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  1. L

    Not sure if it's fibro yet...

    Hello :-) I'm waiting on some blood tests but I think I have fibro. I'll be 51 in a few days and have been suffering from pain and tiredness since my early 30s. I had lower back surgery that resulted in a dural tear and a staph infection so had blamed my lower body pain on that and anything...
  2. S

    Just want to scream all the time

    Hi all! I just got diagnosed with Fibromyalgia today, but I've known I have it for a couple months now. It just made sense, with all the vague stupid symptoms I've had for 15 years now... The doctor finally agreed with me today, after I told him EVERYTHING, gave him a list of my symptoms and...
  3. S

    UV Therapy for pain

    Has anyone ever tried going to tanning bed to help with pain? My physician sent me for a couple of visits per week. My husband was not happy with the risk of me getting skin cancer, it helped my pain alot, i am also a distance runner and have zero energy right now, i also have pain like...
  4. S

    discouraged with Rheumatologist

    I am new to this forum --am happy to have found someone who recognizes the pain I am in. I was diagnosed with Fibro in 1994 by a specialist who has since passed away. My PCP does not believe in Fibro so I went to the new Rheumatologist in the area because his ad said he treats Fibro. I was so...
  5. T

    Surgery

    Happy to say surgery was a success. No problems. The hardest part to trying to do all the things I used to be able to do and can't at this point. But I am accomplishing more every day. Physical therapy is hard but I am getting through it. Three more weeks and I can take the sling off. Can't...
  6. srhalex

    Daydreaming of a dog for company.. advice?

    I've been dreaming of a dog, wondering if it would be a good fit for me. Are there any of you who love your dogs that can chime in? Or if any of you have felt that it's too much? I had a dog as a child and so I know I love them, but I'm not sure how dogs work with chronic illness. I have to...
  7. S

    New/Introduction

    :confused: Hi. I am new to this support group but so happy I found you all! I had sudden extreme body pain in January of 2015. It took serval painful minutes just to get out of bed. Forget getting dressed and putting on shoes other than slip ons. After two weeks of unbearable pain, I went...
  8. B

    New and looking forward to communicating

    I am very happy to be a part of a group that understands how I feel both physically and mentally.I was diagnosed with Fibro in 2010 and have had some tough days since. I also have lupus.sjogrens,high blood pressure&high cholesterol with sudden onset,and no success treating with medication.Doctor...
  9. D

    Hello, My Fibro Story

    I have been looking for a good forum for quite some time now and very happy to have found this one! I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia after the birth of my first child in 1988, I was 20 years old - however - I have suffered from this pain as early as my pre teen years. It didn't start out with...
  10. F

    im new to this hello all this is fibro man

    just wanted to say hello to all the other members i dont know what to post yet but im a male 51 got diagnosed with fibromyalgia 7/2012 and im mostly in pain all the time :| but im getting treatment for the fibro at this time lyrica and pain meds bentyl for the ibs just been having alot of...
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