even before my dx, i found i needed a hot bath every day when i got home from work.
it still helps now. it gives me 1 hr when my peripheral neuropathy is gone, my brain fog seems to clear a little, my facial pain and pressure lets up.
it only lasts for about 30 min after i'm out. but oh that 1 hr!!
Posted by Lymied (Member # 6704) on :
Yes, me too.
Try adding a cup of Epsom Salts and a cup of hydrogen peroxide to your bath and soak for 20-30 minutes and see if your relief lasts longer.
Take care and happy soaking! Posted by Lymied (Member # 6704) on :
P.S. I also like Himalayan Sea Salts with herbs and essential oils added like eucalyptus or rose oil for instance...so nice...
Posted by Lioness (Member # 10655) on :
I last about 10 minutes in a tub before I feel sick. It helps if it is cold out and I open a window. Then I can last a little longer.
I can stand a hot shower though.
Also, there is a steam bath place near my house.
It is GREAT! And I can go in and out of the room as needed and bring in buckets of cold water.
It does not last forever, but the little bit of time I feel better is WONDERFUL!!! I love it there!
(I would like it better if it were cheaper though )
Posted by trails (Member # 1620) on :
should I reply here?
Hot baths are my LIFE! It is the only way to warm up my chilled bones, and to feel alive again.
Just dont know if it is safe to pee in the bath yet as that thread got to 2 pages and still there were no clear answers.
Posted by Lioness (Member # 10655) on :
quote:Originally posted by trails: Just dont know if it is safe to pee in the bath yet as that thread got to 2 pages and still there were no clear answers.
Oh, I didn't see that thread....
It won't kill you to sit in your own pee... I know because I am not dead yet!
HaHaHa! Posted by Moosie (Member # 10033) on :
We plan where we're going to stay while traveling or vacationing on whether they have a hot tub or not.
When I was still feeling good enough to participate in softball and volleyball, I would actually go in the hot tub and sauna BEFORE playing.
I guess I would have to say yes, hot baths are wonderful, showers too. So much so that we are looking into purchasing a portable hot tub. The big ones that do any good are way too much.
But an outfit called Softub has some really good portables. My father has had one for several years, and I've probably used it more than anyone else.
Kept me going when I still lived in Kansas. Now that I'm out here in Washington State, I seriously need to get my own.
And, the chemicals you need to use to keep a hot tub safe take care of that pesky pee problem. Lots of nieces and nephews and grandchildren shared our family hot tub. . .
Take care, Moosie
Posted by notcrazykate (Member # 10458) on :
Sometimes a hot bath and a cup of tea is better than anything else in the world. Helps my pain for about an hour, warms me up, and moisturizes my skin!
I have a recurring rash problem ('eczema,' my dermatologist has insisted for years) and dry skin, so I always tried to keep my precious baths to a minimum.
I recently discovered this Aveeno skin relief shower and bath oil, though, and it's amazing! Happy to say baths no longer dry out my skin, but make it moist
Think I might have to go take one now...
Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
quote:Originally posted by trails: should I reply here?
Hot baths are my LIFE! It is the only way to warm up my chilled bones, and to feel alive again.
Just dont know if it is safe to pee in the bath yet as that thread got to 2 pages and still there were no clear answers.
I have also noticed that the pains (in my case pn) are gone for about an hour after a hot shower but after that the pain kinda gets even worse. I wonder why it is so?
Posted by chainsaw joseph (Member # 6611) on :
hot baths do me in,make feel alot worse especially the next day.Alot of lymies have NMH and hot baths and showers make it worse.
Posted by luvs2ride (Member # 8090) on :
I can do a hot bath ok, but you add any kind of drawing agent to the water and I get sick as a dog.
I just made that mistake (again ). I go a few months and seem to forget. My hip was hurting and I thought I would soak in a hot tub of benenite clay water. It felt great, but I thought it kind of odd that I didn't break a sweat even though the water was as hot as I could tolerate and I had a space heater keeping the bathroom at sauna like temps.
When the bath was done I was very hot and exhausted. I went to bed and awoke the next morning with horrible fatigue, sore throat, stomach pain and my hip was screaming. I missed my first day of work this whole year due to my illness. Oh I forgot to mention a banger headache.
I could eat nothing and sipped water all day. Even though I was consuming a good quanity of liquid, I barely urinated at all. By mid-afternoon my lower back was hurting in the kidney area.
The next day I went to work but was very tired and still unable to eat. Still not going to the bathroom much. Started drinking hot tea to flush the kidneys. That night I had diarrhea all night long. Amazingly, it was the exact color of the benenite clay bath water. Could I possibly have absorbed that much in through my skin?
I stayed home again and ate practically nothing. By Saturday, I was nearly normal again. The bath was taken on Tues night.
I think I pulled metals. I am 3x the highest acceptable limit for lead toxicity. My doctor is working very slowly to detox me. I think the bath was a really bad idea, although today I am feeling real good. No joint pain at all. Energy level is back to normal (I don't have the fatigue problem most lymies have). My stomach is still sensitive and I am babying it.
I have read that fasting will remove all symptoms of RA and that may be why I feel so good now. I would rather believe I dumped alot of metal and my good feeling today is only going to stretch further and further into my future.
Luvs
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
I can immediately drop my discomfort level by being in a hot shower. Helps me think and move again.
Posted by beachcomber (Member # 5320) on :
I'm with CJ. Hot baths wreck me the next day. I use Epsom Salts and oils. Tried adding hydrogen peroxide and herxed my brains out.
I limit my hot baths to once a week at most. I feel they do draw stuff out. I also feel I absorb the magnesium in the salts. I am very mag deficient and, this helps to temporarily calm my muscle spasms.
I need to take baths when I can crash for a day or two after - not Sunday night before work.
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