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Although once I mentioned wls, he wanted to blame everything on being malnourished? as a result of the surgery ? I hope he really can get to the bottom of it all? It may be neurological too? what ever that means?
I will keep you posted.
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First of all welcome to the forum it isn't real busy but I usually stop by daily, so HI . Probably the first thing to do is see a rheumatologist or someone who deals with fibro to get a diagnosis of fibro. Then they can give you some medication to help with the pain There are several that help fibro Lyrica, Cymbalta and Savella. Many of us find that we have to go to narcotics to really get any help with pain relief but then that comes with its own drawbacks too. Exercise is one of the best things you can do for keeping pain down and staying flexible. This is a horrible disease and I wouldn't wi**** on anyone. Hope you are able to learn more about it and how to treat it. Good luck!
Forgot to mention that I am just trying to get back in physical shape. The exercise is helping. I am only walking now, and that's wearing me out, but it's better then nothing at all.
that could be side effects of something else you are taking? maybe, I know I take a medication that when the dose gets to a dosage to high I get that feeling here and there and it is on my face. I too take neurontin for my fibro, it seems to help, but dr won't increase me, have been on same dosage for YEARS. Pain is breaking through, but it is what it is, at least I get some relief from my pain, some fibromites don't get any and my heart goes out to them. Hope you find out the cause of your nerve sensations.
I will have to look into seeing if my Medicare and Wa state medicaid pays for this. I need help, and dr doesn't want to give narcotics except for the tramadol I have been on for years, so they are getting to the point they don't seem to be working to much. Thank you for this uplifting positive post, God bless and may you have long lasting relief from your pain.
That is something you are going to have to change is pushing so hard because you will pay for it and that just causes more stress and the probabilility that you will flare again. You have to teach others that they have to do for themselves now. You MUST start everything slowly and work up to more strenuous things and your son may have to start doing things for himself. Your life is forever changed with this diagnosis, you can no longer do things that you are used to doing or you will just make it harder on yourself. You have to learn to baby yourself! Best of luck to you!
Thank you, I have some yoga DVD's that I will experiment with and see which I can do. Of course since I've been pretty much sedentary for almost a year ( since my first big flare ) I can't imagine I will make it through a whole DVD but I'm going to try it tomorrow morning when my husband leaves for work. Man do I wish I had office skills so that I could go to work. It hurts standing for long periods, to the point that I don't even go into the store if it's going to be a long shopping trip. I usually leave the store half way through shopping and have my husband fini**** I spent three hours cleaning and going through stuff today and I'm paying for it now. I have so much to do before friday when my son comes home and I just don't know how I'm going to get it done.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic disease and to be honest most of the doctors do not know what causes the ailments; most of the medication they prescribe is muscle relaxers but that doesn't help at all, instead of become more active you star to depend on pills for your well-being and that is simply unacceptable. The best thing you can do is make your body stronger, an option I've seen is that people who are diagnosed with Fibromyalgia incorporate daily yoga sessions as a part of their everyday routine. All changes are obviously part a of a process but since most exercises are high-impact if you try traditional exercise your body will feel tired most of the time and chances are you won't be able to endure the whole workout, so you should focus in performing stretching exercises and yoga positions that strengthen your body.
Other than walking most of my exercise I do is in water. Love water arobic's.
Thanks so much!!! Yes I'm looking for a new doc this one is a jerk anyway!! So I'll look for one who is willing to listen and learn. Again thanks so much for the links!