Thanks! There are many things that can make it worse, unfortunately. My worst one is sugar because I like to have a cup of coffee before FMQ to really keep me alert and to comfort so I try to limit all other sugars on FMQ days. The legalized marijuana is funny (my Dad wouuld KILL me, :lol: but I've also just never liked that thought) but I also have asthma so I don't see myself inhaling anything. I've never heard of therabath so I will look into that.
I really appreciate all of this feeback. The doctors, when I was first diagnosed, told me the best thing to do was to keep in motion. I saw two specialists and even a massage therapist who specialized in arthritic massages and she suggested to take up knitting and I've done that. I just never realized how much menopause really effects your body. I have Reynaud's Syndrome, along with my youngest DD, and it's a cousin to arthritis so the doctors told me I would most likely have developed menopause in later life, gradually, as my estrogen levels dropped but since I had the surgical menopause, my levels dropped suddenly and threw my body into this. I had never heard of that and that's why I sought several opinions. It's hard enough to say you're in menopause in your twenties but to also confess to arthritis? Not what I was planning when I attended my high school 10 year reunion...which I couldn't even bring myself to do.