Re:~Update~ w/a follow up question ~ The Question IS--gosh humn???

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3yrs. ago I was 50lbs. heavier and as I began to loose weight

my symtoms got worse. When I consciously put forth the effort to

loose the last 30lbs. my symtoms worsened however it could simply be

coincidental, I honestly don't know. Having heart disease was one

reason for trying to loose the weight and also I wanted to be able to

look down and see my feet. lol!!! It is a very good question. It's

amazing how we never run out of questions. The answers are so very

few and hard to come by regarding the BEAST and it's nature. Well

that's my 2cents. ........................................

-- In Fibromyalgia_Support_Group , " "

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> Thanks everyone for the quick replies. It is really nice to see us

> discussing real issues with the beast we all contend with.

>

> QUESTION: , I was asking if SIZE matters in regard to the beast.

>

> I am a very tiny lady. So tiny in fact, I've been mistaken to be my

> eldest two children's little sister!! (You'd have to see, LOL, one

is

> 5'4 " and one is 5'9 " ) I know that many of you haven't met in

person,

> but even Mama T, the owner of this group, is taller and

> broader than I am. I am just barely over 5'1 " and I'm soaking wet,

> maybe 100 lbs. As my husband put it, a good birthday wind blows in

> March, I'm a goner. I've read SIZE doesn't matter, so far, the

beast

> can make you bigger, or make you way smaller, depending on what it

> does to you.

>

> I noticed one thing, during a flare, like some others here, I don't

> eat as much. Sometimes, right at the end of a flare, I eat a ton

and

> then some. I can't figure out if that's just because of the pain or

> if it's a combination of things. I do know that when I hurt,

> everything hurts, not just one part, but everything, from my nose

to

> my toes as the saying goes.

>

> Like others here, I don't fit into the poor enough for state help

> arena. I also don't fit into the earnings bracket where complete

> coverage insurance is remotely possible. It doesn't help that I

> haven't worked outside the home since 1997 and the work I do at

home

> hasn't managed to afford me anything.

>

>

>

> >> > Hi Friends ! ! ! Just wana let you

know

> though I've had some bad days there have parts of the days that

have

> been meaningful to me. Three days working around the house results

in

> two days spent in bed on a heating pad w/blue ice. I've

accomplished

> several things. I've refused to just do nothing as that would be to

> simply giving in. > > New Kitty cat has been a blessing, she greets

> me 1st thing in the morning waiting for her 1st can of food so to

her

> I'm #1. The comfort she has to offer has been great. Her name is

> Snoopy as she is getting into evrything around the house but that's

> is ok.> > Learning to live w/out RX pain meds has been difficult

but

> I AM managing fairly well. I decided not to allow the pain stop me.

I

> pace myself in evry task I take on as not to end up in to much

> agony.> > Soon I will start reading every post and replieng to the

> ones I feel like I have something to contribute to.> But for the

past

> week or so I have just been skimming over most.> > GOD Bless You

>

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