Re: Hello, I'm new...../help with book

May 10, 2008

Thanks to everyone for the welcome and advice! I think I will look

for a rheumatologist to help me manage this. Anyone have a

recommendation for the best/most current book out there? I'm glad

to have found this group =)

Dena

>

> From: denanbobpen

> Subject: Hello, I'm new.....

> To: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

> Date: Friday, May 9, 2008, 9:55 AM

>

> Hi to everyone! I am new to ALL of this so I apologize in advance

> for this lengthy introduction, but I have NOBODY to discuss this

> with that would understand. My name is Dena and I am a 36 year old

> married mom of 3 (12, 10, 8). We live in Ohio. I was always a

> thin, energetic, on-the-go person. During my pregnancies, I had

> Graves disease (overactive thyroid) and it seems everything went

> downhill from there. For the last 10 years, I've had a myriad of

> sympotoms including kidney stones/flank pain, irregular/rapid

> heartbeat with chest pain, mono and 5th disease in the same year,

> IBS (I've had since age 16), ear stuffiness/pain/ ringing, popping

> jaw, frequent sore throats, very frequent headaches, facial pain,

> muscle twitches/spasms/ vibrations, interior knee pain on both

sides,

> irritability/ mood swings/loss of patience, stiff upper

> back/neck/shoulders (I'm constantly cracking everything to loosen

it

> up), extreme fatigue, waking mutliple times at night (although I

> have NO trouble actually falling asleep), and right now I'm having

> severe left hip/leg pain, and I'm hyper-sensitive to touch (if

> someone pokes me, it feels like they hit me with a hammer). I've

> gained 40 pounds over the last 8 years (20 in the last 2). I've

had

> every test you can imagine (x-rays, ultrasounds, echocardiagrams,

> blood work, etc.....) and everything is always " normal " . FINALLY,

> my doctor just announced that I most definitely have fibro after

my

> latest round of complete blood workup. Everything was normal

except

> my ANA was ever-so-slightly elevated. For now he started me on

> 30mg/day of Cymbalta however I can't take it yet because my

> insurance company is giving me fits about authorizing it (Medical

> Mutual). My doctor did not refer me to a rheumatologist but I'm

> wondering if I should consider that. I have no idea what to do or

> where to go from here. I'm going to order a book from Amazon and I

> joined this group to hopefully get more help here than from the

> doctor. So that's me in a nutshell. Thank you for letting me join

> your group and again, sorry for such a long introduction!

>

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May 10, 2008

Hi Dena,

I like the Fibromyalgia Advocate, The Idiot's Guide to Fibromyalgia and one

other I can't find right now. When I do I will let you know. These are good

books.

By the way welcome to the group. I think you will like it here - well, I know

you will like it here. There are some great people. People who are supportive

and even put up with the likes of me while I go on and off the site.

Marti

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