Ken's Nightly Pains

[Guest guest]

hahaha ! I like your analogies Ken. Thanks for the laugh. We'll just call you

Mungo from now on.

I'm pretty much the same as you, experiencing the worst pains early in the

morning and also feeling very cold. I'm like C3PO after he hasn't been oiled

for 10 years. I always fall onto the toilet seat with a thud... I once fell

onto it and a chunk of it cracked off - must get that fixed. At least you can

stand up

I also get the shivers ...at night and any time of the day or in any season,

even if it's hot outside.

Have you tried different things with your bed eg. raising your legs up, or a hot

water bottle ? I do this and it helps. I get a big doona or pile of pillows

and put my legs over them so the joints are kind of like in more of a sitting

position. The hot water bottle keeps the circulation going longer so the joints

don't get a chance to stiffen up so easily. I also have a magnetic knee wrap

which keeps the knee warm. Sorry if these suggestions sound trite... I hate to

sound like one of those annoying people who, after mentioning you have

arthritis, tell you to take celery seeds or something.

all the best,

Leonie

rheumatic Nightly Pains

The Circadian Rhythm of Rheumatoid Arthritis

It seems with most of us, RAers, that the pain and joint stiff are at

their height between 2 and 4 am. In this recent flair, I , like the

protagonist in " The Amityville Horror " , wake up at 2 am every night

with severe pain and stiffness in most joints. I usually, with great

difficulty, hobble to the toilet, like an extra from " The Robe " and by

the time I get back into my bunk, I am shivering and shaking and

freezing, like the African explorer, Mungo Park, in the swamps of the

Gambia.

My Question is: Does anything else suffer this nightly terror of

shivering and feeling very cold when in a flair? Please let me know.

Ken.