Colorado DU peeps: weather.

[Laffy Kat]

I am so achy today. I can tell there is something moving in w/o even checking the forecast. Yeezus!

[Leghorn21]

1. Yeah, talked to my dear friend outside of Boulder a bit ago, she's achy too, Kat!

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.1039&lon=-105.1708#.XdsPhYpMGf2

She’s layin low today, I think you should, too!!

[Laffy Kat]

3. Ah ha! It is going to snow tomorrow afternoon/evening.

It was windy earlier so it doesn't surprise me. I just took another Tramadol, I had to.

[randr]

2. I am sure that yesterday and today are the last warm sunny days of the year

Sunny high 40's with a week of clouds and wetness ahead.

[Laffy Kat]

4. Love living here but the winters kill me. nt

[randr]

5. I came over to the West Slope from Boulder

years ago. Big difference.

[hlthe2b]

6. I had ankle surgery 15 yrs ago and now the AM ritual is Naproxen and topical aspercream

and I try to avoid simple carbs in the diet (pro-inflammatory). Usually, that works.

But, this morning getting my pup ready for our 3 mile walk, I could barely stand on it. So, yeah... barometric pressure and humidity--storms on the way.

Price we pay to live in beautiful Colorado, I guess, Laffy Kat.

[Laffy Kat]

7. It's worth it. It is. nt

[yellowdogintexas]

14. damn fibromyalgia

barometric jumps and drops just wreck me.
My large muscles just throb
The only thing that really helps is heat.
PS I live in Texas. Glad I am not in a cold climate.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. OK, just stop!

Buncha old farts!

"I ache here" and "I hurt there" and "I can tell when it's gonna rain cause my knee makes weird noises!"

Damn.......just knock it off, willya?



And I'm 60!

Now shush while I go tell those damned kids to get offa my lawn.

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. And FWIW, it's kind of hard to believe I was 44 when I first joined this fucking board!

Damn, but time flies.

[Laffy Kat]

10. I know, I know.

I have become--not my mother, mind you--my GRANDMOTHER. And I'm 62.

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. LOL

Sucks, doesn't it?

We were all gorgeous, fit and in our twenties 2 weeks ago!

[yellowdogintexas]

15. Oh I have become both of them

I am convinced my mom and my dad's mother both had Fibromyalgia. Of course Granny called it "rheumatism"

My mom was cold sensitive, bright light sensitive, and had severe muscle pain attacks when the barometer went crazy.

I'm 71. My granny lived to be 102. I hope I got all of her genes

[madamesilverspurs]

12. It's the back and forth that gets me.

Once the barometer settles down the cold isn't as bothersome. But the transitional days between seasons are just plain mean. It's been achy for about a month, but this last week I've felt like I've been beaten, ain't no part that doesn't hurt. Wasn't so bad back in my 60s.

For now, I'm grumpy in Greeley. Ow.


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[Laffy Kat]

13. I'm sorry, madameSS.

And I totally understand. Are you able to stay inside and warm? Can you take anything? FWIW, the Tramadol really, really helps me and it's not an opiate. Also, are you telling me that the achiness gets worse the older you get? If so, that blows.

[yellowdogintexas]

16. invest in a small electric blanket,

they make a huge difference. That direct heat really helps.
Of course if you have access to a hot tub, even better.
I wrap up in the blanket, which is a cat magnet so I get double benefits.

Sip tea, read or crochet and warm up

[madamesilverspurs]

18. Thanks!

Still have to get out and about, inconvenient but it does help to keep things toward the limber side. Tramadol does help, but I limit it to nights as it tends to make me nod off. Some of the aches got worse, cumulative things. Others are new and bringing their own challenges. Can't say that the achiness has necessarily worsened with age, but it's certain that my willingness to bitch about it has!

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[UTUSN]

17. Wait till you're *73*!1 (Since you all are in your 60s!1)

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That's what an arrogant doctor told me back when I was 50 and started having stuff happen and I asked, "Doc, I never used to have stuff, what's going on?!1" And he said, with my chart in front of him, "How old are you?" My chart with my birth date was in front of him, so he was being an arrogant PRICK. And I said, "50." And he said, "This is what 50 is LIKE!1"

So after another arrogant episode from him, I realized that he was not a DoctorGOD, and I got a complete copy of my records and looked for another doctor, without any confrontation. And I told this story to old veterans, one of whom said, "Wait till you're SEVENTY!1" And I told it to an intelligent aunt in her 90s, and she said, "Sweetie, he was very rude to you but he TOLD YOU THE TRUTH!1"

******That said, I feel for your winter aches, which I could never sustain, but I also brace for the *SUMMER*!1 When it gets to be April, I start bracing to survive the HEAT, all the way to late September, only going outside to keep the bushes alive with water before 9 A.M. or cutting the grass after 7 P.M. and otherwise going out the door during the day just to get into the car.

So, bracing for the seasons, but also bracing for the danged HOLIDAYS!1

[Laffy Kat]

19. The doc did sound like a jerk. I hope you told him why you left.

For some reason heat has never really bothered me. It does get downright hot in CO, although it is dry and the hot spells don't last that long. In the spring and early summer we can go weeks w/o having to turn on heat or air, just open the windows. My ex was bothered by the heat as was my mother. I know it can be rough. I'd probably do well in AZ (Flagstaff area) but I like the political climate here much better.

[UTUSN]

20. No didn't confront the doctor but am sure he noticed the drop in his billing!1

And the heat I'm talking about is, when you open the barrier door, the heat KNOCKS YOU DOWN. And I envy your better political situation!1

[Laffy Kat]

21. Where do you live? nt

[UTUSN]

22. In Red state *HELL*!1 Haha!1