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> Age range: 45

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> Male/female: M

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> What are the symptoms? Extreme fatique, pain from head to toe

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> Has you illness been diagnosed? Diagnosed as having Fibromyalgia,

Psoractic Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

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> How long did you suffer before you got help? More years now that I

look back, roughly 8-10 years

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> Is there a time that you can remember when it started? When I moved

from CA to CO for job promotion

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> Some of us have found lack of exercise we are overweight.

> Have you found this to be a problem also? YES

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> Are you on disability? I am currently working with my insurance

company and Social Security

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> If you are any pointers for others trying to get on disability? Just

be aware that Social Security will do everything in their power to deny

you. Do not give up, keep fighting them and eventually you will win

your benefits..

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> What have you found that helps ease the pain, warm baths,

> medications etc.? Warm, not hot epsom salt baths help a great deal,

Advil, Ultracet (RX) positive thinking!

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> Do you have sleep problems? How do you deal with it? I sleep less

than 3 hours a night. The truth is that I have not been dealing with

it. I am now taking Ambien and it helps.

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> Do you have family that understands your illness? My family doesn't

have a clue about this but my roommate is more like my caregiver now and

he is with me every doctors appointments and such in case I forget to

the doctor something and that I will mostly forget what the doctor told

me during the visit. My roommate logs everything down.

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> Some have found certain foods causes problems with CFS or

> Fibro, have you? I have noticed this too, but I cannot pin point

which ones they are!

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> What type of Doctor have you found that has helped you the most? A

combination of a rheumatologist and orthopedic. They share the same

office and they rotate me between the two doctors.

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