cadwiz1
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- Joined
- Oct 18, 2013
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- Diagnosis
- 06/2011
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- US
- State
- Massachusetts
Hi all,
I was diagnosed 2 yrs ago with Fibro but I didn't really believe that was what I had until now. this last couple of weeks has been hell! It started with a messed up knee. Saw the doc for that, had MRI and revisit him on Monday. Since then I have had a horrible pain in my hip also and when I wake up I feel like I have been hit by a bus (I am a school bus driver!) It finally got so bad I have to take of Friday. I was just in too much pain to drive for 6-7 hours. though the drive is broken up into 3 seperate routes it was still more than I could handle. The night before on my sports late run (5:15-8:15pm) I ended up using both feet to drive the bus. One on the gas and one on the brake. Not something you are supposed to do in a bus! Since I do it in my car all the time it is not a big deal for me. My right leg (the one with the bad knee and hip) just hurt too much to lift it up onto the brake. by the time I got home my entire body hurt and I had to take a percoset. I had to call my boss first and make sure she could cover my morning run. I get up at 4:30 and 6-7 hours sleep is not enough to get the percoset out of my system. (at least not enough to drive a bus full of kids) Ended up in pain the rest of the day and had to take another one later in the day. I wake up and I can't even make a fist, my hands hurt like hell. I lived with someone for 10 yrs who had fibro so I know the symptoms well. I am totally freaked out as I now live alone and have to pay the mortgage by myself and have no money put away. I live paycheck to paycheck and we don't have any short or long term ins at my job. I could easily lose everything if I can't get this under control.
I know this was a bit long winded but thanks for listening.
I was diagnosed 2 yrs ago with Fibro but I didn't really believe that was what I had until now. this last couple of weeks has been hell! It started with a messed up knee. Saw the doc for that, had MRI and revisit him on Monday. Since then I have had a horrible pain in my hip also and when I wake up I feel like I have been hit by a bus (I am a school bus driver!) It finally got so bad I have to take of Friday. I was just in too much pain to drive for 6-7 hours. though the drive is broken up into 3 seperate routes it was still more than I could handle. The night before on my sports late run (5:15-8:15pm) I ended up using both feet to drive the bus. One on the gas and one on the brake. Not something you are supposed to do in a bus! Since I do it in my car all the time it is not a big deal for me. My right leg (the one with the bad knee and hip) just hurt too much to lift it up onto the brake. by the time I got home my entire body hurt and I had to take a percoset. I had to call my boss first and make sure she could cover my morning run. I get up at 4:30 and 6-7 hours sleep is not enough to get the percoset out of my system. (at least not enough to drive a bus full of kids) Ended up in pain the rest of the day and had to take another one later in the day. I wake up and I can't even make a fist, my hands hurt like hell. I lived with someone for 10 yrs who had fibro so I know the symptoms well. I am totally freaked out as I now live alone and have to pay the mortgage by myself and have no money put away. I live paycheck to paycheck and we don't have any short or long term ins at my job. I could easily lose everything if I can't get this under control.
I know this was a bit long winded but thanks for listening.