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  1. D

    Hello Everyone

    I am a long time suffer but only recently realized what was wrong.. Years of Doctors and anyone else I could see but the work Fibromyalgia never came up. I find out about it on my own just a few months ago. My current doctor says to watch my diet and explains my fatigue as basically being lazy...
  2. C

    Hello Everybody

    I guess I will start off saying that I am lactose intolerant, have IBS, have had my left ovary removed when I was 18, ganglion cycst removed from my left wrist, tonsils removed at age 25, hernia surgery in the exact spot that my ovary was removed, diagnosed with dry eye, have lipomas & have had...
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  3. D

    I'm a Mom

    I'm a mom and my kids were 2 & 4 when I got sick: Now they are 10 & 12. They do not know the "real" me. They don't remember how I was. I had to stop carrying my two year old around back then and that is hard for a baby girl. I could no longer hold her. I am sad that the mom they got is...
    • Diamondgirl
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  4. Whyfor

    I think I'm finally ready to face it!

    Primarily thanks to this forum, I've come to the realization that I have spent several years just passively accepting my illness without ever knowing for sure what was causing my suffering. This happened because, I think, I've undergone about ten years of being told "I don't know what's wrong...
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
  5. bgregoire

    light sensitivity

    I am wondering if anyone has some advice on trying to help with eye pain related to light sensitivity. I suffer from pain all over but the pain in my eyes is what is the major reason I am unable to work. I can only go for a period of about 15-20 minutes of looking at my computer screen without...
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    • Forum: Chronic pain
  6. C

    Nice to meet you

    I am Chris. I am a mom and grandma and have been battling this craziness for a few years now. Originally I thought I had just psoriasis. Nothing cleared it up. They started me on MTX and it was HORRID! Did it for 10 months, battled weekly nausea and exhaustion. Absolutely horrible side...
    • Chris Madden
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  7. C

    New here and newly diagnosed. Need advice please.

    My name is Carly. I am 30 years old and for the past 8 months or so I have had pretty bad pain in certain areas of my body along with physical symptoms such as extreme fatigue, depression, anxiety. I had some tests done and was sent to a Rheumatologist because of a positive on the ANA test. I...
    • carlyr02
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    • advice age anxiety depression diagnosed diagnosis disability doctor fatigue fibromyalgia health job medicine newly diagnosed pain partial disability rheumatologist school sleep symptoms tests working
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
  8. R

    New to the form

    Hi I am 43 years old and I can not remember anytime in my life when I did not live in consistent pain. It all started when I was in grade 2 and having my joint problems all over my body I spent lots of time in hospitals and physio. Finally in grade 8 I was diagnosed when JRA. By then the doctor...
  9. R

    Fibromyalgia and my Wife

    Hello, I'm new to this board. I thought it would be good to share my story. My wife and I were married in 1989. We've had a beautiful life together raising our daughter. Then there was a day back in December 2009 that my wife began to experience pain. She visited the doctor in June 2010...
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    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Welcome new members
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