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Oh sweetie 😞 I'm so sorry, love.

Hi everyone again :) After 5 days of the pain and two visits to the GP, I finally caved in and went to the ER. Turns out, I was having a rather severe gallbladder attack, and two days ago, I had the surgery to have it removed laparascopically. There was a stone just under an inch in diameter...

I don't know if this relates to fibro, maybe indirectly, but I need to vent. I just had one of the worst days of my whole life. In addition to fibro and ankylosing spondylitis, I also suffer from GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) which causes me to get nutcracker esophageal spasms. I've...

@ Pegleg84 - That's interesting about the effect of magnesium. I too take magnesium but my nightmares happened long before I started taking it. It would be really nice if it made me feel drowzy and sleepy because I have a real hard time with sleep. I wake up every 90mins, fully awake for at...

Hey sagey :) Unfortunately, that part of the oesophagus can't be controlled consciously, much the same as the heart cannot and spasms are likewise involuntary. When you swallow food, the oesophagus contracts in 3 different places to massage the food down to the stomach. It is at that third...

I didn't think of it like that either until I wrote what I wrote. But it's true. Just because there's no person inflicting the pain doesn't mean we aren't being tortured. It's even more frustrating for us because there's no one to blame and nothing to fight against. There's no reason for it. It...

Hey Vicky :) you said you worked for many years. Then you probably paid taxes for that. Think of disability support as getting those taxes back. I understand your concerns. I felt them too. No matter how much I wanted to be working full time and independent, I just can't do that anymore. But if...

Hey all you beautiful young women :) i am 39 and I have fibro and ankylosing spondylitis (spinal arthritis). I understand your fears completely. I have them too. I have had both conditions since I was 24 but did not get diagnosed until I was 35. Before diagnosis, I was so desperate for pain...

Hey :) thank you so much for replying in my hour of need. It's just so nice to know that someone is actually there to listen. Yes, it is a bit much to deal with on top of everything else but we soldier on! I hadn't heard of it either until my mum told me that she gets it too and so does my...

Oh man. I am so over it. I can't seem to find a position to lie or sit in that doesn't involve pain at the moment. I don't just have fibro. I also have ankylosing spondylitis and I frequently get what's called nutcracker oesophagus, which is where the oesophageal muscle spasms and cramps and it...