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Posted 7/4/2012 4:28 PM (GMT 0)
This is my first time posting anything but hopefully someone can relate. I live in Fla. and we have had so much rain it is killing me. I have RA, Fibro, Chronic Fat., and back issues. No one in my home really understands how I feel anymore in fact I don't even think my doc's do. I just went through a metho. dose pack and that didn't work so back on heavy doses of prednisone, lyrica, pain meds. muscle relaxers and still not feeling much relief. Getting very burnt out. Feel like a pill junkie. I am 38 I just want some relief it is exhausting. Sorry to complain just need a way to vent
Posted 7/4/2012 5:51 PM (GMT 0)
Feel free to vent here anytime - that's what we all do, lol.

First - welcome.  I'm sorry, though, that you have chronic pain and other health issues.  I share several of them w/ you... and, yes, feel like a walking medicine cabinet.

The rain bothers me too.  I can feel it through my body... On the flip side, because of my other autonomic nervous system stuff - I'm also severely heat intolerant.... so, basically, I'm a mess and I hurt all the time, lol (I'm not trying to make light of things... but if I don't laugh about it - I'm often in tears).

I just turned 39 and I've been dealing w/ most of these issues, in this severity, since I was 30. 

Anyway, please feel free to share anything else you are comfortable with.  What doctors have you've been to?  What about your living/family situation?.... What meds seem to be working/not working.  Anything else where we can help you better. 

Until then, know you'll meet great people here.... who walk in the same type of shoes... and, at the very least, can undertstand.  I don't have many people in my "real life" that understand what it's like to live w/ severe chronic health/pain issues.... so my wonderful friends here help me through - with their compassion and encouragement.

Look forward to getting to know you better.

 

Posted 7/4/2012 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
Hello Alied!

Here is another warm Welcome for you! wink

Not much to add after the Awesome post from my sister in CP! smilewinkgrin...but wanted to let you know that we also have a wonderful Fibro forum here on HealingWell. If you get a chance, please introduce yourself over there. Several of our members belong to it as well, and they have wonderful moderators too!

Take care, and Enjoy the forum!

SE wink
Posted 7/5/2012 12:23 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Allied, and a third warm welcome for you. As you can see, this is a most friendly place :-)

Please don't feel as though you're complaining to us - we all have different CP issues here, but we know only too well the frustrations it brings with it. You can always vent here without guilt or need for apology when it's important.

Enjoy your stay!

Laura
Posted 7/17/2012 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone for your messages. It does make me feel like I am not alone.
Posted 7/17/2012 10:50 PM (GMT 0)
it got me today pretty good and when no thunderstorm 105 degrees.
Posted 7/17/2012 11:50 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Alied and Welcome to Healing Well.

You are singing my song, especially for the last three weeks.  I have fibro too but I also have a extensive back history and boy when the rain comes here in Ocala, it hurts like crazy.  My husband has his doubts that a thunderstorm could affect me that way, so I am going to read your post to him to show him that I am not alone with this pain when it rains.  So thank you for that.

I am 60 and have battled with this fibro since I was 28, had back surgery when I was 33 and have been struggling ever since.  But I have a very positive attitude and try to take each new day and deal with what ever may come that day, realizing that it could always be worse.  I have a deep abiding faith in God, which helps me also.

Please come back often and let us know how you are doing.  By the way, what part of Florida are you from?  I have made a good friend through healing well, who lives very close to me.  You never know!!!

God bless you and be well.

Lindaloo

Posted 7/18/2012 6:34 AM (GMT 0)
Alied74,

Hope to see you posting more.... feel free to vent anytime. We are here to support and encourage one another.

Take good care --Tina
Posted 7/18/2012 7:34 AM (GMT 0)
Hello again Alied74!

I see you have not made it over to the Fibro forum, and again wanted to extend the invite to you to visit that forum. One of our sister moderators (Sherrine)…on that forum lives in Florida and understands the effect the weather has on patients with Fibro. I think you will really enjoy her! She also uses alternative supplements such as "Curamin"…"Turmeric"…and so forth…all of which are natural. She reports good luck with these OTC supplements, and believes it helps with her pain issues.

Sherrine is a real peach and very willing to help and is a very genuine and caring person. When she says that she cares….she backs it up with action!…and has done a ton of research on homeopathic treatments. I'm thinking you may be interested in this,.. as I hear your complaint about taking heavy doses of pain med's. I feel very much the same way! I hate pain med's!

Anyways!... do keep in mind the Fibro forum, and of course we enjoy having you here with us on the chronic pain forum as well. And you are correct!…you are not alone!…we all understand living with Chronic Pain on a daily 24/7 basis.

Take care,

SEwink
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