Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 Hi karen, and welcome! there is a lot of useful info in here...ive been here for about 3 weeks as a " lurker " , reading, and finally got up the time and energy to type and spell a few words right (happy belated birthday!) Lymes...wow, i have been tested for that also, and came up negative..seems it has a lot of symptoms akin to FMS, and some conections to suffering from FMS, from all I have heard. Parvovirus...wow...I am a veterinary technician, and have had a lot of experience with pups with that...is it the same virus, or a different strain that humans get? I truly sympathise with everything you are going thru. That one large step was being diagnosed...as awful as FMS is, it is good to at least finally know whats going on with you... I know the pain you are speaking of...and offer some soft hugs to you... Mare > Hi. My name is and I live in NJ. I just celebrated (if you could say that) my 38th birthday although I feel like 90. Yesterday I was officially diagnosed with fibro. It was a hard pill to swallow even though I knew that this would be the diagnosis since I've suffered for a few years now. > > My adult life has always been filled with alot of stresses but I thought I handled them well however my health always suffered. In 1997 I contracted parvovirus and since then, I've never been right. I've also had Lyme disease too but all my bloodwork for bacterial infections were negative. So, here I sit with my new diagnosis and trying to find out how to cope with it. > > The fatigue is horrendous and the pain is horrible. When someone asks what type of pain I have - all I can tell them is that if they were to grab my arm even lightly, it would make me want to scream and for hours afterward I would feel their fingerprints on me. Does that make sense? > > I hope to find out useful information on this group! > > L. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 - if you find the group - let me know. I'm very interested. Thank you! L Re: Intro... -Hi, I talked to a lady in a chat whose child died of parvo virus. She has a group for people who have it. From what I understand it can cause life long problems in some people. If I can find the group I will let you know if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 Mare, it is a different strain. It's worse in animals. As far as parvo goes in humans, I must have never been exposed to it as a child. My children could have had it and it went it's normal viral course but it got me good. I had a rash that was like a lacey type of a rash on my torso and legs. Then I had bad flu like symptoms followed by unbelievable fatigue and arthralgia. (Gee, similar to what I have now but it was a bit worse then). I was bedridden for about 6 months and then one day I woke up and it was gone. Then two years ago after my daughter was born, I got it again. They used to say that once you get it you are immune but my bloodtests showed that I had a past and present infection from parvo. L ----- Original Message ----- From: rabbiddanngel1 Parvovirus...wow...I am a veterinary technician, and have had a lot of experience with pups with that...is it the same virus, or a different strain that humans get? Mare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 Mare, it is a different strain. It's worse in animals. As far as parvo goes in humans, I must have never been exposed to it as a child. My children could have had it and it went it's normal viral course but it got me good. I had a rash that was like a lacey type of a rash on my torso and legs. Then I had bad flu like symptoms followed by unbelievable fatigue and arthralgia. (Gee, similar to what I have now but it was a bit worse then). I was bedridden for about 6 months and then one day I woke up and it was gone. Then two years ago after my daughter was born, I got it again. They used to say that once you get it you are immune but my bloodtests showed that I had a past and present infection from parvo. L ----- Original Message ----- From: rabbiddanngel1 Parvovirus...wow...I am a veterinary technician, and have had a lot of experience with pups with that...is it the same virus, or a different strain that humans get? Mare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 Mare, it is a different strain. It's worse in animals. As far as parvo goes in humans, I must have never been exposed to it as a child. My children could have had it and it went it's normal viral course but it got me good. I had a rash that was like a lacey type of a rash on my torso and legs. Then I had bad flu like symptoms followed by unbelievable fatigue and arthralgia. (Gee, similar to what I have now but it was a bit worse then). I was bedridden for about 6 months and then one day I woke up and it was gone. Then two years ago after my daughter was born, I got it again. They used to say that once you get it you are immune but my bloodtests showed that I had a past and present infection from parvo. L ----- Original Message ----- From: rabbiddanngel1 Parvovirus...wow...I am a veterinary technician, and have had a lot of experience with pups with that...is it the same virus, or a different strain that humans get? Mare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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