RE: Tigger, Tired, PAIN/

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I live in Westerly. I can get almost anywhere. depending on how I feel. I

would love you meet you guys.

Tigger (Ruth) in Rhode Island

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From: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

[mailto:Fibromyalgia_Support_Group ] On Behalf Of seescallop

Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 10:48 AM

To: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

Subject: Re: Tigger, Tired, PAIN

> > You could have written that post for me today. Every other day

has been

> > rain. Every other day I want to throw myself under a bus. Every

day I have

> > two kitties that tell me they love me and need me.

> >

> > Chronic pain is a bitch. No getting around that. I just wish they

could do

> > something about it. I had a doctor tell me that he couldn't give

me pain

> > meds because it would mask the problem. duh! There is no cure, so

let's

> > mask the pain. It's ridiculous the logic they try to use on us.

Most of us

> > a smart enough and have done enough research to know this. The

last time a

> > doctor told me that I said, " Good bye and have a nice pain free

life. " He

> > said I took him wrong. No. He was either going to treat me or not.

> >

> > I hate doctors.

> >

> > Tigger (Ruth) in Rhode Island

> >

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On Behalf Of Jeanne and

> > Dave

> > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 3:14 PM

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> > Subject: Re: Tired of pretending, anger, and tears

> >

> > I'm sorry you were so upset, Debra. I know it gets hard to just

go on like

> > things are normal. I really wonder if you posted a letter at work

it would

> > help people to understand you better. Or make up a small poster

for the

> > work area that reads, " Debra has FM. She is not a drug addict or

alcoholic.

> > Thanks for understanding. " I don't know. These are just what

comes off the

> > top of my head.

> > I'll keep you in my prayers.

> > Jeanne in WI

> >

> > >I just have to vent today. I am just feeling do down. I am so

tired of

> > >pretending I am fine when I am not. Yesterday was like trying to

run a

> > >marathon just going to work. They could not see under the makeup

and the

> > > " cheerful attitude " that I felt like $hit. What is worse is they

don't

> > >give a damn. I know it too.

> > > Things come back to me when I feel this bad. I remember the

comments my

> > > supervisor has made to me about a sister in law of hers with

FM. She

> > > depicted her to me as lazy. She said " she slept all day " ....

what she

> > > does not understand is that this damn crap comes with sleep

disorders on

> > > top of it all. And she had made a comment that " she did not

work like you

> > > do " . And said " she is a prescription drug addict " . Well, I am

not able

> > > to freaken work. Damn it! Not a person on earth gives a crap

but the

> > > people here.

> > > I also remember what the nurse that I work with said one day.

When she

> > > told me about her friend who has fibro. She said she does not

talk to

> > > that friend anymore because " she just wants people to feel

sorry for

> > > her " .. and made comments about her pain meds and how she can

hardly stay

> > > awake. (It is probably from the damn fibro fog and not her pain

meds).

> > >

> > > I am fed up with people just not believing this shit. It hurts

me

> > > greatly. If I have larnyngitis or a cold, I get " oh, I can tell

you feel

> > > so bad " . Then they acknowledge that I am sick. But not with the

fibro.

> > > I know that any comment I make about it probably makes them

roll their

> > > eyes.

> > >

> > > I am angry, pissed, and so fed up. I just don't know how much

longer I

> > > can take the " don't give a shit " attitude of these people. I

don't expect

> > > any special treatment, but I don't want to be considered an

idiot either.

> > > And if I call in and say " I am sick... It is the fibro " ....

they will just

> >

> > > talk about me then the next time I come in NO ONE will even ask

how I am.

> > >

> > > I am just so angry. Thanks for listening. Guess what? They get

me

> > > today without makeup. I don't care. Let them see how I look and

feel

> > > every day of my life without me trying to hide it.

> > >

> > > love ya all,

> > > Debra V.

> >

> >