savsgirl66
New member
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2016
- Messages
- 6
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 01/2016
- Country
- US
- State
- CO
I have been on a few different support forums. One of them was too confusing to use. The other....I felt like posts got lost and well....instead of being supportive, I felt like I was surrounded by moms who just wanted to tell me what to do. So, here I am...
I am 46, married, wife, kids - but only one left at home, grandkids, and work full time. I have struggled with trying to figure out what wasn't right with me for quite awhile. It wasn't until January that a doc determined fibromyalgia. I am on gabapentin, going to head therapy once a month, and up to 10 1/2 minutes on the elliptical each night. Doc has me slowly working my way up....really slowly. He said 10 minutes for a month and then 12 1/2 minutes - so I am gradually getting there.
My husband, son, and coworkers are all trying to understand - but it's difficult. I am truly looking for that connection where I can say things like "damn that shooting pain in my back thigh" and have someone get it. Or understand why typing this out took awhile because I had to take breaks - because my fingers get sore. And get how frustrating it is to be a go-getter who can't even open a dang jar.
Anyway, that's a brief about me....
I am 46, married, wife, kids - but only one left at home, grandkids, and work full time. I have struggled with trying to figure out what wasn't right with me for quite awhile. It wasn't until January that a doc determined fibromyalgia. I am on gabapentin, going to head therapy once a month, and up to 10 1/2 minutes on the elliptical each night. Doc has me slowly working my way up....really slowly. He said 10 minutes for a month and then 12 1/2 minutes - so I am gradually getting there.
My husband, son, and coworkers are all trying to understand - but it's difficult. I am truly looking for that connection where I can say things like "damn that shooting pain in my back thigh" and have someone get it. Or understand why typing this out took awhile because I had to take breaks - because my fingers get sore. And get how frustrating it is to be a go-getter who can't even open a dang jar.
Anyway, that's a brief about me....