Fibromyalgia Support Group

haven't been here in a long time I had been feeling pretty good most of the Time but now that its turning Colder the pain is back I have been in a bad Flare for the past 3 weeks!!! stayin in the tub or hot shower alot when im not there i've got the heating pad on high!! in the past 3 weeks ive had a Major sore throat and Sinus issues!!! not sure if thats common with Fibro or not! hope you all have had a very nice Thanksgiving and most of all less pain as with most of us we still have pain no matter what! my neck seems to hurt more than usual have alot of headaches too. anyway time to quit complaining hope you all have a great weekend.

yup I feel ya* I moved down to Tn. and wow* felt so much better... but because of certain things I had to move back here WI where my husband is from.. have loved ones here* yet they except me to me up & going all the time... I push forward as much as I can although, there is times I just can't* It's easier to have others here to write to that understand right down to the t... Brightest Blessings to you and yours*

Hi,

It seems like cold affects us all! I am freezing and I use my heating pad also and if its too cold I can't get outta bed! Sinuses and sore throat I think its just that time of year however your headaches could be related to sinus but alot of us with fibro have headaches unfortunately! I have a compromised immune system so I catch anything that comes my way! I hope you can feel better soon

Hi Molly,

It s good to see you here again ~~~

Yes, I agree that the cold seems to affect all of us Fibromites. Last week we have 65* (warm for November here) and the following day it couldn t get above 35*. My body told me of the overnight change before I even saw the temperature. Ouch !!!

I don t know about sinus and colds going along with Fibro but I surely have been having teeth issues and the cold hurts those also .

Feel better soon ~~~ Marilyn

I live 35 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and to tell the truth I think to much of anything is not good for us as far as weather goes. We do get sub-freezing temps occasionally during the winter and occasionally sub-0 on the F scale. I know I am miserable then but also during the summers we will run +100 degree F for weeks at the time and even though I may be sitting right next to the ac vents and I can actually feel the cool air I hurt terribly. I know I function better in the fall winter and spring months even though the winter can be painful than late spring, summer and early fall.

There is one weather event that I absolutely know exactingly what to expect. Although I do keep up with the NOAA (National Weather Service) site through most of hurricane season I truly don't need it. If there is a storm in the gulf I know it and the closer it gets the more crippled I become. Afterward it passes though are about 2 absolutely blissful days when I not only am not suffering but feel wonderful. It has to be a combination of things though that I don't understand because trying to track different weather patterns yields me absolutely useful data about what makes me feel worse or better. Maybe some of it is mental as well as weather related. Even after Katrina though when my mother had just died (not in the storm, two weeks before) and the last thing I knew my sister was being taken into emergency surgery for a brain aneurysm and I had no idea if she and others of my family on the coast had even survived the storm for weeks I still felt the physical relief that usually happens when it was over. I have learned to just accept those few days as a special gift from God.

I believe that sinus issues come with Fibro!!! I had sinus surgery 2 years ago due to chronic sinus infections and although it helped quite a bit I still have sinus infections! I am having my tonsils removed in 3 weeks due to chronic strep throat! I have NEVER been this sick until I got fibro (and more than likely Lupus)! It's just crazy! I certainly feel your pain!

I totally agree with the weather changes & the changes in our bodies & the severity of our pain. I woke up one morning this past week & said, 'welp, it's cold outside, isn't it?', & sure enough, it was. I hate watching the weather because I'd rather not know it's coming. I THINK! LOL. I've been sick with an upper respiratory infection & have felt just horrible!! Going on 2 weeks or so now. I had a little break, & then yesterday morning, I think, woke up & was even sicker than I was before. Starting to improve a little, but the coughing is taking it's tole on my body.

It's good to see you back, but I'm so sorry you're in a flair again. Hope it starts improving very soon.

I'm just getting over my second cold this season and this time threw my back out from coughing. Yeeeouchie! I hope everyone is drinking tea or whatever comfort liquids you prefer!!!! Take good care of yourselves!!! I read somewhere that FMS is connected with the old "rheumatism" diagnosis???? I remember in movies back in the day when they'd say they could feel the weather was going to change in their bones. Their "rheumatiz" let them know! Do you suppose that myth has something to it?

I can tell when it's gonna rain even without seeing the weather... I tell my husband and wake up to rain.. Last summer was really hard because I live around lakes, river and it did nothing but rain all summer yuck* the summer before such was like usual a relief from the long bitter winter..

I know I say I am a walking barometer,lol..winter is the worst for me the cold is like a great hand of pain..I use to think the old wise tales werenttrue how I always heard "I can feel it in my bones" thats what I get for not beleaving..now I know