Can anyone help me,

Sandi

You are just having sympathy pains for me. Thanks for the jester but I don't want you to be in pain too.

Thank you for posting this. Now I know that I am not the only one.

Amy

Post edited by: amyj298, at: 03/27/2008 07:44

I have the same problem sometimes. By evening I was lucky to get any cooking done. Sometimes I would even be in the middle of cooking - trying to stir my potatoes or whatever - and have my arms and hands cramp up, my arms feel heavy, then go limp. That was the end of that! I have yelled at my husband many times to come take over. I had to lay down (Since he has no idea how to cook, and doesn't care to learn, this was a big thing to be asking him. Luckily we didn't eat too many burned meals He's a pretty good helper - sometimes! )

I have found it helps me to just cook a lot of things in the crockpot. I can put it in early in the day when I still have some energy, and it's ready by supper time Or, if I'm having a pretty good day, I will cook a really big roast or roast whole chickens or turkey. Then, I can put in the fridge or even freeze and save for when I am unable to move. Someone else can then help heat it up and throw in a can of veggies or greens or whatever.

Anyhow, cooking has definitely been a challenge. Especially since I am supposed to be eating healthier. When I feel terrible and can't move, I don't even care if I eat, so I'm bad about just grabbing anything. But, organizing myself a little and planning ahead has helped me a lot.

Now if only I was rich enough to hire my own personal chef!! Ok, I can dream can't I?!

I haven't cooked in 2 weeks. We are all tired of eating out plus it is expensive. I am really just too tired. I have a crock pot. I'll have to give it a try.

Sandi

Good Luck!!

red

I'm right there with ya! My arms hurt a LOT. I often have muscle spasms in my arms. Doesn't matter if it's the upper part, or the lower part. They always seem to hurt. Also, my hands and fingers ache.

I take lots of medications. Besides the meds, the only other thing that provides even a little bit of relief is soaking in the bath tub, full of warm/hot water. I could live in the water if I could!

If you find something that works, be sure to share it with us. In the meantime, gentle fibro hugs.

Amy

As far as the ache is concerned. I completely understand; I have the same. Mine is a deep, "if you move your arm might snap off" ache. They do feel like dead weight. I have not really found anyway to relieve the "pain" but as far as dinners ...

What I try to do is, on a good day, brown ground beef up and put it in 1 pound freezer bagies. I may do up to 10 pounds in a day (or I may have my daughter do it if she is grounded lol). (Oh, to be honest, I will get only 8 bags out of 10 pounds of beef because I always use a little more ground beef than what a recipe calls for.) Then we use it for speghetti, tacos, sloppy joes, chili, hamburger helper ... anything that requires cooked ground beef.

This has saved me a lot of times! Hope this helps better than my last post.

Amy

Post edited by: amyj298, at: 03/27/2008 07:56