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  1. L

    Pain management for surgery

    Good morning everyone. I know there have been some posts here before about surgery and fibromyalgia. I am scheduled for surgery in August and would like to be prepared and give my doc some information about pre and post surgery pain management. I've had this surgery before (vulva cancer...
  2. F

    hello!

    Hello everyone. I'm so glad I found this forum. I feel so alone sometimes. I'm not sure where to begin... So, about 5 or 6 years ago I started getting really achy and extremely exhausted. I thought I was just overdoing it.. and then I hurt my knee. It hurt SO bad. Xrays showed a tare and alot of...
  3. B

    First time here! Tired of Doctors.

    I've been "diagnosed" for 12 years and have been on every pharmaceutical that is recommended for fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety, fatigue, etc. i live in a small community where our doctors are changing about 4 times a year, so I've never had any consistent medical car or treatment. Some of...
  4. J

    Getting Fibrinogen levels checked

    Wouldn't be a bad idea to get Fibrinogen levels checked, all those dealing with Fibro. Elevated fibrinogen both predicts and causes cardiovascular disease .... The connection doesn't get any more intimate than that. .... chronic inflammation, pain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, poor...
  5. J

    Become your own ADVOCATE as much as possible

    I learned this a long time ago, thank goodness....doctors spend so little time with us and we leave their office knowing almost as much as we knew when we went in. Firstly, request copies of your labs....learn to study them and understand them. Address the highs and low range labs...those...
  6. M

    hi i am new to support

    Hello I have had fibromyalgia and severe chronic fatigue for 17 yrs. Being a very active, working, type A my whole life this condition has changed me forever. I manage one day at a time and have seen many doctors. I have experimented with medications, herbs, and lotions. There have been times...
  7. W

    Hello, New and sharing my story.

    Hello there, I am brand new here and I hope not to make any faux pas during my 'initiation' phase. Lol! I am 27 years old and was diagnosed with Fibro around 2-3 years ago, resulted from an accident at work around 5 years ago which damaged my foot and has left me on crutches ever since. Here is...
  8. K

    Questions about symptoms

    Hello! I am new to this forum and thankful to find other people to learn from regarding fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. A few years ago, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue syndrome and after digging a little deeper, was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease. I have been trying to...
  9. 1sweed

    Cholesterol Medication Pain

    As many of you know from my former posts I am dealing with high cholesterol and finding I can not tolerate the extra joint and muscle pain brought on by the different statin medications. Each one I use lasts a good 5-6 days and then the pain is unbearable and I end up quitting the drug. My...
  10. Ma(x)2

    Here Goes The Neighborhood

    Hey Everyone! I don't mean to come-off overly clinical but for ease of reading and to keep a long (oh, so very long) story short, I will do a quick synopsis of my stats and diagnosis. Let's see...I'm an overweight (okay fat) white gay (far from fabulous but still sometimes funny) male 45 years...
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