ChinaCat
Member
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2017
- Messages
- 20
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 05/2017
- Country
- US
- State
- IL
Hi All,
I've been lurking on this forum for about 2 months now and finally decided to post! Here's my story:
I am a 40yo woman in very good physical condition. I played a full contact sport for about 6 years (ages 26-30ish) before quitting because I was in constant pain.
I want to stay physical for a healthy heart and joints and maintain my weight. So I joined Crossfit and had to quit due to pain. I started swimming and had to quit because of pain. I like running but had to quit due to pain. You can see where this is going.
I went to doctors: chiros, orthos, etc. They told me I had tendonitis, or runner's knees, or ankle impingement, or degenerative arthritis. But how am I so broke down at such a young age? It never made sense to me.
A couple of months ago I had a really really bad flare up and had to wait 3 weeks to see my PCP. He did not utter the word "fibromyalgia" but he put me on Cymbalta and sent me to the rheumatologist. We did blood tests and xrays. Blood was negative for everything. Xrays showed minor degenerative arthritis. No "real" reason for the chronic pain. He diagnosed me with FM.
I don't really have anyone to talk to about it. Pain is one of those things that people like to talk about, but no one wants to hear about. So I've been coming here and feeling a bit validated. FM is tough because there is no singular thing you can point to for a fix. If you cut your finger and bleed, you know the cut caused the bleeding and you bandage it. Not so with FM.
I'm trying not to be too hard on myself. A lot of times I see posts about people who can barely walk, and I think I should be grateful because it could always be worse. That I should suck it up and tough it out because I'm not bedridden.
Anyway. Thanks for reading. I appreciate all of the support you give each other.
I've been lurking on this forum for about 2 months now and finally decided to post! Here's my story:
I am a 40yo woman in very good physical condition. I played a full contact sport for about 6 years (ages 26-30ish) before quitting because I was in constant pain.
I want to stay physical for a healthy heart and joints and maintain my weight. So I joined Crossfit and had to quit due to pain. I started swimming and had to quit because of pain. I like running but had to quit due to pain. You can see where this is going.
I went to doctors: chiros, orthos, etc. They told me I had tendonitis, or runner's knees, or ankle impingement, or degenerative arthritis. But how am I so broke down at such a young age? It never made sense to me.
A couple of months ago I had a really really bad flare up and had to wait 3 weeks to see my PCP. He did not utter the word "fibromyalgia" but he put me on Cymbalta and sent me to the rheumatologist. We did blood tests and xrays. Blood was negative for everything. Xrays showed minor degenerative arthritis. No "real" reason for the chronic pain. He diagnosed me with FM.
I don't really have anyone to talk to about it. Pain is one of those things that people like to talk about, but no one wants to hear about. So I've been coming here and feeling a bit validated. FM is tough because there is no singular thing you can point to for a fix. If you cut your finger and bleed, you know the cut caused the bleeding and you bandage it. Not so with FM.
I'm trying not to be too hard on myself. A lot of times I see posts about people who can barely walk, and I think I should be grateful because it could always be worse. That I should suck it up and tough it out because I'm not bedridden.
Anyway. Thanks for reading. I appreciate all of the support you give each other.