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FirstLight

(14,818 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 03:19 PM Feb 21

OMG this winter is killing my arthritis! GAH! is it the f'in solar flares?...what?!

I'm still sick. And since I'm on medi-CAL I can't get in to the clinic so the ER will be my next round of going back to the dr after a week + of antibiotics and now the sinus thing is in my ear and throat....

But my lord, wtaf with my JOINTS!?! all my little bones like in my hands and feet, like bones I shouldn't be feeling at all...are throbbing. And it hasn't even been particularly cold or snowy here in Sierras, CA... just damp and chilly enough to make you not want to play outside.

Ugh. Spring can't get here soon enough. I started a new acupuncture person yesterday, really looking forward to making those positive shifts. Lots of residual "anger" in my liver... makes sense. I've been mad at my life for a while now... She's probably also flushng out those years of alcoholism I quit in 2023.

Anyway, I just needed to whine about my damn body trying to K!ll me. I swear.
I got a lot of trauma and stuff to work through and getting my body even moving the littlest bit hurts SO much and yet I have to keep going. I'm too fuckin young to feel this old!

Baby steps.
I'm also trying to spend less time on news and socials. Trying to literally UNPLUG from the MATRIX! Thhis body needs me to pay attention to it, not escape and lie here and wallow...

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OMG this winter is killing my arthritis! GAH! is it the f'in solar flares?...what?! (Original Post) FirstLight Feb 21 OP
I'm sorry. I hate the cold too. LiberalLoner Feb 21 #1
yeah, I'm a heet-seeking person lol! FirstLight Feb 21 #2
Oh that sounds like a wonderful idea! Warm baths can be very good for the health! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Feb 21 #4
I've been hurting quite a bit in the mornings lately when I get up Walleye Feb 21 #3
😭💙🙏 LiberalLoner Feb 21 #5
Thank you Walleye Feb 21 #6

LiberalLoner

(10,853 posts)
1. I'm sorry. I hate the cold too.
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 03:38 PM
Feb 21

All the aches and pains are far worse in the cold.

Maybe a warm bath, or at least a heating pad and warm blankets, might be a welcome break from the chill and the aches?

Wishing you better health and a lovely spring that arrives soon.

💙💙💙

FirstLight

(14,818 posts)
2. yeah, I'm a heet-seeking person lol!
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 03:48 PM
Feb 21

Hot showers for sure... gotta clean my tub out for a good soak.

Got a friend that cleans Vacay rentals, I'm having her see if one of her owners with a HOT TUB would rent out to me on a weeknight so I can go soak fer a few hours here & there

LiberalLoner

(10,853 posts)
4. Oh that sounds like a wonderful idea! Warm baths can be very good for the health! 💙💙💙
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 05:59 PM
Feb 21

Walleye

(39,211 posts)
3. I've been hurting quite a bit in the mornings lately when I get up
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 04:19 PM
Feb 21

It’s at least two or three hours before I can move around without yelping and whimpering

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