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    newly diagnosed, feeling lost.

    Hi all :-) I have only just been diagnosed (2 weeks ago) with fibromyalgia, and to be honest I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around and accepting it. For the last few years I've had ongoing hip and leg pain following a car accident and numerous tests have shown no answers, leading to...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  2. B

    Costocondritis flares

    I have had them everyday come and go for 5 days straight. Usually I get them for a couple hours one day and not have another flare for about a week. I've tried the oh so famous breathing technics, they only help the mild ones which I don't get them much usually they are full bored folded up on...
  3. N

    Pain...

    Hello everyone I'm new. I was diagnosed with fibro a few years ago but have been sick for over 10 yrs I'm 37. How bad do your pain get? The second I wake up I start crying and screaming. The meds help a little but I'm terrified that the pain is getting worse and the pain meds won't cover it. It...
  4. M

    latest Dr. Appointment

    Well, Results are, probly Fibromyalgia, tests inconclusive, take blood test again in 12 weeks to rule out lupis. I seriously just want to quite, Dr.s, lab ,tests. Studying about Everything. Although, my Dr. Did say,"I beleave there is something going on with you, so keep pushing for...
  5. M

    Interesting testing

    I recently went to a Rumatolagist had testing and as told Lupis is ruled out, but then...I got a note from the Hospital, Lupis was possibly positive, and I was sent for yet more blood work. Part of my reasearch on blood tests said the result could be positive because of a recent injury. Well the...
  6. P

    anyone have anemia plus fibro

    Was recently diagnosed as having anemia after routine blood work with my GP. I had been feeling even MORE fatigued and made of lead prior to that ... and thought maybe it was a fibro flare. He put me on iron pills right away, and said a colonscopy is needed to see if there's any intestinal...
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    • Forum: Chronic fatigue
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    Fear of being labeled an imposter

    I've been dealing with chronic pain increasingly over the last two years. (I think longer, but I really started noticing it a couple of years ago.) I had my first appointment with a rheumatologist and he said I have fibromyalgia, and he thinks I also have an autoimmune condition. He ordered a...
  8. J

    Reduced sweating (hypohidrosis)

    Hi there Do any of you suffer from reduced sweating? I've had really bad issues with the heat for the past two summers as I just don't sweat anymore (apart from under the arms). Had so many tests it's not funny, and finally my Rheumatologist has confirmed that it's linked to my Fibromyalgia and...
  9. R

    Gov't restrictions

    With the new gov't. restrictions on opioids, every month I have to visit my prescribing Dr. for the Rx. The biggest trouble is the extra $ it now costs me to see the Dr. each month and the urine tests sent to the lab. For someone on a fixed income this is truly a hardship! In future I may not be...
  10. N

    New to forum, not so new to fm

    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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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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