Firstly, thank you to the people who run this forums.
I was diagnosed with FM last may after an appointment at the hospital outpatient.
Some past history...
In June 2012 i had a spinal operation on my neck, i had 2 collapsed discs so had C5/C6/C7 fusion. Before this i had been suffering from...
Well I went to my psychiatrist yesterday and he told me he is quitting his practice and moving to a different state. He at least referred me to someone else. This is the 4th doctor in a year that has left their practice. My rheumatologist left about a year ago, the doctor who was treating me...
I was diagnosed as "probably" having Fibromyalgia last October when i mentioned my aches and pains and anxiety and IBS to my doctor. He, however has no real experience with treating fibro so I've been trying to wing it on my own.
My symptoms now are:
overall fatigue
joint pain unrelieved by...
They always say the Eskimo/Inuit have X number of words for snow...I think we should have a bunch of words for pain.
There's that burning pain, tingling pain, dull ache, needles in my joints pain, seizing pain, muscle spasmy pain, hit by a truck pain (a morning favorite). There's also one I...
I'm going to take exam next week. Unfortunately I was barred for one subject. This is because my attendance did not reach 80%. It happened since I took 21 credit hours for this semester and I cannot afford it. Here, 21 credit hours seem like having class from 9 am to 6 pm with one hour gap in...
I finally got into the Integrative Medicine practice yesterday. It was a very long, 2-hour appointment, but she covered every little nook and cranny of my health. She told me that all my conditions - fibro, IBS, GERD, rosacea - are all because of inflammation in my body. She wants me to go on...
My cousin was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about 3 years ago, whilst I developed trimethylaminuria (TMAU) symptoms. I was living with her parents when my symptoms occurred. Since her mother doesn't have a modern knowledge at preserving food, I have found something common in between us -...
Another big disappointment this past week. I had called my attorney in regards to a question I had. He answered that question and asked me if I had any more questions. I asked him if he had any idea on when I would get my hearing before an ALJ. When we first met last April (2015) he said it...
Balancing this mess is never easy, but lately it's frustrating
sically things have gotten better over the past 6 years, and I'm grateful for that.
After moving to a new town 2 years ago was a leap of faith to help my health, knowing no one here and never even seeing the apartment until I...
Hi, I am new to this forum, and so very happy to have found it. I am a 40 year old mother of 3. I had been diagnosed over 10 years ago by a rheumatologist; however, my primary had me convinced for years that it was a disease that doctors had made up. That they just came up with a name for...
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