather roller coaster kicked in again. I should have known better than to think some recent changes were actually helping. I made that eternal mistake of starting to believe my hopes. We're supposed to still have a couple feet of snow on the ground and be dealing with cold temps, but we're all thawed out with cold and warm fronts chasing each other across the state so the pressure is changing a couple of times each day. Even non-arthritic Mike is feeling it in his joints. And a beloved member of one of our congregations, the husband of one of the first couples to befriend us up here, died from cancer last Monday. There's a lot of grieving going around and I sucked it up to work the funeral & reception because he and his widow mean so much to us. It wass the right thing to do, but I wish I didn't have to pay for it for several days. You know how it is, a couple of feeling decent days just tease you with memories & visions of how it *could* be. Oh well, at least my Gators are in the Final Four (NCAA basketball tournament, for those not following it) and there wass just a brief ray of sunshine out there for a minute, in the midst of this next front moving in. Oh, and I'm trying to talk my dentist into inventing a massaging dental chair so I can treat the trigger points in my back while he's finishing up this next crown. He chuckled, but admitted it's a good idea. sigh......... pain really does get old after a while, doesn't it?  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Nann, I feel for you sweetie and I hear you. I know it is miserable and it is hard getting your hopes up to have them dashed again about feeling better. My heart goes out to you. Special tender caring hugs coming your way. SignatureLove and Hugs to all Jo the squirrely one "Nann Bell" > It's been a rough week. Last Monday and Tuesday morn, I felt fairly good. > Then our latest weather roller coaster kicked in again. I should have [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > pain > really does get old after a while, doesn't it? Nann, I absolutely feel your pain...and we are having the warmest March on record...But it has been damp and I guess that is why I have the ouchies so bad... I get so sick of pain..You know with our FM sleep is not easy anyways....and this week the pain has been waking me up about 5:30 and even after taking my pain pill and laying there for while I finally just have to get up, because it hurts to lay there... I had my son and his wife and kids over on Sunday and it was rather simple day...I am paying... Had a slight temp yesterday, but since my norm is 97...99 is painful..don't know why I had a temp... Okay...Nann..Didn't mean to jump in here on your whine..Thought I might cheer you up ;) Hugs and Prayers Cindy > It's been a rough week. Last Monday and Tuesday morn, I felt fairly good. > Then our latest weather roller coaster kicked in again. I should have known [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > next crown. He chuckled, but admitted it's a good idea. sigh......... pain > really does get old after a while, doesn't it? HI Nann (((((((((((((((((((((NAnn)))))))))))))))) I am sorry about the church member that died. I really feel for you and the weather changes.. that is no fun at all. I have seen cold fronts that can make your hands feel as if they are about to break off. ouch I hope it wasnt like that for you. I saw that the gators are on the final four..yea.. I do not follow basketball much but that sure is cool. > It's been a rough week. Last Monday and Tuesday morn, I felt fairly good. > Then our latest weather roller coaster kicked in again. I should have [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > pain > really does get old after a while, doesn't it? >It's been a rough week. Last Monday and Tuesday morn, I felt fairly good. >Then our latest weather roller coaster kicked in again. I should have known [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >state so the pressure is changing a couple of times each day. Even >non-arthritic Mike is feeling it in his joints. That's one of the things I'm so abashed about at times. I used to tease my Mom when she was alive....she'd complain that she just knew a storm was coming because her bones ached so, and I told her she was a walking barometer, not really believing it. Boy, payback is a b****, and she's up there looking down at me chuckling every time a storm rolls through because I'm still amazed at how accurate my "bones" and joints are in predicting when it'll hit. Yikes! <grin> >And a beloved member of one of our congregations, the husband of one of the >first couples to befriend us up here, died from cancer last Monday. There's [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >know how it is, a couple of feeling decent days just tease you with memories >& visions of how it *could* be. How awful, so many people here are dealing with personal losses like this. You, and everyone else who've lost loved ones, are in my thoughts and prayers each night. >Oh well, at least my Gators are in the Final Four (NCAA basketball >tournament, for those not following it) and there wass just a brief ray of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >next crown. He chuckled, but admitted it's a good idea. sigh......... pain >really does get old after a while, doesn't it? Hey, maybe you could get a patent? Might as well earn some royalties while you suffer through the pain, huh? ;-} Kitt -- DaKittster "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to slide in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming: WOW...WHAT A RIDE!!!" > On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:32:18 GMT, Nann Bell > <hanbellGOGATORS@earthlink.net> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > I'm still amazed at how accurate my "bones" and joints are in predicting > when it'll hit. Yikes! <grin> I'm not questioning your experience, but I really don't understand how this can be. I have occasionally heard it said that this is or is not true and I don't know how it can be. I mean, I keep all my bones and joints warm and wet and inside despite the weather. When I forget my manners and start complaining to strangers they generally say that it's probably just the weather and tell me about some aunt who had the same problem. Then I think that the weather has changed in the last few days and shut up. But the weather always changes every few days, even here in Arizona. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> That's one of the things I'm so abashed about at times. I used to tease >> my [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >and shut up. But the weather always changes every few days, even here in >Arizona. It has to do with changes in air pressure. Think about what happens on an airplane that drops quickly losing altitude. The quick change in air pressure will cause people's ears to pop, or to become painful if they don't pop to accommodate the change in pressure. The joint pain reaction to a drop in air/barometric pressure is most prevalent in people with rheumatoid arthritis, but many other forms of arthritis respond similarly, and people who have had serious injuries in the areas of large joints like the knees will also feel the changes. I read that it's not just the fluid in the joints that reacts, but scar tissue as well reacts to changes in air pressure. Because of the destruction to RA joints, there's a lot of scar tissue left in the joints. Similarly, people who have sustained serious injuries will have serious scar tissue, so will also feel the change in air pressure. HTH -- DaKittster "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to slide in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming: WOW...WHAT A RIDE!!!" > It has to do with changes in air pressure. Think about what happens on an > airplane that drops quickly losing altitude. The quick change in air > pressure will cause people's ears to pop, or to become painful if they > don't pop to accommodate the change in pressure. oh yeah, but it doesn't affect just joints. I broke my arm in second grade, just above the elbow. No trouble with it for some time, but when I hit puberty it would KILL me every time we had a major weather change. I was upset until my mom asked if that wasn't where I broke it. Sure enough - and the pain continued with weather changes until I got through that whole adolescence thing. It will still get me once in a while, but only once or twice a year. OTOH, the wrist I broke in 9, put me through hell with every minor weather change that first year. It's calmed down a bit, but the big pressure changes coming through still flare it up. Add to that the inflammed joints........ well, those weather changes aren't fun! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare {{{{{{{Nann}}}}}}} Yes, Nann, it sure does! Get better. DeeTee > It's been a rough week. Last Monday and Tuesday morn, I felt fairly good. > Then our latest weather roller coaster kicked in again. I should have [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > pain > really does get old after a while, doesn't it? > {{{{{{{Nann}}}}}}} Yes, Nann, it sure does! Get better. > > DeeTee and to add to it, I stupidly attacked some of the weeds coming up in my garden with this warm winter on Wed. Hey, my body could handle that better than housework, but I was using a new tool that my body obviously wasn't accustomed to. Yesterday was spent on the couch, mostly listening to certain relaxing music so I didn't exacerbate things even more by tensing up from the pain. A bit better today and I can actually type some this morning - and I get to shoot up with enbrel. Maybe my costo will even let me talk some by the time we have to go to a dinner this evening. I really hate this costo, it won't even let me curl up and sob my eyes out for a while - that used to be such an effective coping mechanism for me. well, maybe I can talk well enough today to call for a massage appt. which could really help in this case. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare
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