Blood Tests & medicine questions.

August 24, 2002

I wanted to ask all of you how long I should wait before I get really angry with

my doctors office? It's been 11 days since they took my blood for various

tests. I have called the doctor twice and been promised both times someone

would get back to me. I asked one lady if I needed to make a follow-up

appointment. She said wait for the call. Still nothing. It's absolutely

crazy.

After talking with all of you, skimming through books and looking at websites I

am fairly convinced that I have had Fibro since the late 80's. I just want to

get on with things so that I can decide once and for all if I am going to take

anything like an anti-depressant. At first I thought no I would try the

vitamins and herbs. Now I don't know. The pain gets worse or I can't sleep.

Then I feel good for an hour or two and think something I am taking or doing is

helping and then bang I feel bad again. It's nothing new, but I am tired of it.

At the very least I would like to get a good nights sleep once and for awhile

and I would like to have a positive thought about my life! I am in a raunchy

mood nearly all the time and I think I hear criticism in just about everything

my husband say's. He is difficult to take at times, but I think I am being

overly sensitive. I haven't been able to look at the bright side of anything in

a lot of years. I try. I really do.

How many of you believe the meds your taking really help at least a little?

Right now I am highly functioning with this, but I feel that slipping. It's

been getting steadily worse and I am starting to get muscle weakness at times.

I just don't understand how they can say this disease is not progressive! I

keep reading that but they are nuts. I have had ALL the symptoms at one time or

another but individually over the last 10-15 years, but in the last several

months I have had over half the symptoms all at the same time. Looking back I

see a very gradual slide towards something that sounds and looks scary as you

know what. While I am still highly functioning I want to do something to keep

myself that way. But what if I can't? Are we all destined to end up lumps on

the couch?

ttyl

Suzi

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