My mothers will ask me what's wrong, when I tell her, I get the

'Blank Stare'

Like yea right!

Recently, I was caught at a store by a woman who told me HER chiropractor would CURE me of Fibro. He cured her fibro!

Yeh.......you're right...I do have to watch those narcotics...

I'm obviously talkin' them for effect.......
Which effect should I give up....
The one that takes enough of the edge off the pain that I don't want to die...
Or the one that makes it possible for me to only cry a couple of times a day now on the good days...??????

I'm a goddamn party animal all right.

Love this thread! I have one of my doctors tell me that I was a female and we were made to tolerate pain so I just needed to remember that I can handle the pain and stop complaining about it.

OMG...RJ....
Someone ought a make a female out of him

Someone oughta get a tight grip and twist it!

oh boy, rj, i would've slapped him sideways.

i snuck out at thanksgiving - 2 toddlers, 2 crazy teens, 3 dogs and religious arguments and not one comfy chair. i was napping in my dad's SUV. my sister noticed, came and opened the door my head was against yelled at me for being a brat, demanding i come back in, then slammed the door when i said, no, i'm fine here. no room in the house was safe or quiet. i checked that, of course.

then there's come to my church and let them pray over you. i never turn down prayers - every time it was some weird thing - bath in flax seed oil....ok, sure, thank you!!

or just the good ole, so you're not going to do any thing today??
yes, the dishes, make my bed, blah blah and collapse, oh is that allllll?

What's the matter?

You're not yourself?

What has happened to you?

You go to the doctor's...why aren't you getting better?

OMG RJ, I had a female OBGYN tell me 'honey, you r a woman, you will have pain, it's a fact of life & it' gonna hurt, get used to'

If she only knew what pain is...

Just keep busy. You'll forget all about it.

...... Anyone who hardy leaves their house and takes lots of drugs....well, think about it, its just not right, she used to be so outgoing!..... She's " Sick".... If you get what I mean?.....Agoraphobic, I think, and all I've seen and read about oxycontin! Well, speaks for itself!.........

Who would "choose this life ?"

Glad I've got real support!

"Just get up and get going, you'll feel better, one thing will lead to another and you'll be amazed at what you get done"

One Rheumatologist told me to go buy granny shoes and it would help my pain???????

Me: "I have rheumatoid arthritis"
So called normals: "me too my knees crack sometimes"

"You're only 18, you can talk when you're [insert age here]."

"Oh, yeah, my back's messed up too! Try [wrap/heat/cold/herbal supplement/OTC]. It's always worked for me."

"It can't be that bad/constant."

And the one that kills me (and yes, people HAVE said this to me):
"If it's that bad, just kill yourself." [How about I kill you instead?]

Rachel, been there, my Dad, told me I should just kill myself too. That hurts. I know he didn't mean it that way but it still hurts