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Hey Jamie
Morning stiffness is the hardest thing for me too.
Even whilst sleeping when I try to turn I can moan out loud with the pain of stiffness.
Sometimes I need to turn every half an hour or the pain and stiffness gets unbearable.
I have an electric blanket that helps me greatly, but I can't always have that on thanks to the peri menopause sweats!
And that's in the freezing UK weather!
Some morning's I will need my walking stick that I keep by my bed just to walk around to the kitchen to get water and tablets etc. I feel like a 100 year old lol![Old woman :older_woman: 👵](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f475.png)
![Woman with probing cane :woman_with_probing_cane: 👩🦯](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f469-1f9af.png)
Im like the Tin man out of the Wizard of Oz that needs a good oiling to function and get going lol
I then start up by gentle housework until I feel some sort of normal mobility come back.
You are so right about movement. You have to push through or you will end up like that broken lawnmower at the back of the shed!![Tractor :tractor: 🚜](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f69c.png)
![Relieved face :relieved: 😌](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60c.png)
It's really hard, but if you sit or lie about too much it makes it even worse.
I find if I'm happy and mentally in a good place it's easier to deal with?...
If I'm having a down day it's worse.
I guess that is why they say stress and depression can make the pain worse...![Thinking face :thinking: 🤔](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png)
I always try to remind myself that there are people out there far worse than me. That would give anything just to feel pain.
Just so they know that they are 'alive'
Being humble helps me accept what I can't change. And being grateful for what I do have.
So, don't be hard on yourself, love and learn to accept the Serenity Prayer
️ ![Folded hands :pray: 🙏](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64f.png)
You always have the Fibro community to help share your pain's and strains, and hopefully lift your spirits in times of need![Two hearts :two_hearts: 💕](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f495.png)
![Face blowing a kiss :kissing_heart: 😘](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f618.png)
Happy Easter!!
Don't over do the Easter eggs![Egg :egg: 🥚](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f95a.png)
![Chocolate bar :chocolate_bar: 🍫](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f36b.png)
![Grinning squinting face :laughing: 😆](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png)
![Two hearts :two_hearts: 💕](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f495.png)
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![Waving hand :wave: 👋](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44b.png)
Morning stiffness is the hardest thing for me too.
Even whilst sleeping when I try to turn I can moan out loud with the pain of stiffness.
Sometimes I need to turn every half an hour or the pain and stiffness gets unbearable.
I have an electric blanket that helps me greatly, but I can't always have that on thanks to the peri menopause sweats!
![Hot face :hot_face: 🥵](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f975.png)
Some morning's I will need my walking stick that I keep by my bed just to walk around to the kitchen to get water and tablets etc. I feel like a 100 year old lol
![Old woman :older_woman: 👵](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f475.png)
![Woman with probing cane :woman_with_probing_cane: 👩🦯](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f469-1f9af.png)
Im like the Tin man out of the Wizard of Oz that needs a good oiling to function and get going lol
![Grinning squinting face :laughing: 😆](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png)
You are so right about movement. You have to push through or you will end up like that broken lawnmower at the back of the shed!
![Tractor :tractor: 🚜](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f69c.png)
![Relieved face :relieved: 😌](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60c.png)
It's really hard, but if you sit or lie about too much it makes it even worse.
I find if I'm happy and mentally in a good place it's easier to deal with?...
If I'm having a down day it's worse.
I guess that is why they say stress and depression can make the pain worse...
![Thinking face :thinking: 🤔](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png)
I always try to remind myself that there are people out there far worse than me. That would give anything just to feel pain.
Just so they know that they are 'alive'
Being humble helps me accept what I can't change. And being grateful for what I do have.
So, don't be hard on yourself, love and learn to accept the Serenity Prayer
![Sparkles :sparkles: ✨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2728.png)
![Folded hands :pray: 🙏](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64f.png)
You always have the Fibro community to help share your pain's and strains, and hopefully lift your spirits in times of need
![Two hearts :two_hearts: 💕](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f495.png)
![Face blowing a kiss :kissing_heart: 😘](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f618.png)
Happy Easter!!
Don't over do the Easter eggs
![Egg :egg: 🥚](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f95a.png)
![Chocolate bar :chocolate_bar: 🍫](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f36b.png)
![Grinning squinting face :laughing: 😆](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png)
![Two hearts :two_hearts: 💕](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f495.png)
![Sparkles :sparkles: ✨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2728.png)