BlueStein
New member
- Joined
- May 4, 2015
- Messages
- 7
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 01/2014
- Country
- US
- State
- United States
I had my baby girl at the end of January, and during my two months of maternity leave I actually felt great. I was going to the gym every day and power walking then doing some body-weight exercises for 10 minutes, no flare-ups, felt great.
As soon as I started back to work part-time (I work from home as a writer/editor for a website) and continued my new role as full-time mom, my pain has gotten so bad that I'm icing my hands and wrists after washing the dishes, taking 4 hours to fall asleep, and the brain fog is so intense I just want to stare at my computer screen. Every time another work-related email arrives, I either tear up and try desperately not to tear up.
I'm fortunate that I have a hardworking healthy husband, but still not sure we can afford to really lose my income completely if I were to stop working and just focus on being a great mom and wife. And take better care of myself at the same time by not working.
How does applying for disability really work?
Did any of you other moms go through the same decision after maternity leave ended?
Feeling very alone, and tired. I don't know anyone with fibromyalgia and while my best friend is amazing at listening, I came here to all of you because it feels so unreal to have such limited capacity. It feels like fibromyalgia is taking everything from me...but maybe if I wasn't working, I'd feel alive again and able to enjoy motherhood and simple daily activity...
Any thoughts or suggestion appreciated...or simply hearing others who've gone through same issue...
As soon as I started back to work part-time (I work from home as a writer/editor for a website) and continued my new role as full-time mom, my pain has gotten so bad that I'm icing my hands and wrists after washing the dishes, taking 4 hours to fall asleep, and the brain fog is so intense I just want to stare at my computer screen. Every time another work-related email arrives, I either tear up and try desperately not to tear up.
I'm fortunate that I have a hardworking healthy husband, but still not sure we can afford to really lose my income completely if I were to stop working and just focus on being a great mom and wife. And take better care of myself at the same time by not working.
How does applying for disability really work?
Did any of you other moms go through the same decision after maternity leave ended?
Feeling very alone, and tired. I don't know anyone with fibromyalgia and while my best friend is amazing at listening, I came here to all of you because it feels so unreal to have such limited capacity. It feels like fibromyalgia is taking everything from me...but maybe if I wasn't working, I'd feel alive again and able to enjoy motherhood and simple daily activity...
Any thoughts or suggestion appreciated...or simply hearing others who've gone through same issue...