robtex said:
Michel and Ness I am really sorry. I once dated a woman in her late 20's with a bone diese that had fiberbromyalgia. I wanted to get her into tai chi but she wasn't receptive to the idea. Being as you two are a little more experienced maybe yall could start a thread on exrecises and wellness things you have tried and how they worked for you.
I taught my ex how to meditate and sometimes it seemed like she "dissappeared" in her own world for spots in time but it was always so temporarly It was so frustertating. She studied tae kwon do (korean martial art) and we would stretch together alot to get the stiffness out of her muscles. Isometric floor stretches as opposed to those using motion to stretch the muscles.
That and I would read to her while she was taking a hot bath or rub her shoulders....warm water seemed to work really well. But somebody cruising these forums is bound to have pain problems but is much younger and could benefit from yall's wisdom. Maybe a thread on general home wellness ideas....swapping and sharing ideas would be a good thing.
Am I currect in my observation that woman seem to get fiberbromyalgia much more often than men?
Hi Rob,
Yes - I don't know why ,ore women suffer from Fribromyalgia, but, as you say, that is the norm. As with Osteoporosis, which is common in post menopausal women, yet for some reason, I have that too - even my jawbones are full of 'pockets'; I'm trying to work out what the best thing to do is. With receding gums, the food can go down below the tooth and give me abscesses - then I have to have the tooth out (Even if there is nothing wrong with it).
Ness, If you are reading this, I am so sorry to hear about your problems; I had a new hip put in in 2001 and Marie and I were remarking that the scar seems to have almost completely gone (They had to open me up 1'6"- to try and shorten the leg,peg it with titanium, and a titaniun socket and plastic ball joint). All in all, I think I'd be worth quite a bit for scrap value!!! At the time I was in hospital, rthere was a guy having the first of his two 'knee' jobs; we had great fun - we took to each other.
One week end, when we were the only two in the ward, we got the staff nurse's OK to have an 'Indian take-away' brought into the hospital (We could'nt have any alcohol because we were both on morphine at the time); it was so funny - we went into the visitor's lounge next to our ward, and invited all the nurses on night shift to join us . It was the first time they'd had to deal with idiots like us.
It seems like you're worse off than I though, and I am sorry to hear it - perhaps we can 'swap' pain management techniques.
