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The Value of warmth

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sue14934
sue14934

I have recently returned from a week's holiday in Turkey.  The temperature was between 32 and 36 degrees during the day and around23 to 28 at night.  It occurred to me that within 24 hours of landing, daily pains that I try to ignore had almost completely disappeared.  I was able to walk an average of 11km daily without any difficulty.  My point is that the warm weather made a massive difference to my FMS.  I realised also that I haven't suffered nearly as much this summer at home, because, I believe, the weather has been wonderfully warm.  I will have to give serious consideration to making a move to warmer climes when I retire as the last few days have shown me again that the weather is a major factor.  As it has been cool and damp I have been extremely stiff and have had to top up my regular meds with paracetomol and dihydrocodeine. 

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  • mika06482
    mika06482 sue14934

    Posted

    I live in Israel and most of the time its really really hot in here so i really try to be at the beach a lot and really just sit in the sun cause it feels so good and i can tell you that when its winter i suffer badly with the pain... so i sleep with a pillow that you can put in the microwave...

    so yeah you have a good point there- always keep yourself warm it really helps with the pain.

  • christine26761
    christine26761 sue14934

    Posted

    I live in Australia..summer spring is great for  Fibro but I can feel when winter is coming..Autum It starts to hurt...🙏

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