Hi, I am new to this forum but not new to fibromyalgia. I was actually diagnosed in my 20's before it was actually considered a disease. I suffered off and on at that time for about
5 years and after that only had mild occasional flares that would only last several days. It reared it's ugly head when I was in my late
50's after 3 traumatic events in my life, my father died followed by a fire at my business and 6 months after that my daughter died in a tragic accident. Since then for the last 7 years I have had flares in
different areas of my body, in fact all over, neck head back legs etc. They eventually will go away with
help of Lyrica or Cymbalta and I will feel good again. To make a long story short, my husband passed
away on January 2nd this year as the result of lung cancer. It was a difficult year and I brought him
home from the nursing home as he was bed bound and on a trach before Christmas. I was depressed
the entire time I was taking care of him as he was in hospice and I knew he didn't have long to live.
The day of the funeral the fibro flared with a vengence. It is in my neck shoulders ribs and nothing is
seeming to help this time, not the lyrica or cymbalta. I had some cymbalta left over from last fibro flare
but pain is not subsiding. I don't get to see my doctor until Feb. 7th as he has also been having some
health issues. I hate to take pain meds but I see I will have to. He may have to up my Cymbalta dosage to more as I was only on 20 mg. Sorry I have taken so long but I just wanted to vent. Sometimes i think I have all kind of other things going on in my body, but when it goes away I feel wonderful. Don't want no more tests done as I am afraid of too much radiation from CT scans and I have had a few in my lifetime.
