VanGogh
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My massage therapist was the first to mention the possibility that Fibro may be what is causing my pain and tightness in my muscles. Ironically, I went to massage school some years ago and we were schooled a little about "WOMEN" with Fibro. One of the male instructors went so far to say that this is one of those
" all in their head " diseases but " we need to be sensitive to their complaints ". That said I am certainly not agreeing with that sentiment or any other part of what I thought I knew or was told. But I did hold onto the notion that only women got this disease. Now I find myself with this strange pain and it's getting worse while all doctors that I have seen tell me that it's Osteoarthritis in my spine and throw every kind of pain medication at it without much success.
I have not yet found a rheumatologist to meet with so I thought about finding a Fibro forum and here I am looking to find some information that I can use to at least take an educated guess. From all that I've read so far it sounds like it is very possible that this thing has been growing wild inside of me and I find myself rolling around on the floor trying to iron out the stiffness and to find a few places to quiet myself so I can rest a little. When the pain is the worst I can't find a comfortable position to stand, to sit, or to lay down so I sometimes go a week or more with 2 hours sleep a night and it's never 2 hours all at once. To even imagine 7 or 8 hours of " uninterrupted " sleep is a dream in and of itself.
( pardon the pun )
In any event I want to ask to be pointed in the right direction...maybe to some links here that will be helpful. Maybe some of you can ask me for details instead of my rambling on even more than I already have.
So that's it.
BTW I'm a MALE
" all in their head " diseases but " we need to be sensitive to their complaints ". That said I am certainly not agreeing with that sentiment or any other part of what I thought I knew or was told. But I did hold onto the notion that only women got this disease. Now I find myself with this strange pain and it's getting worse while all doctors that I have seen tell me that it's Osteoarthritis in my spine and throw every kind of pain medication at it without much success.
I have not yet found a rheumatologist to meet with so I thought about finding a Fibro forum and here I am looking to find some information that I can use to at least take an educated guess. From all that I've read so far it sounds like it is very possible that this thing has been growing wild inside of me and I find myself rolling around on the floor trying to iron out the stiffness and to find a few places to quiet myself so I can rest a little. When the pain is the worst I can't find a comfortable position to stand, to sit, or to lay down so I sometimes go a week or more with 2 hours sleep a night and it's never 2 hours all at once. To even imagine 7 or 8 hours of " uninterrupted " sleep is a dream in and of itself.
( pardon the pun )
In any event I want to ask to be pointed in the right direction...maybe to some links here that will be helpful. Maybe some of you can ask me for details instead of my rambling on even more than I already have.
So that's it.
BTW I'm a MALE