RE: Hey Tigger Vent: Lyrica/fibro comercial/

[Guest guest]

Hi Tigger How are you? I agree with you, it doesn't care what you weigh.

I also posted the commercial downsizes the disease.

Take Care Sharon

Tigger wrote: I want you to know that

this is not just about overweight people. I weigh

about 155 and I've been to all ends of the scale 280 and then got sick and

dropped to 112. Did any of it help my fibro? NO

Fibro is indiscriminate on who it attacks. Young people, old people, no

specific race or religion.

What gets me about that commercial is that I don't think I could be so calm

and I feel like it portrays those of us with serious pain as wimps because

she takes her Lyrica and is off doing things she normally would. I guess I

feel that it is very condescending.

Tigger (Ruth) in Rhode Island

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From: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

[mailto:Fibromyalgia_Support_Group ] On Behalf Of

Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:26 PM

To: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

Subject: Personal Re: Vent: Lyrica/fibro comercial

" It really irks me when I see that aenorexic, thin boney women in

Pfizer's Lyrica comercial. She is no good represention of a fibro

patient. Based on what I have read here, many of you most likely may be

overweight. Even I am bigger than that boney woman. How can she have a

lot of muscle pain when she doesn't show much muscle? "

Well, don't I feel like an idiot. I guess I must not have fibro since I am

not overweight, although I'm not anorexic anymore. I was in high school but

hey, who cares, right? Yeah, I can get out of bed most mornings and deal

with my pain but only because I have to go to work so I can afford my meds.

Sorry that I am also a " thin, boney woman " . Did it ever occur to anyone that

most Americans are overweight? I'm sorry that I can't gain weight no matter

what I do. I don't eat out a lot, in fact I don't eat a lot anyway because

of my issues from having my gall bladder out.

I don't show much muscle, but they are there and they hurt. And I also keep

a diary. I might not write more than a few sentences but I keep one. Yes, my

hand goes numb and my arm hurts but I do it.

Guess I will go back to the doctor and tell them I have been misdiagnosed

since I'm not overweight, thin and boney and I can write in a diary.

You all may have thought that commercial didn't portray a " real " fibro

patient. But it personally hurts me to feel like I can't have fibro because

I'm not fat and because I can do things others can't. I understand that

there are people out there that are disabled because of this disease, but

you don't have to make others feel like we can't have it because we aren't

disabled. Everyone is different.

I won't be checking my mail for a few days so I have a chance to let this

subject blow over so I don't get anymore upset than I am.

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[Guest guest]

Sharon,

It definitely downsizes not only the pain, but all the other issues that go

with it. I tried Lyrica and every time I see that commercial I want to kick

that ladies face in. It sends the message that, " Oh, you took your

medicine, so you are fine now. "

Funny thing is. since I stopped taking it I'm not sleep walking. and it

didn't help me with the pain and I can't afford to swell. I swell enough

and am on a high dose of diuretics and potassium.

Tigger (Ruth) in Rhode Island

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From: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

[mailto:Fibromyalgia_Support_Group ] On Behalf Of sharon

studley

Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:36 AM

To: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

Subject: RE: Hey Tigger Vent: Lyrica/fibro comercial/

Hi Tigger How are you? I agree with you, it doesn't care what you weigh. I

also posted the commercial downsizes the disease. Take Care Sharon

Tigger <tigger.pinkraincoat <mailto:tigger.pinkraincoat%40gmail.com>

@gmail.com> wrote: I want you to know that this is not just about overweight

people. I weigh

about 155 and I've been to all ends of the scale 280 and then got sick and

dropped to 112. Did any of it help my fibro? NO

Fibro is indiscriminate on who it attacks. Young people, old people, no

specific race or religion.

What gets me about that commercial is that I don't think I could be so calm

and I feel like it portrays those of us with serious pain as wimps because

she takes her Lyrica and is off doing things she normally would. I guess I

feel that it is very condescending.

Tigger (Ruth) in Rhode Island

_____

From: Fibromyalgia_ <mailto:Fibromyalgia_Support_Group%40yahoogroups.com>

Support_Group

[mailto:Fibromyalgia_ <mailto:Fibromyalgia_Support_Group%40yahoogroups.com>

Support_Group ] On Behalf Of

Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:26 PM

To: Fibromyalgia_ <mailto:Fibromyalgia_Support_Group%40yahoogroups.com>

Support_Group

Subject: Personal Re: Vent: Lyrica/fibro comercial

" It really irks me when I see that aenorexic, thin boney women in

Pfizer's Lyrica comercial. She is no good represention of a fibro

patient. Based on what I have read here, many of you most likely may be

overweight. Even I am bigger than that boney woman. How can she have a

lot of muscle pain when she doesn't show much muscle? "

Well, don't I feel like an idiot. I guess I must not have fibro since I am

not overweight, although I'm not anorexic anymore. I was in high school but

hey, who cares, right? Yeah, I can get out of bed most mornings and deal

with my pain but only because I have to go to work so I can afford my meds.

Sorry that I am also a " thin, boney woman " . Did it ever occur to anyone that

most Americans are overweight? I'm sorry that I can't gain weight no matter

what I do. I don't eat out a lot, in fact I don't eat a lot anyway because

of my issues from having my gall bladder out.

I don't show much muscle, but they are there and they hurt. And I also keep

a diary. I might not write more than a few sentences but I keep one. Yes, my

hand goes numb and my arm hurts but I do it.

Guess I will go back to the doctor and tell them I have been misdiagnosed

since I'm not overweight, thin and boney and I can write in a diary.

You all may have thought that commercial didn't portray a " real " fibro

patient. But it personally hurts me to feel like I can't have fibro because

I'm not fat and because I can do things others can't. I understand that

there are people out there that are disabled because of this disease, but

you don't have to make others feel like we can't have it because we aren't

disabled. Everyone is different.

I won't be checking my mail for a few days so I have a chance to let this

subject blow over so I don't get anymore upset than I am.

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[Guest guest]

And does the commercial ONCE address the sleep patterns (or lack there of) that

we have? Or the flareups or the once every now and then good day we spend doing

everything we can because we know it's going to hit again soon so we wear

ourselves out to get it done?

So tender to the touch? They think that describes it? ARGH!

Lyrica - I coudln't live without it

in PHx

Tigger wrote:

Sharon,

It definitely downsizes not only the pain, but all the other issues that go

with it. I tried Lyrica and every time I see that commercial I want to kick

that ladies face in. It sends the message that, " Oh, you took your

medicine, so you are fine now. "

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[Guest guest]

Nope! None of it. I feel like I did when I went to the doctor for horrible

menstrual cramps that would put me in bed for days and the doctor would say,

" Oh, take some aspirin and you'll be fine. " I thought my Dad was going to

tear him a new one.

Tigger (Ruth) in Rhode Island

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From: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

[mailto:Fibromyalgia_Support_Group ] On Behalf Of in AZ

Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:01 PM

To: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

Subject: RE: Hey Tigger Vent: Lyrica/fibro comercial/

And does the commercial ONCE address the sleep patterns (or lack there of)

that we have? Or the flareups or the once every now and then good day we

spend doing everything we can because we know it's going to hit again soon

so we wear ourselves out to get it done?

So tender to the touch? They think that describes it? ARGH!

Lyrica - I coudln't live without it

in PHx

Tigger <tigger.pinkraincoat <mailto:tigger.pinkraincoat%40gmail.com>

@gmail.com> wrote:

Sharon,

It definitely downsizes not only the pain, but all the other issues that go

with it. I tried Lyrica and every time I see that commercial I want to kick

that ladies face in. It sends the message that, " Oh, you took your

medicine, so you are fine now. "

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