Ruralchick
Senior member
- Joined
- May 2, 2014
- Messages
- 325
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 09/2013
- Country
- US
- State
- AZ
Nearly 10 years ago I had Graves disease that almost killed me before I found help--4 doctors! Still didn't feel much better but was going through menopause and was given natural, compounded hormones and started feeling better--somewhat.
Buried my dad and father-in-law,(after caring for the latter for 2 years), a few months apart and began to feel much worse with pain and fatigue.
Went to a spinal neurologist and found arthritis, DD and fusion and sent to pain management. The following months I had 2 surgeries; for removal of a huge kidney stone stuck in the ureter, and tacking my kidney back where it belonged,( it came loose from the swelling), and was again referred to the "Pain Dr." (chronic swelling =chronic pain)
Had debilitating fatigue by then but couldn't do anything while recouperating so pain wasn't as bad.
While we focused on the life-long migraines and kidney& back pain with narcotics,(thank God!) and other things that didn't work, I was still feeling much traveling pains, massive fatigue, and depression. The dr. said he thought I had FM. My Chiro. says the same as does my massage therapist ( she said so 2 years before the others), and my Naturopath agrees. Is this an "official" diagnosis?
In Feb. I had ankle surgery and soon will have shoulder and other ankle surgery before the year is up.
Oh how I've wanted to live under a rock, but my heavenly Father sustains me! And to think, I used to ride horses all day, milk cows, build fence, buck hay, garden, etc., etc.
Buried my dad and father-in-law,(after caring for the latter for 2 years), a few months apart and began to feel much worse with pain and fatigue.
Went to a spinal neurologist and found arthritis, DD and fusion and sent to pain management. The following months I had 2 surgeries; for removal of a huge kidney stone stuck in the ureter, and tacking my kidney back where it belonged,( it came loose from the swelling), and was again referred to the "Pain Dr." (chronic swelling =chronic pain)
Had debilitating fatigue by then but couldn't do anything while recouperating so pain wasn't as bad.
While we focused on the life-long migraines and kidney& back pain with narcotics,(thank God!) and other things that didn't work, I was still feeling much traveling pains, massive fatigue, and depression. The dr. said he thought I had FM. My Chiro. says the same as does my massage therapist ( she said so 2 years before the others), and my Naturopath agrees. Is this an "official" diagnosis?
In Feb. I had ankle surgery and soon will have shoulder and other ankle surgery before the year is up.
Oh how I've wanted to live under a rock, but my heavenly Father sustains me! And to think, I used to ride horses all day, milk cows, build fence, buck hay, garden, etc., etc.