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  1. Trellum

    Norflaxin

    Hello everyone! I just wanted to share a really scary experience I had with an antibiotic named ''Norfloxacin''. I was taking it for a very stubborn UTI, by the time I took my second pill I started to feel really funny; my arms, legs, face, everything started to get numb! My arms felt like...
  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...
    • Camlea13
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  3. Whyfor

    Hello, Kindly People!

    Hello to all of you! You seem like such a nice community, and while I admit I've never joined a forum particular to my currently unknown condition, I must say, I feel both excited and nervous! So, here's my story, put as simply as I can manage: I am a 27 year old female with a ten year history...
    • Whyfor
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  4. C

    It was the Narcolepsy!

    My Narcolepsy Story: I have been dealing with fibromyalgia symptoms for over a decade. Exhaustion, body pain, lack of energy and mostly miserable a lot of the time but.. I recently moved to California and now that my hubby has good insurance I went to see a rheumatologist who thought I had sleep...
    • cms4242
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  5. M

    Turned away by Rhuemetologist?

    I was officially diagnosed as have fibro by a Rhuemetologist yesterday, but I'm not new to chronic pain or fatigue. I've been in pain every day, at least to some extent, since a car accident four years ago. My pain almost completely went away (stayed at a 1-3 every day) while pregnant then...
    • Mtngirl123
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    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
  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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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  7. 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...
    • Recordit
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    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  8. M

    Hello everyone

    Hi my name is Melanie and I have just joined your forum. I guess here is where we are should tell everything about ourselves ok here it goes. Every time I see my doctors it is a roller coaster of meds. I take so much medicine I think I own a pharmacy at my house with all the meds. I have tried...
    • Melanie
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  9. 1sweed

    Ways To Take Care Of You!

    Symptom management is the hardest part of fibro, because it is hard to know when the symptoms of fibro end, and where a new illness might be begining. Also the no cure sends us for a loop, when all we want is for it to go away so we can enjoy life and be productive. This is a list of things you...
    • 1sweed
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
  10. S

    Finding the right MD

    I'm pretty new around here, and have what might be a common question: How do I go about finding the most knowledgeable doctor to help me manage my Fibro? My G.P. - who diagnosed me 3 years ago, seems not to know what to do beyond throwing the "miracle meds" (like Lyrica or Cymbalta) at me...
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