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Sunny - your response about how to handle the dizziness was so helpful! You know I've been practicing progressive muscle relaxation quite a bit - and here you've helped me to connect-the-dots and to understand how to use what I've been practicing so much!
Bren67 - I sincerely wish you well and hope that you will keep us updated. I am grateful for your posting.
Yes, i do the streching,and my hubs gives me rub downs every night fir my pain,i also have meds i can take,but i dont like to,unless it gets unbearable,today has been a little better for me,i think i may have done to much in a day..
Speaking of setbacks....sort of a setback but maybe not. Still trying to figure it out. When I go for my early morning walks lately, noticed yesterday morning and it happened again today though not as badly, I have had that feeling of "oh, oh, won't be able to get back home". I feel lightheaded a bit dizzy, and sooooo tired I could lie down on the road and sleep. I think it is my beta blocker kicking in as I take it in the a.m. Today I tried to have breakfast first to see if it alleviated that symptom. nope, still felt it.
At my former home I took walks around noon hour - unless it is the heat of the day in summer, then it is evening - so maybe I need to do that here too and will try it tomorrow. In any case it will be warmer! Today my face was so frozen I could hardly speak. The wind was very nippy.
I wanted to go down a trail but my dog's hackles went up and she refused to go and hid behind me. I thought great protector she is! lol. So didn't force her, turned back. I was tired by then anyway.
I just wanted to share how quickly the old fear can come back. I first had those feelings of weakness when i was very ill in the past and it always amazes me how fast they can surface. At least I don't panic anymore, I know I can slow down, keep breathing well, scan the body for tightness such as shoulders tensed up and relax them, look around at nature's beauty as a distraction.
Hi Bren: sorry to hear about your pain. I don't have the same thing and not as badly, but since moving boxes and all kinds of stuff I'm feeling an achey back and can't get comfortable except lying down flat, now that feels so good on my back. I try and do gentle stretching for it. Might that be helpful? Also letting the hot shower on my back massage those areas.
If you pay really close attention to pain, it might be the kind that comes in waves, or pulses, like your heartbeat. That means half time time it's not there. So I rest in between the pulses.
No need to worry about complaining, we understand this pain must be very uncomfortable for you. If posting about it and venting helps with it in any way at all than please continue to do so! Try using the box breathing and relaxation techniques to help with your pain.
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