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hi I wanted to interduce myself

My name is Becky in live in IN I am 52 I am married to a

very understanding wonderful man.

I spent 30 years working for GM on the line till my body would not

let me anymore

I have 2 grown children daughter is married with 3 children and a son

in the Army who is stationed in WA state but is usely over seas every

other month he loves it gets to travel alot.

I was dig. with fibro in 1996 I read a article in family circle that

sounded like me showed it to my doctor he did the pressure point test

everyone of them got me.

I also have RLS and CFS somedays I feel so lazy I just can't make it

out of bed hardly

I have gained so much weight I will be having Gastric bypass in a

couple of months my doctors and I hope it will relive some of my pain

I enjoy sewing and have been learning to quilt its fun to do and

helps give me something to do when my husband is at work we works 12

hours or more days at least its only 3 to 5 days a week.

I hope this is not long

thanks

Becky from IN

[Guest guest]

Well Becky, welcome about the FM train!

Sounds like you have a fantastic support system in place with your

DH. Were you able to get SSD? I know a lot of us are fighting that

battle right now (myself included); some with attorneys, some without.

I don't quilt, but I crochet and try to keep busy. I have COPD

(asthma/bronchitis kind) and allergies and they are constantly

flaring each other, especially this weird winter in Georgia (already

spent 9 days in hospital; they want to put me back in *but* the high

cases of flu and pneumonia have them rethinking that so I don't end

up worse!).

I have been out of work since 12/06 for the bronchitis and was just

recently dx'd with the fibro and COPD, so I feel that my disability

case will start moving along now that my attorney has filed for a

hearing.

Do you take any meds for your fibro? I know folks who have had

gastric bypass and I am not a candidate because I am a T2 diabetic

now as well, but so far, maintaining and even losing weight despite

the massive amounts of steroids they have me on so I can breathe. It

can be a sucky world sometimes; I can tell you this is NOT what I

envisoned for myself at 45. Not at all. But I do what I can, rest

when I need to and I am working on NOT apologizing for getting to

something, if that makes sense?

There's some wonderful information on here; you may not be able to

use all of it, you may be able to; it boggles my mind how very

different this disease reacts to us all sometimes, you know? I

usually flare just before a change in the weather, usually in areas

that had old old healed injuries! Sometimes, I am wiped out by 2pm.

It just depends.

Anyhow, jump in. Don't be a stranger and again, welcome aboard!

Darlene

>

> hi I wanted to interduce myself

> My name is Becky in live in IN I am 52 I am married to a

> very understanding wonderful man.

> I spent 30 years working for GM on the line till my body would not

> let me anymore

> I have 2 grown children daughter is married with 3 children and a

son

> in the Army who is stationed in WA state but is usely over seas

every

> other month he loves it gets to travel alot.

> I was dig. with fibro in 1996 I read a article in family circle

that

> sounded like me showed it to my doctor he did the pressure point

test

> everyone of them got me.

> I also have RLS and CFS somedays I feel so lazy I just can't make

it

> out of bed hardly

> I have gained so much weight I will be having Gastric bypass in a

> couple of months my doctors and I hope it will relive some of my

pain

> I enjoy sewing and have been learning to quilt its fun to do and

> helps give me something to do when my husband is at work we works

12

> hours or more days at least its only 3 to 5 days a week.

> I hope this is not long

> thanks

> Becky from IN

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Becky - Welcome to you. First of all, you are not lazy. You have chronic

pain and fatigue, so don't ever call yourself lazy. Secondly there are a bunch

of us here who have had weight loss surgery in an attempt to improve how we

feel. My personal outcome was that it did not help me to lose the weight.

Fatigue for me is worst symptom. Well, I still had very little energy even

after losing 110 pounds. I slowly started regaining, so had a revision to

become even more distal and when this did not help either, I turned back to my

comfort of food. I run a Yahoo group for people dealing with both the issues of

FM and WLS, as we will always have the problems of malabsorption to deal with.

Jeanne in WI

Dealing with FM & WLS?

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FM-WLS/

hi I wanted to interduce myself

My name is Becky in live in IN I am 52 I am married to a very

understanding wonderful man.

I spent 30 years working for GM on the line till my body would not let me

anymore

I have 2 grown children daughter is married with 3 children and a son in the

Army who is stationed in WA state but is usely over seas every other month he

loves it gets to travel alot.

I was dig. with fibro in 1996 I read a article in family circle that sounded

like me showed it to my doctor he did the pressure point test everyone of them

got me.

I also have RLS and CFS somedays I feel so lazy I just can't make it out of

bed hardly

I have gained so much weight I will be having Gastric bypass in a couple of

months my doctors and I hope it will relive some of my pain I enjoy sewing and

have been learning to quilt its fun to do and helps give me something to do when

my husband is at work we works 12 hours or more days at least its only 3 to 5

days a week. I hope this is not long

thanks

Becky from IN

[Guest guest]

Hi, Becky. Welcome to the best fibro group on the net. I was dx'd about 12

years ago. I look forward to getting to know you.

Love and gentle hugs,

Debi/Central Cal.-55

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