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Title: Fibromyalgia or arthritis suffers and housework
Post by: melodylogan45 on April 23, 2017, 04:13:30 am

Something as simple as vaccumning your apartment can wipe me out when
we have chronic pain. Yesterday, I vaccumned the main hallway, bedroon, library
livng room and dining room and started feeling the pain in my back, so I stopped
and will start again today. I have to do my housework in stages or I will be hurting
For days.

How do you handle your pain when doing housework?

Title: Re: Fibromyalgia or arthritis suffers and housework
Post by: debidoo on April 23, 2017, 07:54:15 am

There is no handling it.  I do very little but do the best I can.  I can't vacuum so if my son's don't do it well it doesn't get done.  I do the kitchen and what I can do in the bathroom and that is about it.  I'm sorry for your difficulty and I sure understand it.

Title: Re: Fibromyalgia or arthritis suffers and housework
Post by: snuggleycutejc on April 23, 2017, 10:48:42 am

Folding the cloths was the hardest of my chores, I broke my arm.

Title: Re: Fibromyalgia or arthritis suffers and housework
Post by: judylucas on April 23, 2017, 10:57:09 am

Housework is very difficult when suffering from these ailments    I take a lot of breaks but I tend to do too much when I feel better and then I pay later

Title: Re: Fibromyalgia or arthritis suffers and housework
Post by: cathy37 on April 23, 2017, 02:32:14 pm

I have to do things in stages.  Do something and then rest for awhile.  I have arthritis in both knees that hurt all the time.  I never get any relief.

Title: Re: Fibromyalgia or arthritis suffers and housework
Post by: aggie49 on April 23, 2017, 02:42:39 pm

i know the feeling i have fibromyalgia and arthritis also it makes it very hard to do normal things  and the lyrica does not help