Finally medically diagnosed

May 7, 2008

I have been fighting with the doc's for over a year now about being

diagnosed with Fibro. I would hear, " you MIGHT have it " , or " you

COULD have it, but we aren't sure " or " we THINK it COULD be

Fibromyalgia but we are going to check you for everything else

first " . I got so tired of hearing all that that I quit going to

doc's completely, well you all know what that did, nothing for the

pain. Well I finally went back to my family doc yesterday because

the pain got so bad and she FINALLY diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia on

paper instead of beating around the bush like all the other doc's

have done. She gave me some meds for the pain but I only take one a

day for the first week, 2/day for the next week and the 3/day for the

next week and then I need to go back and see her. I took my first

one lastnight and within 2 hours my body had relaxed enough that I

could sit on the couch and just chill and not be in tears from the

pain. I woke up this morning in my normal pain so we will see how

the day goes, I'm going to try to keep a positive attitude today so

then hopefully it won't get so bad.

For those that are having stressful days, I find what works for me is

to lock myself in my bedroom with a good " chick flick " , I love girly

movies and they seem to calm me down. If you can't do that just find

a quiet spot and sit there for a few minutes and tell yourself, " I'm

going to be fine, the stress is going to mellow out and I WILL get

through this " , but you have to say it more than once, repeating it

over and over again for a few minutes kind of convinces your mind

that you can handle the stress. I have found if I do that it really

helps on the days I can't hide in my bedroom, which with 5 kids, 4 of

them living at home my " alone " moments don't happen often.

I also envy those of you that can take long hot showers. I took a

shower this morning and it wasn't as bad as the others have been but

it still felt like my skin was being ripped off my body by the

water. I can't wait to get my big bath tub, when I get the money to

completely redo my bathroom, that's going to be a while.

Take care everyone and I hope you all have a pain free day.

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