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(Message started by: Guido on Mar 21^st, 2008, 6:58pm)

Title: High activity
Post by Guido on Mar 21^st, 2008, 6:58pm

The beast has become unpredictable and random. This episode started with only night time hits. Now it seems day time random hits are not uncommon. My concern is of course, hits at work. I have taken oxygen to work with me, but have decided that just the Sumatriptan makes more sense, and if caught early enough I don't really have to break stride too much.
I work as a bartender/food server. I have had hits while off work that have been during the same times when I work, but so far none at work. It is not uncommon for the bar to be really, really busy and stay that way for hours. But even when it is slow I keep pretty busy, I'm not one to stand around.
My question is this...is activity an abortive or am I experiencing a pain free coincidence at work?

Namaste,
Guido

Title: Re: High activity
Post by Jonny on Mar 21^st, 2008, 7:19pm

To some it helps and to some its a trigger......the beast sucks that way!

We are different, but we are all the same in pain! :'(

Title: Re: High activity
Post by Superdave on Mar 21^st, 2008, 7:41pm

Hey Guido,

Sorry to hear your being terrorized. I have been chronic for over 5 years, I‘ve have rarely been hit while in the middle work or some other mentally strenuous activity. The beast always seems to show up when I let my mind relax. Even though I may be at work, if things get to easy, mundane or repetitive, That’s when I get in trouble.

Good luck
Superdave 8)

Title: Re: High activity
Post by raven4 on Mar 21^st, 2008, 9:36pm

If by "high activity" at work you mean being "busy", it does not seem to affect me one way or the other. If the first one is at 9:30, most of the rest will be at 9:30 - and then there is the added bonus of having three or four more at seemingly random intervals - but that is just me.

Title: Re: High activity
Post by CostaRicaKris on Mar 21^st, 2008, 10:46pm

I seem to be hit in times of rest too.

This story may be kind of relevant...
Several years ago I was in a car with my sister on the way to L.A. when I was at about a KIP level 6-7. Not a fun road trip!
Of course, the it got worse when we were in a bad accident - totaled my sister's car. We were both okay, and I mean really okay. My pain was suddenly gone. Weird

Title: Re: High activity
Post by superhawk2300 on Mar 22^nd, 2008, 10:51am

If your "high activity" means burning calories.......

Working out is a surefire trigger for me, and the hit I will get will be amoung the worst I've ever had.

I heard that some intense exersize aborts CH - but not for me.

So I am at the end of my cycle, fatter and weaker than ever. Thanks Beast.

Title: Re: High activity
Post by superhawk2300 on Mar 22^nd, 2008, 10:58am

CoastaRicaKris,

And I thought Relpax was expensive as an abortive!

How many cars do you typically go through during a cycle and how many will my insureance co pay for a month? How do you take one at work?

;;D

Title: Re: High activity
Post by Kevin_M on Mar 22^nd, 2008, 11:10am

on 03/21/08 at 18:58:18, Guido wrote:

It is not uncommon for the bar to be really, really busy and stay that way for hours. But even when it is slow I keep pretty busy, I'm not one to stand around.

A physically active job does me ok, too. It's possible I'd be on a higher dose of verapamil if not for a going nine hour day.
Balancing enough to prevent and not more than needed helps to not feel too laid back, a lowered b/p at a higher dose can slow me up and start some feet swelling.

Title: Re: High activity
Post by CostaRicaKris on Mar 22^nd, 2008, 11:53am

on 03/22/08 at 10:58:15, superhawk2300 wrote:

While it worked for me (once), I don't recommend crashing into cars as an abortive. I'm sticking to the O2.

:-)

Title: Re: High activity
Post by Rosebuddy on Mar 25^th, 2008, 1:54pm

I've only had one CH at work - and I'm a lawyer, not a real "high activity" job. I'm usually an evening/nightime sufferer, though. However, I had 19 CH-free years, during which time I was running marathons. Ran alot, all through the winter months. Now I have a bad knee and can't run, and it's hard to find another exercise that can deliver the same level of oxygen intake. Coincidence? I wonder.

Title: Re: High activity
Post by Superdave on Mar 25^th, 2008, 5:09pm

In the summertime when it’s really hot outside. The sight, smell and feel of a thunderstorm blowing in with all of its cool fresh air will trigger the beast in my head more times than not................what’s up with that?

Superdave

Title: Re: High activity
Post by CostaRicaKris on Mar 25^th, 2008, 9:58pm

Hey Rosebuddy,
Were you running while in cycle for CH? I'm also a runner and there's another marathoner that's a regular on this board and we have both found that long runs have been triggers for us. I too went through a remission - it was four years for me - where running didn't effect me at all because I wasn't in cycle. But before and after my remission, it's been a trigger for some pretty nasty hits.

Kris

Title: Re: High activity
Post by KatzPurr on Mar 26^th, 2008, 2:32am

I find this particular topic very interesting in that it seems to affect everyone so differently. Personally, exercise of any sort has never been an issue for me out of cycle. Last summer I played in a very intense USTA Tennis Competition, which lasted for 5 days and the only headaches I suffered were dehydration related. Now that I have been in a ch cycle since mid Feb., I would get hit consistently every time I played a match during the last 10 min. Finally, the ch peaked and became so unbearable that I haven't been able to play for the past 3 weeks and frankly am pretty gunshy about getting back on the courts. So for me there seems to be a direct relationship between cycles and ch hits correlating with higher activity. In any case, now that I am fairly certain my cycle will be ending soon, I will definitely have to go out and whack a few balls. Good grief I pray my ch never morph into the chronic variety because giving up tennis is just not a viable option for me.

Title: Re: High activity
Post by Rosebuddy on Mar 26^th, 2008, 6:58pm

Regarding running during a CH cycle - I had 19 glorious CH free years, and that's when I was doing my marathoning. I had my most recent episode, before the current one, when I was pregnant with my second child. They quit after he was born, and I just this year started again - and he's in college now. So I can't answer the question about long runs being a trigger! I have thought that regular eating helps, though, and maybe it's partly a refueling or dehydration problem. I don't ever seem to get much of a handle on why my CH's start - they are mostly nighttime phenomenon for me and come basically every night no matter what. Sigh. Best of luck - it sure can suck the pleasure out of life, can't it? :(

Title: Re: High activity
Post by MR_JESTER on Mar 26^th, 2008, 11:22pm

I have heard stories of people that say "exercise" will abort an attack. The thought of doing sit-ups or jumping jacks during a kipp-7 is unthinkable for me.

Title: Re: High activity
Post by Kevin_M on Mar 27^th, 2008, 7:55am

An active job like Guido described is different from something like working out, running long distances, and playing tennis where the exertion raises heat and heart rate well above normal with sweating.
Active like a busy bartender is a lot of movement, footsteps, bending, reaching, for long periods and doesn't involve the heavy breathing and heat of the more strenuous excercises mentioned, but it is active.
"High activity" can mean different things in each of our lives as we know it and when it gets to some point of exertion and heat, can be a trigger for many it seems.
A pizza maker on Saturday night can have a highly active job compared to many but is different from marathon runner or tennis player.