I Know my fibro sisters will understand
After six years of repeat visits to my PCP with complaints of knee pains, complete exhaustion, sleep depravation, kneck pain, pain under my shoulder blades, pain when I take a deep breath, stiffness, tingling fingers, sensations of burning on my arms and legs, swollen ankles, chronic cough (and I mean cough until I vomit multple times a day), depression, heart palpations, loss of consciousness (at work of all places) weight gain, she finally decided I have fibro. I have to say I was not very happy with her or her diagonosis.I honestly never thought fibro was a real disease. It was sort of the disease you had when they just couldn't figure out what was wrong with you.
The cardiologist ran me through every test possible only to tell me I had an eposide of syncope. And no, he did not know why or if the would occur again. The puemologist tortued me throug a broncoscopy and a lung function test only to tell me he had no idea why I had been coughing for six years. Well .....................................the rhumotologist prescribed an antidepressant after I broke down booohooing in her office. Because I thought she would have the answer, and I surely did not want to hear fibro. She was also nice enough to re-diagonoss my asthma as hypersensitive airway disease, but still prescribed those @#$#@ inhalers. She gave me a second antidepressant so I could get out of bed in the morning and suggested that exercise would make me feel better.. Ohhhh I forgot to mention that during the six years my weight went from 180 to 270. Can't imagine why. With a little humor and a lot of prayers, I know there is light at the end of the tunnell.
The cardiologist ran me through every test possible only to tell me I had an eposide of syncope. And no, he did not know why or if the would occur again. The puemologist tortued me throug a broncoscopy and a lung function test only to tell me he had no idea why I had been coughing for six years. Well .....................................the rhumotologist prescribed an antidepressant after I broke down booohooing in her office. Because I thought she would have the answer, and I surely did not want to hear fibro. She was also nice enough to re-diagonoss my asthma as hypersensitive airway disease, but still prescribed those @#$#@ inhalers. She gave me a second antidepressant so I could get out of bed in the morning and suggested that exercise would make me feel better.. Ohhhh I forgot to mention that during the six years my weight went from 180 to 270. Can't imagine why. With a little humor and a lot of prayers, I know there is light at the end of the tunnell.
If nothing changes.......nothing changes!
I hear ya sister. I told my husband and grown daughter that i was going to knock their heads together All their whinng and complaiing about pain. They don't know what pain like we have is. Not only do i have fibro , myofascial pain, degenerative disc disease, 4 bulging discs, 2 nerves in my lumbar area have fused togetehr, anyway you get the idea. I am in constant pain, and when i have a fibro flare on top of it all the last thing i want to hear is how they have a headache lol
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