Hello everyone. I've finally decided it was time for me to find some other people I can relate to-gather info and/or advice. I fear I have fibro. And its gotten SEVERE this last month since the weather turned cold (which I read is an aggravator?)..
It all started after the birth of my only child 2 years ago. Had a terrible pregnancy, and had to have a c-section 4 weeks before due date. After baby and i went home (baby 100% healthy!! YAY!), it was once I went off the percocet and ibuprofen they gave me that I noticed severe hand pain in the morning. opening and closing them very painful. OB/GYN had no explanation, so I waited it out and it did disappear. Reappeared briefly for about a week since then, again went away. Fast forward to about a month ago. Lower back started hurting. This has happened before-usually from strain at the gym-but never lasted over a week. This time it went on about 3 weeks. Went to see my chiropractor several times, and it seemed to clear up. But almost instantaneously the hand issues started up-and this time it was accompanied with severe achiness throughout ENTIRE body. When I get up in the morning-EARLY ofcourse with my toddler-my achilles, ankle, feet and legs hurt so bad I feel like I'm 100 nyears old trying to walk. My toddler doesn't understand why it takes Mommy so long to get up out of bed and yells "Up mommy, get up!" And I am filled with dread as it is another day started with pain. It seems when I move around a little bit and get coffee it is a little better, but that doesn't last long, then its back to the full body flu-like symptoms, except I know I do not have the flu. I kept thinking this would go away again this time-I try to do my yoga tape since I used to be an avid exerciser, but now to do a half hour easy yoga tape is very hard. And afterwards I feel like I ran a marathon, and do not feel "better" like exercise used to make me feel. To make matters worse, I have been a migraine sufferer for years, so I almost feel like my husband isn't grasping the amount of pain I really am in, since he is used to my "complaining" maybe? Plus he is gone when i get up, and gets home late-and we have dinner then its laying on the sofa's until bed. I have told him but I don't really feel like he un derstands how this is affecting my life. I have hydrocodone in limited amounts my dr prescribed me for migraines when my imitex doesn't work. I have resorted to using those when I absolutely have events, errands, etc that I cannot miss. E.G. -a family wedding last weekend. But like I said I have these for emergency migraine, and I'm not even sure its good for me to take for fibro? I'm sorry I know I am rambling-its just today I reached my breaking point. I needed to go the grocery store-and I just could not even get out of my sweats to go because I feel I may "break." I feel so achey-so fragile physically. I have a wonderful child who I can't even take out to play-who is stuck inside-because I don't feel well enough. Feel like a crappy mom. :( I'm behind on my housework. So many things I need to do and here I am stuck on the sofa. I know I need to make a dr's appt. Cannot stop crying today-and this is the first time I've let it make me cry. I think I've been in denial and kept hoping it would go away like before. But its just getting worse. Thank you anyone for taking the time to read this-to listen. I think I needed to vent-to get it all out-to people that really understand.