Petra,

when I am in a flare I have less mobililty. I begin to fall about and stairs become a health hazard.

There are other signs of the flare - very sore in the low back, sore ear, very sore around the head for I get head pain as distinct from headaches. It can include my feet giving me hell, plus I tend to swell up like a balloon. I tend to get very sleepy, desiring to go to bed at something like 7.30 at night, or in the daytime I start to fall asleep. If I am working I have to be careful that I am not caught falling asleep at my desk. It can also involve the nerve endings having a lot of fun as they jump up and down making my eyes and a number of other areas twitch. This twitching is visible to the naked eye when it is in motion. sometimes I have the low grade fever, and last year the fever preceded the flare. If I am not wanting to sleep at my desk on the offchance that I have work, then if I am home I tend to want to go to bed for a sleep in the middle of the day.

Sometimes the flare begins in the neck and I experience neck pain and head pain as well as a result of the flare.

At the present time I have been in a mild unrelenting flare since mid June. Sometimes I need to fall asleep in the middle of the day, but on the days I go to hydrotherapy I feel more energized.

Other symptoms of my flare are hurting eyes, plus dryness of my skin and a new outbreak of skin rash.

Whew, that almost covers it!!!!

MaggieinOz

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