The cold weather is killing me!

I have FM and OA, along with pinched SI nerves. I am going next week for a radio-frequency ablation procedure on my SI nerves.

I take Morphine Sulfate ER 15mg 2x day and MS IR 15mg for breakthrough.

Since the temps have dropped, I can not find relief!!

Today I was given samples of Zanaflex for muscle spasms so far not much relief.

I can't take NSAIDS due to stomach bleeding and irritation.

Is anyone else affected so harshly by the cold? Or am I S.O.L?

Sidenote: I'm starting to gain my weight back because my Dr. suggested that exercise is aggravating my nerves...UGH

 I hear ya on the cold taking a rough toll.  Its AWFUL!  We are having the worst cold snap we have had here in years, and of course, I am between meds basically!  I had to stop my Savella about a month ago, and was just started on Cymbalta at SO low a dose just a week ago- so I am in SO much pain...  How do people get pain meds for Fibro?  My Dr is totally against them, other than Motrin, which as we all know- does NOTHING!  Ugh :(  I am so tired of hurting, not sleeping, and being foggy...

Don't worry you aren't alone, the cold kills me too. I just want to curl up in my electric blanket nice and warm till spring! I don't know why the cold affects us so much but I know others here have complained of the same thing. We're all in the same boat it seems.

Oh yes the cold actually HURTS me when I am out in it. Seems this winter is a little worse .

I litterally feel your pain we sure understand here.

gentle hugs,
Pam

Thanks ladies! I am so blessed (?) to be out of a job and curled on the couch today watching Harry Potter.
Avababe- I, as well as many of us, have had to go to Rheumytologist or Pain Management docs for pain meds. Narcotics work well, but many general docs are against them. This is a chronic condition and long use of opiods and narcotics are risky.
I have tried every non-narco available including Lyrica, Savella, Cymbalta.....no use.
See if your primary doc will refer you to a pain specialist.
Gentle (((hugs))) to all my fibro family.
Let's get past this winter together.

P.S. I live at the beach in Alabama and we are expecting SNOW tomorrow!!!! UGH

I am on a good pain med combo, it works well in the other months. Fentanyl patch 50mcg and Norco. I just emailed my pain clinic doctor the other day to tell him that I am not telling him I am getting no relief from my meds this winter to get more.  That my support group for fibro is not getting relief either and his reply was: Well not everyone is on a high dose of meds like I am that is why others are saying not enough meds.  I felt like going into his office and shaking my finger with disgust in his face.  How dare he say that.  They have a pyschologist that her speciality is pain management, so I think I will go see her to learn to deal with the unsympathetic docs.  He also told me to use an electric blanket.  I live in my electric blanket.  I told him I work full time and I can't bring my blankie to work with me.  It is mostly my arms (near my armpits) that feel like I have strained them and can't lift them.  I have to pick up my right arm with my left arm to move it, it hurts so bad.  I did a bump up in my Norco though.  I think.  I have gone back and forth with them so much lately.  i finally had to tell them that I feel like a person that has Cerebral Palsy (sp) looks when I am cold.  My hands are in a knot and my wrists are curled up just sitting on my chest and I can't move much.  I live in CA, and when it is 43 degrees outside, I really don't know how to handle that.  Not all of us can afford to have a winter home in a warm climate.     LOL

 I do see a Rheum :(  She is the one against pain meds...  

The cold is really getting to me for the first time in my life.  With FM making my arms from the arm pit to fingertips miserably painful, and the 100 lb weight loss, not to mention a narrowing on L4 & L5 spine, and a twisted vertebrae, my pain is so bad right now.  Had to stop exercising and I think the physical therapy was making matters worse so I quit that.   I feel for you and I hope you find some relief. 

I still have 40 pounds to go and was eating well and exercising. It really flung me into a funk when my PM doc told me that exercise was aggravating it.
He told me water therapy/ aerobics would be best.
I have no pool, freezing temps, and no money for the gym.

I now have pain PLUS fear of gaining my weight back.

Congrats on your 100 pound loss! Most of my pain is in the L4 L5 plus C5 vertebrae due to pinched nerves. I have been told it could be due to losing so much weight so fast......great, I lost weight to help with FM and now I've done more damage!

This forum is a great relief. Just having gals to talk to! ((Hugs))

I was thinking the same thing. I've lost all this weight and I have MORE pain????  There is pool therapy at my physical therapist's clinic, but I just can't bring my self to put on a swim suit in public.  I still have a lot of weight to lose - maybe in another 6 months I will get up the nerve.
I'm starting chair exercises today.  I'm sitting in front of the computer with an electric heater on my toes doing it.  I know it's not much, but it is something and hopefully it won't hurt my back.  I think the mild stretching actually helps.
Joanna