Fibromyalgia

ailz95

Today I am Grateful For:

My husband being at home with me and making me drinks.

My rabbits being happy to see me this morning.

Not having to try and work when I feel like this.

Having a good excuse to change my dental appointment.

This message board and the nice people on it.

Ailz

Careful_with_that_Axe

Hi all
i will second the "sludgy" eyes. Although I don't get the pain that deptfreemoney tart ws describing.
am struggling with tiredness this week for no obvious reason. Maybe my body is wanting to sleep to do some healing? I can live in hope!
I'll also second the pain after the pneumonia jab. I did speak to doc this year about the flu jab as I come across so few people, was it really worth me having it. However, she pointed out it could have a devastating impact on my health if I did get it, so that's me signed up again!
It's great to come on here and feel as though you are amongst friends. I've been feeling a bit lonely this week.

In ailz stylee: things to be thankful for:
My best friend came back from a long trip abroad yesterday and phoned me on her way back from airport. Dear of her.

Have a small mystery shop to do today (show me the money!)

It's not raining and it's not too cold

I didn't leave the house yesterday, so didn't spend any money - not even on amazon or ebay!

The cat is all curled up asleep in front of the heater and looking cute.

I did a good turn for someone yesterday - that always makes me feel good that I can still contribute something to life.

Later folks, and thank you to each and everyone of you for being here.
*maudlin*

TOBRUK

ailz95 wrote: »

Does anyone else get 'sludgy' eyes. Like there's a film over them that smears the vision and - I dunno - seems to make them respond more slowly. They always end up aching when they're like this.

Hope you're all in reasonable health.

Hi Everyone, I'm aching terribly this week also - everything hurts! I'm feeling exhausted so I know that I can't do anything so I won't even try to push myself - everything can wait!

ailz and everyone who mentions 'sludgy eyes' an having a film over them; about 3 years ago my eyes got so bad and could hardly focus with blurred vision a great deal of the time - I thought I was going blind! My GP referred me to an eye specialist, anyway, it turned out to be 'dry eyes' a condition where the tear glands don't produce tears! As a result there isn't any tears to wipe away the 'film' to clear the eyes (like wipers ha!)- I hope the way I have described it makes sense!! I have artificial tear drops to clear it away.

Recently I have become extremely thirsty and get a lot of mouth ulcers. I wake up at night and my mouth and throat is SO dry! Speaking to my GP she said that it is 'dry mouth' (another condition!) and as I have 'dry eyes', it is connected!:rolleyes:

somebody_else

And might I suggest that those who suffer from 'sludgy eyes' gets it looked at sooner rather than later?

I ignored mine for a long time (after all, it hardly seems important compared to some of the other symptoms - not to mention adding to the feeling of being like a hypochondriac), and over the past 3 or 4 years, have gone from having sludgy eyes to having slightly pink eyes to having eyes that at times are red raw and burning. On a bad day I look like a vampire on the change.

It was originally thought to be conjuntivitis (and sometimes it is and it needs antibiotics), but basically it's dry eye syndrome.

I now have to use artificial tears several times a day and a lubricating ointment at night.

Having ignored it for so long, I now constantly have 'hot' and 'tired' eyes and feel like I've got grit or a hair in both eyes nearly all the time.

Your eyesight is too precious to muck about with - so don't.

TOBRUK

I totally agree with somebody_else not to ignore this as a sufferer of 'dry eye syndrome' myself. I ignored it for a while untill, as I said, I thought I was going blind because I had almost constant blurred vision. The pain and itching, pink eyes etc are all symptoms.

Careful_with_that_Axe

TOBRUK - I also suffer from a grreat thirst, but I find I do have a tendency to dget de-hydrated, so always cary water with me.
I get horrible ulcers too! They last weeks and weeks and are like craters. Did ask Rheumy whether they could be connected to steroids, but they say not. I suspect they may just be part of having a compromised immune system.
I find that the new Igloo stuff on the market is by far the most effective in making these comfortable until they heal.
It's much better than Bonjela.
jo
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TOBRUK

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

TOBRUK - I also suffer from a grreat thirst, but I find I do have a tendency to dget de-hydrated, so always cary water with me.
I get horrible ulcers too! They last weeks and weeks and are like craters. Did ask Rheumy whether they could be connected to steroids, but they say not. I suspect they may just be part of having a compromised immune system.
I find that the new Igloo stuff on the market is by far the most effective in making these comfortable until they heal.
It's much better than Bonjela.
jo
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DITTO to all that jo, I have seen the Igloo stuff being avertised. I had chickenpox 3 months ago (in my 40's!!) and the inside of my mouth was dreadful. I was given 'Difflam' oral rinse by my doctor and it helped then and so I sometimes use that.

Unity

bigzippy wrote: »

By the way - has anyone had any innoculations recently that hurt FAR more than they should've?
I had my flu jab the other week and she offered me a (new?) pneumonia jab at the same time - which I took, why the hell not? - but OH MY WORD I suffered for it afterwards! :eek: The pneumonia job was far more painful than the flu one, but neither was at all comfortable!
Just sitting here wondering...cos my aching shoulders reminded me... :rolleyes:

Hi Bigzippy, this ties in with the bruising with me. Both DH and I went for our flu jabs last week - his was no problem, mine bled (one very surprised nurse there :eek: ) and since then I have a bruise about one and a half times the size of a £2 coin. I had the pneumonia jab a few years back - but still got pneumonia since like the flu jab it can't protect against all the strains. Unfortunately my ear drums perforated so now I have a hearing aid as well - at this rate I'll end up bionic :rotfl::rotfl:.

I would certainly appreciate any info from your ex on supplements. Like I said - I buy mostly from Savers and The Health Rack. The only thing I had to send for was bilberry - but DH needed pumpkin seed oil which is a lot cheaper from the States, so I got him to get me mine at the same time. I haven't bothered re-stocking on those since I haven't noticed any marked improvement with my sight. If I don't think it works after a three month trial, I stop when the bottle is empty . I tried the rosehip stuff is it Linusit/Linuzit? :rolleyes: but didn't find that helped either so I'm sticking with Glucosamine and fish oils.

sharon59

Im another dry mouth /eyes suffer.They called mine sjogrens syndrome.It also causes constipation as it dries lining of bowels and putting it delicatly in ladies vaginal dryness and asscociated problems.
Im a fount of knowledge today!!
went and did some xmas shopping then took dog out and now l can barely move-so so so tired and stiff and headache-so going to have nap and stop moaning!

poohbear59

Unity wrote: »

I would certainly appreciate any info from your ex on supplements. Like I said - I buy mostly from Savers and The Health Rack. The only thing I had to send for was bilberry - but DH needed pumpkin seed oil which is a lot cheaper from the States, so I got him to get me mine at the same time. I haven't bothered re-stocking on those since I haven't noticed any marked improvement with my sight. If I don't think it works after a three month trial, I stop when the bottle is empty . I tried the rosehip stuff is it Linusit/Linuzit? :rolleyes: but didn't find that helped either so I'm sticking with Glucosamine and fish oils.

I have been using Co-enzyme Q10 which have given me more energy. I have been buying from Zipvit as it semed to have the cheapest suplements when I was looking. I buy others for DH and sons from there too.