To: Amaec
Greetings!
If your doctor has ruled out everything else, then this sounds like Fibromyalgia. I’m very sorry to say this, but you’re in with a huge group of people who usually have more questions than answers. But, we help each other.
This may sound a little off track to begin with, but please hang on for a moment as I try to explain something that happens to me very often.
You mentioned pain coming on quickly. If this doesn’t help you, maybe it will help someone else who feels that pain comes on quickly.
I have hurt so much, for so long, and have tried to keep on living that sometimes I do feel like a pain has come on quickly. But, in reality, I’ve been hurting for hours, and I’m so used to hurting that I suddenly realize that the pain has increased to a point that I can no longer bear it. Then, I think back over my actions and words for the past hours and realize that I have been hurting for a long time. Sometimes it sneaks up on me and has to become really bad for me to realize that I need to take action.
One thing that I told my children when they were teenagers, if I start fussing at you, and you feel that it is not reasonable for you to receive my poor attitude, that you haven’t done anything worthy of being gripped at, then say to me, “Mom, are you hurting?” So many times, that’s when I stop and take account of my mind, body, and soul. Most of the time, I find that the answer is, “Yes, I am hurting.” I apologize for my outburst; they are quick to forgive (God Bless Them), and I go do whatever I need to do to help myself feel better. It’s one way my family supports me, and we, together, manage this horrible illness that has invaded our family.
God bless all of us who deal with Fibromyalgia on a daily basis. God bless our families as they are traveling the road with us. We didn’t ask for this, but this is our reality.
All the Best, BHB
