Re: It has been a long weekend and I can't remember if I introduced myself

[Guest guest]

Welcome Tammy.

I don¹t know anything about a van, but I wanted to welcome you to our group.

Do you see a rheumatologist?

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> Hi

> My name is Tammy and I don't remember if I introduced myself or not so

> I guess I will re-introduce myself if I already have. :-) I forget a

> lot of things. I am recently divorced with 2 boys, one with add and

> one with bipolar adhd. I have fibro, myofacial pain disorder,

> osteoarthritis, degenerative disk disease, migraines, ptsd, and a host

> of other things that I feel must stem from the other problems. I

> occassionally have swelling in my joints but they don't turn red or

> hot so I guess it isn't rheumatoid arth. But very painful to touch.

> Hmmm.....lets see here......I recently got a doc to get me a

> wheelchair for the days that I absolutely cannot walk and that seems

> to be helping quite a bit. I just wonder what exactly is going on

> since I am progressing so rapidly down. As you all know, I'm sure, I

> have constant pain and have had a lifetimes worth of cortisone shots.

> I am not sure where to go from here tho'. I am on ssdi and am not

> quite sure how to go about getting a van, if I have to pay the whole

> thing or if medicare pays part and so on. If there is someone on here

> that knows, please respond.

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Dear Tammy,

Hello and welcome to the group. You will find so many

wonderful and caring people among our members.

I just wanted to say that I am thinking of you and

sorry for all that you are going through. Divorce is

so very hard especially with children. I found it

helpful to keep a journal and to pour out all of my

feelings into it. It was my way to validate my

feelings and it was very healing.

Our emotional state very much influences our physical

being. With all of the medical problems that you

have, please don't feel as though there is anything

wrong with having a little help. So many of us need

all of the emotional strength we can find to keep us

in top disease fighting form and find that an

anti-depressant helps. Are you taking one and if not

it would certainly be worth talking to your dr about.

As a mother of a bi-polar child and also a child with

ADD, I know that your children take a lot more energy.

My daughter is now taking Wellbuitron and my son is

taking Adderal. Both medications have really been a

help. Sometimes I am in so much pain that I find

myself not having as much patience with them as I

should.

Are you getting treatment for your FM and if you are,

what are they doing for you? I have FM, TMJ, recent

knee surgery and nonserum positive reactive arthritis.

Sometimes I get so tired of the daily fight to be

without constant pain. It just wears you down and

makes your life harder to deal with. It is very

important that you find a dr that will treat your

pain. Have you had any success with that?

Tammy, I am including you in my prayers tonight and I

am hoping that God will grant you strength and

comfort. I know that it helps having people that

understand what you are going through, so please write

whenever you feel you need to give voice to your

feelings. We all have a lot of common ground and are

here to support one another. Hugs to you. Iris

--- tammy vagnini <asuzeeq2@...> wrote:

> Hi

> My name is Tammy and I don't remember if I

> introduced myself or not so

> I guess I will re-introduce myself if I already

> have. :-) I forget a

> lot of things. I am recently divorced with 2 boys,

> one with add and

> one with bipolar adhd. I have fibro, myofacial pain

> disorder,

> osteoarthritis, degenerative disk disease,

> migraines, ptsd, and a host

> of other things that I feel must stem from the other

> problems. I

> occassionally have swelling in my joints but they

> don't turn red or

> hot so I guess it isn't rheumatoid arth. But very

> painful to touch.

> Hmmm.....lets see here......I recently got a doc to

> get me a

> wheelchair for the days that I absolutely cannot

> walk and that seems

> to be helping quite a bit. I just wonder what

> exactly is going on

> since I am progressing so rapidly down. As you all

> know, I'm sure, I

> have constant pain and have had a lifetimes worth of

> cortisone shots.

> I am not sure where to go from here tho'. I am on

> ssdi and am not

> quite sure how to go about getting a van, if I have

> to pay the whole

> thing or if medicare pays part and so on. If there

> is someone on here

> that knows, please respond.

>

>

>

>

>