Re: Update good news is Finally question extreme tiredness

March 16, 2012

Congrats on the upcoming surgery; will send out knee mails for you.

YES on fibro pain and car trips. My kids who are living about 2 hour

drive away are peeved with me because I won't drive up there to visit.

I've tried explaining that the pain is so incredibly bad that unless

we stop every 20 minutes for me to walk around then stop every hour

and find a bed for me to rest in for a couple of hours, that long a

trip is impossible. They just don't understand, though.

Also a HUGE yes on fibro and tiredness. I can't even sit at the

computer more than a couple of hours before having to go rest on the

bed. There are times I can't even read because my vision blurs and

hands hurt too much to hold a book, due to the fibro.

Like my Crohn's disease, my fibro has flares when things are really

bad - like now. I type quickly but so far this e-mail has taken me a

half hour to get this far because I'm having to stop often to let the

pain go back to tolerable levels.

We had to spend $300 to get a medical grade foam mattress to go on our

bed so I could sleep on it. Still can't sleep more than a few hours

and that is with sleeping pills. (Doc has me on one and one half

Ambien nightly, which gets me to sleep until about 2 AM.)

Bout all I can do right now. Yes, yes and yes on fibro. Please don't

stress (ha ha) too much about the surgery, but know I've got prayer

going out for you.

Warm hugs, Jeanne B in GA

>Donna M R Griffiths Nee Hurst wrote:

>

> Can Fibro cause extreme tiredness I am so tired I am in bed and asleep

> before 7pm which is extremely early. I am struggling to be honest both

> physically and mentally the fact it takes me half an hour to have a shower

> now is scary I worry my parents at my deterioration in months I can barely

> do anything with out my face showing I am in so much pain.

>

> Has anyone else experienced sudden bout of bad bad pain whilst traveling by

> the car mine lasts the entire journey its so bad I am gritting my teeth it

> hurts so much, I am unable to move due to the space in the car being limited

> any advice, It's my legs and belly mainly but I am now getting pain in my

> shoulders and arms.

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