Fibromyalgia fun...
Yesterday was a fairly good day. We went to Mugmort Melees and had fun seeing friends we don't get to see everyday. That part was fine.
The "fun" was the weather. It was nice enough in the morning, but by afternoon it was once again raining and this time, cold as well. Not so fine. I started off the day wearing my knee brace because my recent activities had made my right knee a little tender. No shooting pains, but a rather persistent ache. This ache was more than just my "weather ache" from having broken my knee nine years ago.
Since it was raining, quite persistently, I wasn't really all that active. This showed up as a problem last night while I was sleeping - or rather, trying to sleep. You see, with the rain, cold and lack of movement (hey, I was trying to get an embroidery project done) caused me to have a fairly major "fibro-flair-up". I never fully woke up from it, but I know that I was doing a sort of, slow-motion thrashing about... mostly just trying to move my joints and apparently being a bit vocal (just groaning). It was to a point where Bryian asked if there was anything he could do and I do remember telling him there wasn't.
My fibromyalgia flare ups like this generally feel like someone has taken a red hot poker and is trying to pop all my joints out with it, alternating with an ice cold knife and just stabbing the joints repeatedly. It hurts... a lot. And there is really nothing that can be done except ride it out. Ibuprofen, aspirin, etc. don't really do anything.
So this morning, I feel as if I had been flattened by a rolling pin, slowly.... at least, I did get some sleep. Now for coffee and aspirin - to help with the after-effects of tension headache (from all the muscles in my shoulders being stiff) and muscle aches from being clenched most of the night.
At least I have derby practice tonight. That should take care of the last of the muscle stiffness... :)
Derby on!!!!
The "fun" was the weather. It was nice enough in the morning, but by afternoon it was once again raining and this time, cold as well. Not so fine. I started off the day wearing my knee brace because my recent activities had made my right knee a little tender. No shooting pains, but a rather persistent ache. This ache was more than just my "weather ache" from having broken my knee nine years ago.
Since it was raining, quite persistently, I wasn't really all that active. This showed up as a problem last night while I was sleeping - or rather, trying to sleep. You see, with the rain, cold and lack of movement (hey, I was trying to get an embroidery project done) caused me to have a fairly major "fibro-flair-up". I never fully woke up from it, but I know that I was doing a sort of, slow-motion thrashing about... mostly just trying to move my joints and apparently being a bit vocal (just groaning). It was to a point where Bryian asked if there was anything he could do and I do remember telling him there wasn't.
My fibromyalgia flare ups like this generally feel like someone has taken a red hot poker and is trying to pop all my joints out with it, alternating with an ice cold knife and just stabbing the joints repeatedly. It hurts... a lot. And there is really nothing that can be done except ride it out. Ibuprofen, aspirin, etc. don't really do anything.
So this morning, I feel as if I had been flattened by a rolling pin, slowly.... at least, I did get some sleep. Now for coffee and aspirin - to help with the after-effects of tension headache (from all the muscles in my shoulders being stiff) and muscle aches from being clenched most of the night.
At least I have derby practice tonight. That should take care of the last of the muscle stiffness... :)
Derby on!!!!