Re: Hello, I'm new./To Heidi

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--- Hi Heidi and welcome to the group....Heidi I worked as dental

asst. to a periodontist for 25 years doing 2-4hr. surgeries, yep 25

yrs...I'm 59 next week. Let me tell you ,I sure know the pain you

are getting..shoulders, shoulder blade left side, neck pain left

side, fingers going numb yet?? It's horrible.

I worked that way for approx. 2yrs. after my diagnosis. You will

have to make a choice sometime in the future, you simply cannot

continue to work that way. I asked to be transferred to the front

desk when there was an opening. I was able to work front desk part-

time for another 3 years, then retired. The sitting position that

you have to sit in never gives the muscles time to recover, so you

stay in a constant flair. To sit like that for 8 hrs.is miserable.

Does your Dr know about Fibro? If not you need to get him all the

info you can to him to read. That's what I did, my Dr. had never

heard of it before. I still think he thought it was all in my head,

until one of his buddy's wives had it and he found out it wasn't...He

was still skeptical I hope your Dr. will be willing to work with you

on a schedule that you can handle.

If you have any questions just ask someone will answer here, their so

great here about helping anyway they can.......Hinky

In Fibromyalgia_Support_Group , " heidi.pipiras "

wrote:

>

> My name is Heidi and I was recently diganosed with Fibro in

December

> 2007. My sister has Fibro. She has suffered for years and told me

that

> I probly have Fibro before Doctors finally diganosed me. So many

> feeling to deal with still now knowing I have Fibro. It helps to

talk

> with my sister and she has guided me here to join others with

Fibro. My

> sister has it so bad she can no longer work. I am a Dental

Hygienist

> and work everyday in pain. I thought my worst nightmare as a dental

> hygienist would be to get carpul tunnel, never did I think of

getting

> Fibro. I wonder how long before I am no longer can work and cry. My

> Family (Husband and Kids)are new at this stuff too. They notice

when I

> am having bad painfull days and bad fibro-fog days. I am so glad

that

> there is a family out there of fibro-mites to talk too. THANK-YOU

FOR

> EXCEPTING ME.

> Heidi-Hygienist

>