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    sick day today

    Mead, I am sorry you don't feel well. Hang in there because not every day will go terrible. You will have days that you feel like you never had any disease at all. I felt the same way about my doctor. He is a great internist. He treats others who have auto-immune diseases.Then I began to realize...
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    Evening nap makes me feel almost cured

    When I used to teach full time, I came home daily and took a nap. I felt energized. Currently, I am a substitute teacher. I have an evening job. I can no longer return home to take a nap. That is one of the reasons I feel so tenses. I have an hour and a half between jobs. Yet, I do not feel...
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    Stress

    I must admit that I have been under a great deal of stress. I am moving. I began a new sales job recently. I have been on a diet. The next thing I know I am suffering from JOINT pain! I have noticed that my fingers have swollen a little. This is not during the morning. I became used to morning...
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    Chronic morning aches

    Those are the same exact symptoms I suffer. I have consistently, talked about my auto-immune disease, Thyroid challenges. Specifically, I suffered from the hyperthyroid condition, Graves’ disease. I was given a radioactive zap which destroyed, or killed, my thyroid. Then I became a hypothyroid...
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    Pain medication?

    I have not suffered much pain throughout this summer. No matter how hot or humid it has been I have not experienced much joint discomfort. Today, for some reason, I awoke with numbness in my hands, elbow, and ankles. Its strange that my knees have no swelling or pain. I took 4 Advil that were...
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    Do you feel like you have a cold, sore throat, slight fever with fibromyalgia?

    Sometimes, I have a stuffy nose because of allergies. I have two other auto-immune diseases. I have sore throat type symptoms because I talk for a living. My internist told me that my fever is another symptom. He called it low grade fever. I am always hot or over-heated all day long. However...
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    Do you get fluid retention?

    Humidity does not help me feel well. There have been humid days in every season, and not just summertime. Today, my ankles are stiff and swollen. I have not been walking much this past weekend. I must admit I have sat around all weekend completing chores and tasks. However, I have eaten...
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    Evening nap makes me feel almost cured

    I take a nap most day that I return home. I used to teach for over twenty-four years. I needed to take a nap daily from 4:00 until whenever because the job was that stressful. Then I began substitute teaching. Once more, I napped daily for at least 90 minutes. I recently started a simple...
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    Does medical marijuana help?

    I live in a state that allows medical marijuana as a symptom reliever. However, my internist has stated he does not believe in it as a remedy for relieving joint discomfort, stress, anxiety, and dry eyes which were all of my complaints for that visit.
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    How do you not overdo it when you feel better?

    Today, I am paying for feeling goo over the past week. I over worked in my garden. I did not lift those heavy leaf bags. Yet, I bent over squatted, and stood for a few hours every morning. I loved doing the work. I did not feel out of sorts last Thursday, or Sunday. But today, I can hardly get...
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