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I am struggling lately. After spending 5 months on disability leave due to a failed hand surgery I went back to work at the end of September. I was very happy, making good money and finally felt like I had a purpose. The job was very stressful and I wasnt happy but I did my best because I...

Hello! I am a new member although I signed up a long time ago I finally decided to post after some recent crappy events. I decided to share my story with you all in hopes of finding someone who can relate, which I am pretty sure most of you can. But anyway, I apologize for the length of it in...

Hello, I join this forum to try to help people as I have been lucky and worked hard and am 90% pain free, completely burning free, tension free and fatigue way better. I was diagnosed in 2008 after a virus. It took me 2 years to go through the depression and greiving process with fibro. (it...

Hello all, I just join this forum. I'm kind of at the end of my rope. I have all Fibromyalgia symptoms but have not been diagnose yet. I have a good doctor but he has a tendancy of minimizing everything so I was told by and ER doctor that I should ask him to refer me to a Rheumatologist. I...

Every time I call out of work I break down crying. It breaks my heart that 1, I cannot SAFELY do my job (as a home health nurse) due to fatigue and mental fog, 2, I cannot be reliable for families who depend on me, 3, I'm losing out of the rewards of caring for others, which is in and of itself...

I was diagnosed 3 - 3 1/2 years ago and work a highly stressful job. So far i've been on 3 short term disability leaves. The last one was due to the stress building up to the point where I ended up in the hospital with Pancreatius. I have to call out of work so much that i'm surprised I still...

I have been suffering from chronic tiredness, muscle aches, brain fog and recently, due to the ongoing nature of my health, depression. I had Glandular fever about 5 years ago. which is the closest understanding of what I am feeling now however my 6 months of glandular fever is nothing compared...

Hello. I feel a little strange writing this post, as I know I’m not the only one who reads forums about fibro. Still, I really need your help. This post is long, and very personal. My questions are at the end. My girlfriend of three years was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia/chronic...

:(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...

Hello all, Let me write you a short novel... hahaha I'm 27 and was recently diagnosed with fibro by a rheumatologist after enduring months of pain, starting with my knees. After seeing my primary, both were x-ray'd and nothing found. I had to fight for a Lyme test to be done and came up...