Re: Intro...Tamara

[Guest guest]

Hi,

And welcome to a great group. A lot of us do really

understand how you feel. It does help to know you

aren't alone. Lately I haven't been a happy healthy

camper, but I am trying to look at the good things I

have in life and hold so close to them.

My wonderful daughter is soon to be 11 and mentally

handicap, so I know what that feels like as well.

I feel like I may not be helping that much today, will

do better in the future, just know love and prayers

are with you, Sheri

--- tamara laskowski <tamara_b73@...> wrote:

> Hi everyone

>

> My name is Tamara. I have been recently diagnosed

> with fibromyalgia. My mom has arthritis and I just

> have always assumed that I had that so this

> diagnosis

> came as quite a shock for me.

>

> I have been living with this for a long time. I

> cannot even remember when it started because it

> seems

> like it has always been this way. I finally saw my

> doctor about it because the over the counter meds

> that

> I've been using are no longer even coming close to

> helping with the pain. I use alleve, tylenol,

> ibuprofen, etc. Nothing works anymore.

>

> I am overweight and waiting for insurance approval

> for

> gastric bypass surgery. I hope to have the surgery

> in

> Dec or Jan. I take two different anti-depressants

> and

> a muscle relaxer. The muscle relaxer was the only

> thing my doctor prescribed for the fibromyalgia. It

> does help at bedtime to get me comfortable enough to

> fall asleep, but I wake up after it has worn off and

> toss and turn the rest of the night. What should I

> do? I need something to help with the pain. I am

> 29

> years old and I don't want to live like this.

>

> I am married and we have a total of four kids. I

> have

> a five year old daughter that is autistic, bipolar,

> and ADHD. I just don't have the energy to deal with

> her sometimes. She is very physical and it is

> really

> hard some days. I also have a little boy that is 18

> months old. So of course he is very active too.

>

> Thanks for listening

> Tamara

>

>

> =====

> Tamara

> mom to :

> Ebony, 4 yrs -- asd, ADHD, bi-polar

> , 1 year

> wife to:

> Terry, love of my life

>

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