Recent content by Ann Reid

Hi Salbumble (Love this name!)- I never tell anyone to do what I do, just because I think it’s a TERRIBLE PRACTICE to do so. I DO however feel relatively comfortable sharing my own experiences, just in case some of them can be helpful to others. I’ve had Fibro I had Covid in January 2021.

As a musician, characterizing “music” as “calming” doesn’t do it, because my music brain focuses on the notes, pitch, rhythm, tempo, volume, era in which composed, instrument or voice type, interpretation…….potentially not “calm” and neither “positive” nor ”cool”. Nature sounds, winds...

Hoping this is not OT as a question- how many of us posting here HAVE actually been diagnosed with both Fibro AND Covid? How many of us as old as I, diagnosed with both conditions and living with Fibro for some time, are 75 or older? If diagnosed, was your Covid illness characterized as Mild...

I take medical advice from my physician, and he recommended vaccination “without delay”. If you’d be good enough to provide your medical training as well as the citations for the information you’re describing I’d be very interested in assessing your opinions in respect to my own specific...

Rainbow, I think you and I MAY be long lost sisters.....sleep disruption was, for me, one of the first “kick starters” to my Fibro Years. I consider having gotten through my “mild” case of Covid as Fibro On Steroids, in other words, all or most of my Fibro symptoms amped up to about double the...

Age 76. Diagnosed with Fibro in 2006. Experienced a Covid infection in late December 2020-January, (no hospitalization, characterized as “mild”), virus clear by February15. On the advice of my PCP, 1st Pfizer shot on March 7, second on March 28. Reaction to both - fever above 100°, fatigue...

Since you mention it, the scientific framework in developing the current vaccine has been in the works for over 10 years. Unless you have HAD a Covid infection, you have no way to compare having Covid with being vaccinated. The effects for the vaccine CAN be different in every case, and so can...

I never do anything regarding my health without exploring potential consequences by examining objective scientific research. The research supporting vaccination in the area in which I live, for my age group, and for several other reasons, continues to be overwhelmingly statistically positive. I...

Having had a nonhospitalized case of Covid, I feel it’s important to state again that NO typical expected vaccine side effect is as severe or unpleasant as having the illness itself. I did have some unpleasant issues including headache, fatigue, and body aches during days 2-5 following my first...

Female, US, AGE 76, diagnosed for 20 or so years, survived mild-moderate Covid infection 3 months ago. Had Pfizer yesterday at 4. Didn’t sleep well last night, but overall relieved that I’m this far to restoring my active life style. Hoping to identify mild-moderate non fibro symptoms during...

My eyelids twitch when I’m under heavy stress. LOTS of twitching during the early days of my diagnosis, then later, the twitch would serve as a warning. After I retired, the twitching more or less disappeared. Since being diagnosed with Covid, the intermittent twitching has returned, and also...

I took Cymbalta for at least a couple years. I have always been able to start, (and stop) this family of medications easily and comfortably, and I had no symptoms of any discomfort at any time while taking it. That said, I was taking it for depression and anxiety, and not specifically for...

I became a wild eyed serious euphonium (tenor tuba) player in the year before Covid slapped us all in the face, so during the 6 months between lockdown and this last September I practiced hard an hour every day and the endorphin flood was like a miracle. THEN, I got a Staph skin infection...

I’m not a too frequent poster here, because I’ve had Fibro so long I get tired of listening to myself talk about it BUT, THAT SAID, in the past (20 or 30 YEARS, actually) I would often cycle between fibro flares, and at that time, I got kind of relaxed about knowing that even if I spent a day...

Yeah, I get this, and I hear EACH OF YOU , and after almost 30 years of “maybe, could be, sort of, I THINK, etc., etc., etc., etc”, it ALL seems to boil down to this FOR ME- memorialize and document your symptoms in a daily diary, keep asking questions, TRY conservative recommendations, research...