Re On my way to a medical diagnosis

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Hi ,

So happy to hear you got a medical diagnosis and some pain relief finaly. I've

been ten

months now trying to get a diagnosis of anything (aaaanything but " Chronic Pain

Syndrome " - makes gagging noises) I have a new Primary Care Provider, a Nurse

Practitioner. She is treating my pain with a muscle relaxant and OTC pain meds.

Also she

is checking everything, to see if my symptoms could come from something other

than

Fibro. And she is jumping through all the hoops to try to get me in with the

'top' (read

'only living') rheumatologists in town.

Meanwhile I'm stuck here with Fibros bratty little sister (Right now she is up a

tree

throwing rocks yelling " HA HA HA diagnose me if you can!

Peace

Cassandra

> >

> > 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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