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Tin man!

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pinkcatfairy
pinkcatfairy

A new symptom with me feeling like the tin man needing an oil first thing as i get out of bed

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  • pinkcatfairy
    pinkcatfairy

    Posted

    Oops didnt finish what i wanted to say before posting! Yes feeling stiff all over but as soon as i get going it gets better! Also lying on my right side in bed i get cramp in right leg, never the left one!
    • didi0613
      didi0613 pinkcatfairy

      Posted

      I think that's more related to age. If you are in your late 40's or early 50's like me. Yes, more creeking and stiffness hapoens I have been creeking for awhile. Haha...I asked my husband what all that is. He just says - old age. Made me feel so good about getting older. Notttt...
    • pinkcatfairy
      pinkcatfairy didi0613

      Posted

      Yes of course i mean at 52 i suppose we are expected to feel stiff and achey but it does seem to have come on more since entering menopause a notibale stiffness to what i felt before! X
  • MoodyNoire
    MoodyNoire pinkcatfairy

    Posted

    I get such a funny visual when I read that! lol But, I know what you mean!
    • pinkcatfairy
      pinkcatfairy MoodyNoire

      Posted

      Lol the title came to me in the night while lying awake after waking up and thinking of all my symptoms! Lol, we have to laugh on this journey dont we x
    • Guest
      Guest pinkcatfairy

      Posted

      Laughing is definitely important!  Couldn't get through this without it!  I know that "Tin Man" feeling, too.
  • debbie_18471
    debbie_18471 pinkcatfairy

    Posted

    I can totally relate to this. I am so stiff in the morning with aches and pains in shoulders, neck, knees, ankles, hips and back. It's crazy I'm only 49 but my gosh during perimenopause my body feels so much older. Your right, once I get moving it does get better. I also love sleep on my side but lately it bothers my hips and legs as well. It is so comforting reading everything that is posting on this site. If not for this amazing forum I would have thought I had a horrible disease months ago

    Debbie

    • pinkcatfairy
      pinkcatfairy debbie_18471

      Posted

      Yes Debbie it really does help this forum, i get the achey shoulders to but that comes and goes and a clicky right elbow sometimes! Yes once i get going the all over stiffness eases x
  • Fairy28
    Fairy28 pinkcatfairy

    Posted

    I'm like that too ! Stiff and creaky first thing hobbling around all bent over. Then when I get moving it does ease up loads.
    • pinkcatfairy
      pinkcatfairy Fairy28

      Posted

      Yes the movement eases once i get up and about, i cant say it is every morning but i have noticed it happening abit more recently!
    • didi0613
      didi0613 Fairy28

      Posted

      Yes...once I start moving around more I do feel better.
    • Fairy28
      Fairy28 didi0613

      Posted

      Yes it does ease off but are you like me and ok through the day and then after dinner totally wiped out and nodding off in front of the telly all achy and stiff then off to bed and guess what can't sleep ! anxiety aaahhh x
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