Nursing mode
I am beginning to find, despite my usual care, there are times when I can simply no longer do stuff and have to nurse myself back to health and wait to feel better. I know its happening because the ache becomes unbearable and I have to stop. Recently it's Friday night after work though half of Saturday, making sure I get a lie in. Then I take my usual paracetamol and the whole thing eases off but it takes hours. Also it starts in the evening, which doesn't tally with what I was told about classic arthritis being worse in the morning. I wonder what other folks do.
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I actually agree with you about timing of pains.
you can kind of 'set' overnight so things can be worse in teh morning, but if I have done a lot in the day the OA part of my arthritis will definitely kick right in.
You are so right then to take it easy and rest a while nurse yourself with painkillers and have you got a microwavable wheatbag??? I always use mine at such times. Well I have about 7 of them!!!
Take care
Toni x
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Thank you. This brings more clarity to my life. I don't have wheat bags yet, but of course it explains when the pains come on this way, why I put on the dressing gown or turn on the heating when its already sweltering A few times I tried a bowl of hot water. Every time it happens I start thinking it might be Covid and do I need to rush off and get tested - when what I should be thinking is how do I nurse this thing better.
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It's great to be part of a community without having to keep meeting up. I had another Friday night episode except I shuffled home on sore feet and crashed out at 09:00pm and woke up 6am Saturday feeling rather stiff. (Thursday evening this week I already had enough of the whole sore feet thing and treated myself to an Uber taxi home from the tram stop). Started limping which I guess isn't such a good sign.
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It is nice to have people to chat to without the need to go out in the dark or as you just did get taxis, buses etc to see them I agree.
What's best is it's people who understand and don't mind us groaning.😊
Well done getting a cab home very wise indeed. That episode sounded exhausting ((()))
Toni x
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