Hello Help Please

Sounds like fibro to me Kat. I wouldn't worry too much, but if you are, you can always get a second opinion. I hope that you find out what is going on.

Hugs, Karen

Thank you guys for responding! I am sure that it is just fibromyalgia! My mother has it, my aunt has it,and my grandmother had it. Everytime that i get certian weird pain my mom who has it just tells me calm down it is part of Fibromyalgia! But i get myself so worked up sometimes. I am just going to have to talk to my docotr more about this. THank you again so much for responding!

Hi Kitty and welcome to our fibro family. We have a great group here and we are always willing to try and help or relate to what you are going through. I do agree that it sounds alot like fibro but like princess said there are other things out there that should be ruled out first before they diagnose it. Is there any way you could see a rheumatologist in order to rule out things that might be treatable. Hope you get this resolved fast.
Gentle Hugs
Shirley

Hi, Kittybear, and welcome!  I'm so glad you found us and joined in!  Well, it sounds like fibro but it also sounds like a few other illness, too.  You see, many of our symptoms are like other illnesses.  That's why it's important to get the other illnesses ruled out first before a diagnosis of fibro is given.  The other illnesses can be treated.  I see Chicken Princess mentioned Fibro 101.  There is a link there called What Else Could It Be.  Check that  out and you will see what I mean.  But most likely you have fibro because there is a family history of it.

 

Be sure to keep moving with fibro.  If you sit or lay too much you will be stiff as a board and in more pain.  There are some gentle exercises on Fibro 101 that help and you should be doing gentle exercise every day.  I walk and swim as my exercise.  I walk my dog first thing in the morning.  I don't feel like doing that but I always feel better by the time I get home and have more energy, too.  I walk her at least a  mile a day.

 

Moist heat helps a lot.  Many have Bed Buddies.  You can find these at Walgreen's and other places or you can make your own by taking a tube sock, filling it 2/3's full of raw long grain rice, and tying a knot at the end.  Pop it in the microwave and it gives off moist heat!  

 

There are some vitamins and supplements that I and others on this forum use that help with pain and fatigue.  There are links to them in Fibro 101.

 

I'm happy you are here!  Don't hesitate to ask questions because we are here to help you.  Hope to hear more from  you soon.

 

Sherrine 

The lat few days have been really rough on me. The pain in my arms is really bad, and my muscles they just feel like jelly, i guess that it is the best way that i can describe it. They just feel weird and then the achey pain. I also feel like i am in a complete fog a lot of the time it is a odd sensation that is also hard to describe. I think that i am going to call the doctor in the morning and just see if he will do the blood work to rule out other things, it is a good idea. And I can see a rheumatologist but it takes forever to get an appointment with one and the nearest one is 40 min away, and I do not drive so my hubby would have to get out of work. But it might be worth it, the first step i guess is getting some more blood work done to make sure that I know what I am dealing with. Thank you so much to everyone on here, you have all made me feel so much better. I spent saturday crying thinking that I was just dying! I am so grateful to all of you for respoding and you have made me feel so much better. It is alot to deal with my body falling aprt and I am a mother of two.