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  1. M

    Sick with a cold and used Mucinex - Guaifenesin

    Hello. I'm joining this forum to say hello and to offer my story on my recent use of Mucinex during a 10 day nasty cold virus. My history with Fibromyalgia - I have known I've had it for over 15 years and I have tried to manage through the pain and over the last year it has almost disabled me...
  2. W

    New to forum

    Hi I am new to this forum and just sending everybody a nighttime To sleep hello. As I was going through the forum I was reading about Anxiety (x), Pain that never stops (x) - I have herniated cervical Disks and severe cervical Foraminal stenosis ( causes severe muscle Tension in my neck...
  3. T

    Surgery

    I know this is a forum for fibro which I have, as well as a host of other things, one being arthritis in my neck and shoulder. The doctor wants to do a total shoulder replacement and I am terrified. Anybody else ever had this done? If so, how bad is it? I have my husband to help me with the...
  4. T

    Introduction

    Hi everyone, I have been in pain for a while and have had surgery for chiari malformation, but a lot of symptoms still exist. I have a lot of upper back pain, I get pain and tenderness as well as pins and needles, my shins burn when I walk 100 metres. I also have tender lymph glands under my...
  5. 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...
  6. PattiD

    So tired :(

    So tired after these past three days. I've had to soak up a lot of info. So has my husband. I thought I was handling everything ok but apparently not so much. Yesterday I saw my rheumy and it was a good visit. I told him that I was having more pain since I stopped the Mobic. Told him that my...
  7. PattiD

    Ouch, thyriod biopsy

    :( I just got home from the ENT today. He did an ultrasound on a lump in my throat and he found two smaller ones on the other side. Then he did TWO rounds of needle biopsies. OUCH! My neck is so tender now. I will find out in two weeks what the results are. I have to say the thought of a...
  8. 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...
  9. A

    I am a newby..I believe I have fibromyalgia

    I have had symptoms for the past 2 years. The symptoms got worse after surgery for severe spinal stenosis. I have had severe pain in my thighs and lower leg......sorta like shin splints. I also have pain around my elbow ......like pulling a seat belt down is really painful in the elbow . I get...
  10. L

    *Insert Engaging Title To Lure Respondents Here*

    Well, now that you have been sufficiently lured (and oh the laugh I will have at myself if this comes to nothing but lonesome tumble weeds and errant dust devils), please endure this merciless onslaught of words and show yourself to be the steadfast victor by sharing your thoughts. This is my...
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