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SgtSlum 
i just came back from a doctor visit, the guy offered me tylenol for my pain, and he said you dont have to take it everyday, just on a real bad day... regular ole tylenol it was like a slap in the face
i didnt take the prescription
i thought to myself how do you explain to someone that tylenol couldnt touch the pain im in... oh yeh... you dont, because obviously they dont believe you, and i dont have the energy anymore to argue... so ill just wait for a new doctor
i have to go to a free clinic, so i get a different doctor each time, which is good for me now because i definately need someone who will listen, the first doctor i got was great i wish i could somehow get him again, at least he believed me
im going back to the doctor wednesday. im anxious, in a good and a bad way. i really want a diagnoses. though im 95% sure i have fibromyalgia, i just want to hear it from a doctor. fibromyalgia is NOT progressive, so i know when i start feeling worse, theres a reason for it, and a way to prevent the frequency of flares, and thats a huge relief. i know ill always have flares but its awesome to know i dont have to be in so much pain all of the time. ive done so much research in the last month, i plan on taking it all to the doctor, and hopefully getting a diagnoses but i dont count on it. going to a free clinic means a new doctor with every appointment, which makes it so much harder to get a diagnoses, and really hard to get pain meds. but i am finally getting decent sleep, which is such a relief! getting sleep means im not as stressed as i was just a month ago, which means im not crying at the drop of a dime now! but i do cry at the drop of a... quarter... ;) but ill take any small improvemnt these days.
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Sure hope you get your dx.It will make a diffrence in the meds they can give you. Hope you feel better soon.Make the doc sit down when you talk to him/her and look them in the eyes.People tend to listen better this way. Let them know you are looking for a way to Manage this disease.Good luck, Luv, Mel
sharktooflady
thank you so much! i plan on bringing my friend along with me to the appointment. sometimes my brain just freezes and i cant say what i need to. shes known me since before i got sick, she knows all of my symptoms, and mostly she knows im not lazy or crazy, and i do want to function better than im capable of right now.
SgtSlum