Is pain worse/exasperated with peri?
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Hi ladies
Just wondered if pain is made worse by peri, or the hormone imbalance actually creates pain as I feel like im falling to bits at mo 😳 I have so many diff painful areas now im losing count. lower back especially when sleeping on my stomach I wake up and its seized up been like it for months wheras it used to come and go. My right hip started aching last few weeks like toothache, I had xray on knees and Dr said mild wear and tear but the thing is the aching is generating either from my right knee up my thigh to my hip or other way round. hands also especially thumbs, my shoulders ankles im so fed up with feeling 90 😠if its mild wear and tear why do i ache so much so surely this peri is making it worse and creating more pain areas. Im having physio at mo but getting more pain not less, I cant even walk far without a sit down or knee hip starts again. Would really like your thoughts on this ladies.
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Gypsy014 sarah05599
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I say HELL yes!!! And thats just my own opinion..I have all the pain you mentioned as well as Rheumatoid arthritis which that pain is off the charts bad.. And never had that before was diagnosed with it when I started all this.. Or at least I was never tested for it in my early age.. To me the pain is really bad definitely magnified and REDICULOUS nobody should have to feel like this would wish this on anyone..
Gypsy014
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Thats suppose to say would not wish the pain on anyone! Ha ha and suppose to say think my rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis has to do with peri too..
debra16694 sarah05599
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hi sarah - Man, you sound just like me, only i dont have the back issue (yet) My issues came on overnight about 14 months ago - i woke up with severe right knee pain - went to ortho told me i had a Baker's cyst, osteo arthritis, meniscus movement & almost bone on bone - Ok, i can deal with that, but what happened after that was severe pains in my legs more like tendons, muscles, ligaments & my right knee didnt even hurt anymore it was more of my left leg & then i developed a puffiness in my legs, almost like inflammation, not my ankles, but more at my knee up to my thigh - i also have achy fingers & neck & my left hip hurts occasionally, but what is the worst is that i really cant walk far & i feel like i am disabled - this is something that gets me very depressed, i cry a lot over it -
i dont take otc pain meds as i have controlled hbp, & those things raise your blood pressure - what i do take is I double up on my Omega's & take tumeric & that seems to help. Also, i try to eat anti inflammatory diet & put fresh ginger in my drinking water. i just read on another menopause blog that glucosomine tablets help some people, but not to take if you are allergic to shellfish - Also, make sure your Vitamin D is elevated - For me, movement helps me, so i do a gentle water movement class & gentle yoga & try & stretch everyday - i did go to a trainer for a bit, & felt working out with weights was beneficial, but just became too expensive - so i try to do some mini weight exercises at home - i just want ro wake up one morning & not hurt & be able to walk around the block - oh, & i am post 7 years -
sarah05599
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Yes its awful 😠I have always had painful achilles tendons (20 yrs) due to kickboxing and have had to learn to live with it but apart from the odd lower back ache here and there its been nothing compared to how I feel nowadays. My knees started last sumner and gradually got worse so thats when I went to docs cause fed up as I love to walk. Im just terrified its gonna get to the point where I cant walk anymore especially now the hip joined in, I dont wanna b taking pain meds as addictive and cause other probs so take Ibuprofen wen I get really fed up with the aching. Im veggi so cant take fish oil so atm im just doing strengthening exercises at home advised by my physio and have to go bk in a couple of weeks. Im 52 and think ive been in peri for 8 yrs, my periods have starting to go a bit haywire last couple of months. Im so over this peri nightmare ðŸ˜