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  1. J

    God give me patience!

    This is a vent so please feel free to disregard8). I waited a month for an appointment to see a doctor who many have told me is a great diagnostician. He is only in his office 2 days and is an ER doc the rest of the week. He is working toward having a full time practice. I was also warned...
  2. J

    Allery Season and Fibro

    Good Morning All! Sitting on my couch this morning waiting for my meds to kick in so I can feel at least half human. Also have my humidifier going with some Vicks inhalant so I can BREATHE! Does anyone else see an increase in their fibro symptoms when the pollen count is high? Before life...
  3. J

    Interesting Talk with Pain Doctor

    So yesterday morning I had a second appt. with my new pain doctor to assess how I was doing. I told him my goals were to get as healthy as possible so I could go back to work (which is financially necessary). In the alternative, I explained that I may have to file for disability. He asked me...
  4. J

    Promising new fibro drug on the horizon

    Thought I would share this article on a promising new treatment being researched at the University of Alabama: Your thoughts? Sorry but this link is not allowed.
  5. J

    Just feeling overwhelmed..

    :(These last few weeks have been a bear...dealing with knee pain ....dealing with a change in pain meds...and now facing my husband leaving for a job 2 1/2 hours out of town for 9 months... Now my husband's job move would not be so bad as I can visit him on the weekends or he can come home if...
  6. J

    Report on my first visit with pain doc

    :grin: So I was so nervous about visiting the pain doctor as I was used to my primary care doc of 27 years handling my prescriptions for pain. The visit with the doctor went just fine...he was very caring and interested in addressing my concerns. Bottom line is that I can no longer take the...
  7. J

    Sunday Moan and Groan

    I have had sustained widespread burning, aching pain since Wednesday of this week. This is the longest period of fibro pain that I can ever remember having. Any exertion on any muscle in my body (other than walking and showering) causes the pain to intensify. I am taking my tramadol (50mg)...
  8. J

    walking on treadmill

    Well, I have been going to the gym the last few weeks and walking two miles+...trying to tone up and maybe lose a pound...I like the endorphin high I get but not do much the feeling of petrified all over muscle ache I get several hours later..I take two advil or sometimes half a pain pill to get...
  9. J

    Today's special!

    The special today is a big dose of upper back pain right between the shoulder blades! I was just starting to feel human and woke up yesterday morning with upper back pain which is now creeping up into the top of my shoulders...had two heating pads going this morning..took a hot...
  10. J

    Fibro and Surgeries/Illness

    :|Hi..today is two weeks since my orthoscopic knee surgery for a torn medial meniscus..I am recovering very well from the surgery..but OMG..this week the fibro has ben off the charts...I am just a couch potatoe...besides the widesspread pain and fatigue, I have the fibro brain...oh for the days...
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