Hi,
This is the first time I have ever posted in a forum so bear with me. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia when I was 19--50 years ago. My parents took me to Mayo Clinic (I am Canadian) and we made the trip because they were so worried at the illness I had developed after a virus I contracted on a trip to Israel. They told us they were pretty convinced I had a very new illness called fibromyalgia. Over the years I have had numerous episodes of body pain and crazy symptoms that are never diagnosed. But I've functioned at a very high level, worked full time as a high school teacher then ran a communications business and travelled all over the world.
Almost two years ago I retired, ready to enjoy. Early into my retirement I had a crazy fall on some sidewalk construction and fell flat on my face. That's when the trouble started. I started getting very ill--lost my appetite, nausea, pain, tingling, numbness. Started to get scared and went from hospital to hospital and nobody could find anything. I had scan after scan. This was in September of 2019. I was bedridden until December. Then we went south for two weeks and the whole thing almost miraculously stopped. We came home and headed south again for two weeks. Then the pandemic hit. I was okay until about June and then the whole thing started again, but worse. Horrible back pain, neck and shoulder pain, Dizziness. Tingling in hands and feet. Numbness in face. Nausea. Loss of appetite. I wake up in the middle of the night with everything internally shaking and buzzing--hands, feet, chest, legs. I thought the facial problem was left over from my fall, but I just got my MRI results and they were normal. I have dry eye. Dry mouth. It has been so long since I've had a fibromyalgia flare up that I'm not sure if this sounds like what I'm experiencing. I know I'm anxious--it's a very anxious time. I have way too much time to think. We can't see our kids. But nobody can seem to diagnose why I've been so sick for the second time. I'd love your input.
This is the first time I have ever posted in a forum so bear with me. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia when I was 19--50 years ago. My parents took me to Mayo Clinic (I am Canadian) and we made the trip because they were so worried at the illness I had developed after a virus I contracted on a trip to Israel. They told us they were pretty convinced I had a very new illness called fibromyalgia. Over the years I have had numerous episodes of body pain and crazy symptoms that are never diagnosed. But I've functioned at a very high level, worked full time as a high school teacher then ran a communications business and travelled all over the world.
Almost two years ago I retired, ready to enjoy. Early into my retirement I had a crazy fall on some sidewalk construction and fell flat on my face. That's when the trouble started. I started getting very ill--lost my appetite, nausea, pain, tingling, numbness. Started to get scared and went from hospital to hospital and nobody could find anything. I had scan after scan. This was in September of 2019. I was bedridden until December. Then we went south for two weeks and the whole thing almost miraculously stopped. We came home and headed south again for two weeks. Then the pandemic hit. I was okay until about June and then the whole thing started again, but worse. Horrible back pain, neck and shoulder pain, Dizziness. Tingling in hands and feet. Numbness in face. Nausea. Loss of appetite. I wake up in the middle of the night with everything internally shaking and buzzing--hands, feet, chest, legs. I thought the facial problem was left over from my fall, but I just got my MRI results and they were normal. I have dry eye. Dry mouth. It has been so long since I've had a fibromyalgia flare up that I'm not sure if this sounds like what I'm experiencing. I know I'm anxious--it's a very anxious time. I have way too much time to think. We can't see our kids. But nobody can seem to diagnose why I've been so sick for the second time. I'd love your input.