Fibromyalgia Support Group
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Hi everyone...
last June after comeing to fully Understand that people just do not understand I started to keep a Journal...
Month by Month...everyday I write in Just how I am feeling...symptoms...how dabilitateing it is..how it is affecting my ability to do the things I need to do that day...and alot of times I eneter several things a day...at the very beginning of this Journal I have written my "Head To Toe" symptoms list...anything that plagues me on a regular basis...from headaches to the raynauds in my toes...
We FEEL bad about Feeling bad....Why is that ??
we cannot hope that everyone else Understands something that we ourselves do not even Understand....we get mad about someone getting frustrated when we ourselves get frustrated with this damn DIS-EASE !!!
We NEED to STOP !!
this is something that will probably be with us for the very rest of our Lives...
I have Stopped trying to explain anything to anyone...the biggest reason is i am aware I might just wear them down with all my pain...
I make No Aplolgies for me haveing to Now say NO from time to time...it is just the way it Now is...I have to deal with it...and I cannot deal with it alone...I need help...either emotional or someone to just give me a damn hand from time to time...
this site has helped SO very much with the EMOTIONAL things...I have someone to talk to that I do not NEED to explain the WHYs of it all.....so I no longer NEED to Bombard my family and friends with it everydamnday...
I had an appointment with my Dr. last week...a physical....I sent a copy of my journal for that month to him in advance...he looked at me when he sat down and said....."Do You REALLY feel this way all the TIME ??"...I said "yes...now can you help me please"...I told him my biggest FEAR is that Now that I have been Diagnosed with FM/CFS that every symptom I have will be shoved into THAT catagory....and we may Miss something that could easily be fatal...after all...had I been diagnosed with FM before 2004...my Blue toes would have been pushed off as simple raynauds...and a Clot that was blocking my abdominal Aorta 100 percent would Not have been caught in time....all the symptoms i had were among the symptoms of FM...
he agreed...and is Now in the process of running a huge amount of tests....just to check everything out...
keep a journal....for your OWN peace of mind...has done wanders for me.
Bonnie
last June after comeing to fully Understand that people just do not understand I started to keep a Journal...
Month by Month...everyday I write in Just how I am feeling...symptoms...how dabilitateing it is..how it is affecting my ability to do the things I need to do that day...and alot of times I eneter several things a day...at the very beginning of this Journal I have written my "Head To Toe" symptoms list...anything that plagues me on a regular basis...from headaches to the raynauds in my toes...
We FEEL bad about Feeling bad....Why is that ??
we cannot hope that everyone else Understands something that we ourselves do not even Understand....we get mad about someone getting frustrated when we ourselves get frustrated with this damn DIS-EASE !!!
We NEED to STOP !!
this is something that will probably be with us for the very rest of our Lives...
I have Stopped trying to explain anything to anyone...the biggest reason is i am aware I might just wear them down with all my pain...
I make No Aplolgies for me haveing to Now say NO from time to time...it is just the way it Now is...I have to deal with it...and I cannot deal with it alone...I need help...either emotional or someone to just give me a damn hand from time to time...
this site has helped SO very much with the EMOTIONAL things...I have someone to talk to that I do not NEED to explain the WHYs of it all.....so I no longer NEED to Bombard my family and friends with it everydamnday...
I had an appointment with my Dr. last week...a physical....I sent a copy of my journal for that month to him in advance...he looked at me when he sat down and said....."Do You REALLY feel this way all the TIME ??"...I said "yes...now can you help me please"...I told him my biggest FEAR is that Now that I have been Diagnosed with FM/CFS that every symptom I have will be shoved into THAT catagory....and we may Miss something that could easily be fatal...after all...had I been diagnosed with FM before 2004...my Blue toes would have been pushed off as simple raynauds...and a Clot that was blocking my abdominal Aorta 100 percent would Not have been caught in time....all the symptoms i had were among the symptoms of FM...
he agreed...and is Now in the process of running a huge amount of tests....just to check everything out...
keep a journal....for your OWN peace of mind...has done wanders for me.
Bonnie
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
Sandra