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Hi all, my name is kathy, Im glad I found your group today because I

feel just miserable. Its nice to find a group of people who have some

of the same probems that I do. Hopefully I can learn from you and get

some suggestions on how to feel better. To tell you a little about

myself, I am 57 yrs old, I went to my Dr. about 8 mo. ago with severe

shoulder pain. Right away she checks me for a heart condition, which I

didnt have. I told her about my neck pain , lower back pain, both

shoulders have pain, both knees hurt, feet and ankles hurt, sometimes

have trouble sleeping. MY pain is sometimes severe, but most of the

time it is just like a tooth ache kind of pain. I have no medicle

insurance, so I cant afford to go into the dr unless pain is severe.

My Dr. didnt quite know what to do with me, so she gave me so pain

medicine (darvocet) which will take pain away but not inflamation,

celibrex(spelling) and a anti depressant. I never took the

antidepressant cause I didnt feel depressed, and i didnt take the

celibix cause i heard it was bad for you. So right now im not taking

anything but asprin. That is as close as I have come to a diagnosis to

fibromyalgia. Thanks for listening to me whine, if anybody has any

tips for me I would appreciate it .