last night while getting ready to climb in between my grandchildren to watch a movie I said" ok you guys need to move over and make some room for na na" The youngest 6 yr old said " Na Na how come your so fat? Did you eat to much candy?." My heart dropped, my heart said to itself, ok thats it...
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I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about 3 months ago. I have been dealing with many different symptoms for about 3 years now. My doctors bounced me from one doctor to the next; "everything is fine", "your results are normal", "it's all in your head", "there is nothing else I can do for...
I bought a 4% lidocaine lotion a while back and didn't think much of it at first cause at first layer it didn't seem to help much with my pains. But this week I was experincing lots of knots in my shoulder and upper back and no amount of other stuff help including the strong lidocain patch ...
Warning : PLEASE DON'T EVER DO IT. Cause I'm ashame to admitting but I have gone through the deep end with so many extremely painful flare up days and so many many sleepless night. But I felt the need to let other people knows about this so no one will fallen to the victim of the Desparation...
Hi all. I am brand spanking new to this forum.
I am curious to know about people's experiences with their health care providers.
I was in a bad motorcycle accident in 2012. It was actually my surgeon who first suspected that I had developed FM.
I mentioned this to my regular Dr who didn't...
Hi there,
I've had fibro & CFS for 6 years now. Have made slow but good progress, but still can't work outside the house.
I'd be happy to share with anybody some of the meds & therapies that have been helpful for me, just ask.
But also I just need to talk to someone who understands. Sometimes...
Good Morning! I am forty yo male who had stomach issues in early May. I had extreme anxiety if not a break down of some sort when this was going on. I had a lot of tests endoscopy, colonoscopy, HIDA scan, ultra sound blood work for pancreas, gluten tests....all clear, given IBS diagnosis...
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Once I went on the antidepressant medication last summer I found I could cut down on the pain meds a bit, going from 3x day to 2x day on most days.
So last appointment I told the Dr. I could just get a scrip for 2xday.
I had a few left over that time, because I had cut down, so did not fill...
Good morning. I am new to the forum. I was recently told by my doctor that she thinks I might have fibromyalgia. This is after 4 years of trying to find an answerfor my many symptoms and seeing many specialists. I am older than most of you, 72. However, I have always been active until now. I...
I got a magazine in the mail called Pain-Free Living, and it has a good article in it by a doctor Abraham Rivera, M.D., called Perplexed By Pain.
In the article he talks about how hard it is to find reasons for pain and it usually becomes a process of elimination being the only way doctors can...
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