Recent content by MassageGnome

I used to take tramadol six times a day and no relief, but I never had that happen.

Me too. My husband thinks I'm weird.

Thanks mariposa. I ended up in E.R. for steroids. My throat swelled shut from all the mold the rain made. Sheesh, when "it rains it pours" I guess.

Took me a while to figure out how to navigate back to things I was replying to. My fog and cognitive problems have been worse now. Thanks for replying. I used to be the strong one helping people but now I feel lost. Losing your career takes a lot of your self worth with it when it was your...

I just got my 1st disability denial. 10 years as a Massage Therapist but previously have been a hotel housekeeper so they determined I should be qualified to do that. My wrist, due to repetitive strain injury and carpal tunnel that was intensified by the fibro and made worse by the ct surgery I...

I don't know, it took me years to be diagnosed but the doctors didn't do the other tests first to rule out things like lupus or MS. I had to beg them to do them afterward because I was convinced that there was/is still something that they are missing because there is no way that all these...

I am glad to know that others feel the weather as I do. The bad weather makes me miserable. I don't want to mind it but it makes me ache. Friday I was downtown at a street dance and each little rain cloud that went over affected me at a different point. The first one dropped me to the ground...

Nikki, this is my first day on here too. Those are all coping things for me as well. You are lucky. My doctors gave me tramadol for pain and it did nothing so I asked for an alternative, they gave me gabapentin which also did nothing so now I get nothing. Well nothing but burning pain that...

All the same things listed above bother me too. The wrong sheets or blankets in bed or a pillow to high or to low will make my head or neck hurt too.

Hi, Can you be more specific about what your diet is? There are many anti-inflammatory diets like FodMaps, IBS, Fibromyalgia, Are you doing a gluten and dairy free? I have found for me that not eating dairy and wheat products or white potatoes and green peppers are all it takes to control the...

I was recently diagnosed with Fibro after being a Massage therapist full time for nearly 10 years and owning my own spa for 6.5 years. Problem is we didn't have enough employee's so now I got carpal tunnel and Fibro diagnosed almost at the same time and even after the surgery I am not...