question-might be stupid...

[delorisdoe]

I got really upset earlier and wIthin 5 minutes I started to experience pain in my knees and my left hand. It is so bad now that I can't hardly stand it. Can sudden stress cause sudden extreme pain. I have been a little sore all day but now???

[elephant]

It could, how is your knees and left hand now. Have you been getting pain on/off in your hands and knees?

[delorisdoe]

not good. this has been going on for months, but today it got way worse when I got upset. Right now almost everything hurts.

[drz]

I got really upset earlier and wIthin 5 minutes I started to experience pain in my knees and my left hand. It is so bad now that I can't hardly stand it. Can sudden stress cause sudden extreme pain. I have been a little sore all day but now???

Stress is sort like GPA in that it can do many things to your body, most of which aren't nice.
Hope you pain is better!

[Sangye]

From an Ayurvedic perspective, anger is Fire. Excess Fire creates inflammation in the body.

If you want to know a Buddhist perspective on what happened to you, just PM me.

[delorisdoe]

thank you

[Al]

From an Ayurvedic perspective, anger is Fire. Excess Fire creates inflammation in the body.

If you want to know a Buddhist perspective on what happened to you, just PM me.

Sangye--my knowledge of the Ayurvedic perspective is woefully deficient, but it does occur to me that fire (and therefore anger) can be both destructive and creative. It is a question of balance. Do you think...?

Al

[delorisdoe]

Sangye--my knowledge of the Ayurvedic perspective is woefully deficient, but it does occur to me that fire (and therefore anger) can be both destructive and creative. It is a question of balance. Do you think...?

Al

I dont even know what you just said.

[Al]

I dont even know what you just said.

Sorry, Leigh--I do get carried away with metaphors sometimes. But many Asian medical traditions are, in fact, all about pushing metaphors a long way. Much too far, from Western medicine's point of view. Maybe Sangye can enlighten us some.

Al

PS It's good for us to laugh. Your sign-off line always gives me a chortle or two!

[delorisdoe]

Well I did my best to not get upset today at all-believe me I had several opportunities-yet I had some of the worst knee pain and my stupid hand as well. No amount of advil and tylenol help. I feel like I have weights in my hands and feet. Sluggish and sooooo tired. It is just like the pain etc I went through pre diagnosis ten years ago. I thought a relapse would be easier because we knew what it is and how to treat it but with pain being my only symptom treating seems innapropriate at this point. I'm just whining I guess