Guest guest Posted June 10, 2002 Report Share Posted June 10, 2002 Age range: 28 Male/female: female What are the symptoms? Joint and muscle pain, fatigue, short-term memory loss (I would never that that this related to anything)and periods of insomnia. Has you illness been diagnosed? Yes, I was recently diagnosed. I was also been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis about two years ago but my current rheumatologist and I are not sure about the RA diagnosis because the rheumatoid factor was positive only once and I only have joint pain but no swollen joints. My sed rate and C-reactive protein have been elevated for three years so something is going on that is probably related to an autoimmune disease. How long did you suffer before you got help? 3 years Is there a time that you can remember when it started? I am not sure if it started around the time I started experiencing my other problems. Some of us have found lack of exercise we are overweight. Have you found this to be a problem also? Yes, definitely. If I do too much I am bedridden later. Are you on disability? no If you are any pointers for others trying to get on disability? What have you found that helps ease the pain, warm baths, medications etc.? I haven't, I could use some pointers. I tried soaking in a warm bath with lavendar Batherapy and I felt terrible afterward for two days. Do you have sleep problems? How do you deal with it? Yes. I need advice in this area too. I am currently looking for new mattresses. Do you have family that understands your illness? not really Some have found certain foods causes problems with CFS or Fibro, have you? no What type of Doctor have you found that has helped you the most? If you want to leave a bio you may go to the groups page at www.yahoogroups.com, log in to the file area, and make a folder. There you can leave a picture of yourself, be sure to click to notify the list. You can also leave a bio by making text file then bio.txt Post are in text only not html codes. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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