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  1. T

    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...
  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. D

    Anxiety

    I just watched an item on tv about anxiety. I honestly didn't realize so many people didn't know how anxiety felt....I kind of assumed if you had been dumped or gone through a bad relationship break up or faced other even tougher times like getting a chronic illness or many other things like...
  4. K

    Diagnosed yesterday

    Hi,, I'm Kitty Firstly I'll apologise in advance - I am not very computer savvy, I have no clue if I'm posting this correctly or not! Yesterday the Rheumatologist said I had CFS and developing fibromyalgia. When I saw him 6 months ago I had a couple of the Fibro pressure points, yesterday I had...
  5. S

    Licorice

    While attempting to put the pieces of this fibro puzzle together for myself, licorice came to mind. I remember reading once that licorice could cause adverse effects in some people: this is according to the University of Maryland Medical Center: "Licorice with glycyrrhizin may cause serious...
  6. N

    Pain - So Much in One Word

    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...
  7. M

    burning chest pain

    Every night I am awakened several times by a severe burning pain that sweeps across my chest for just a few seconds. I wake up seconds before it happens. Usually but not always it's followed by a brief cold sweat. Anyone else ever experience this? Ribcage is also very sensitive to any...
  8. 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...
  9. L

    I don't know how to proceed from here

    I am a 55 year old female who had a hysterectomy 3 years ago (I still have one ovary). Since September 2015: * 3 level acdf Sept. 2015 with routine recovery * Soon after acdf, started having non-specific but severe tooth pain in my upper left molars. Dental xrays were normal. Tap test was not...
  10. Trellum

    ''Delicate'' hands

    I'm sorry guys, but I couldn't think of a title that could explain my situation better :shock: I seem to have incredibly delicate hands... yesterday I washed with my hands (very gently really) some delicates. I thought: ''well, not big deal''. Big mistake! I applied really small pressure...
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