Thanks Susie...
I picked up my op report and consultation notes from my neurosurgeon today and it notes that I had an unintended durotomy at L4. After surgery, he told me I had a small cyst on the dura that he...
Well, the magnesium maleate I've been on for about 30 years. Back when I was diagnosed with fibro, there was very little information and very few docs even believed it was a condition. I was SO...
I do take supplements, B complex, Biotin, Zinc vitamin D, Magnesium maleate (I have fibromyalgia), CoQ10, fish oil and melatonin. Yes, I've gone to pain management, who really just wants to do nerve...
Actually I am able to exercise by using treadmill or elliptical. The intense pain is when sitting and lying down. So I’m grateful for that. I will keep dosing of Baclofen in mind thanks. Miriam...
Once again, I very much appreciate your information. To answer your questions: The ortho surgeon, who is the one that I have been seeing over the past 11 months, did order an EMG/NCV, which was...
Thanks so much for reading my post and responding, Susie. In the past 11 months, I've had 1 CT and 3 x-rays. The CT was done about 2 mo after surgery because the nerve pain was so severe, I couldn't...
Thanks Sherrine! I'll check it out...wonder if it's in same category of drugs as Flexeril? I take a small dose of that in the evening, it's a muscle relaxer. Yes, PT was blown away at how tight my...
Thanks for the response LJ, thanks for mentioning strain and counter strain. Someone else mentioned it to me. I have to Google it, before now, never heard of it or know what it is, but I'll check it...
Thanks Sherrine. I do recall when your Sabra passed and then when Michaela came into your life and her high energy. How old is she now? Believe me, I felt just as you do about lumbar surgery and I...
Hello my Fibro friends, I've been away for a very long time. I'm just "stopping in" to say hi and see how you are all doing? I posted tonight in the chronic pain forum. I had surgery 11 mo ago,...
Hello fellow pain warriors. I've been a member for many many years, just haven't posted in quite a while. I also have fibromyalgia and that is where I use to spend most of my time. I had back...
Hello everyone, I haven't been here for a while, but I have had fibro for almost 30 years and have tried just about everything from prescription meds to holistic methods. I came across a closed...
Thanks Sherrine, Well I went to the IBS forum and was told by one of the moderators that I was in the wrong forum, I should look at the UC forum...go figure!! Thanks anyways, take good care, Miriam...
Puppylover, Congrats on the pup! Nothing more adorable than a golden puppy, but nothing with more energy! On days when I don't have the energy, what really helps is obedience training. Amazing how...
Hi Puppylover! Thanks so much for your response. It has been a long long time...I hope you are doing well...still have your goldens? Thanks for your information on your sister and yourself. My niece...
I am trying to find the right forum to be in. I understand the above falls under the IBD "umbrella", but I thought I'd check here to see if anyone here is dealing with this too. I am looking for ways...
Hi Sherrine and thanks for the information. I looked at the website you posted and pasted a portion below. Actually, microscopic colitis falls with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, not IBS and that is why...
Anyone here diagnosed with or have information about microscopic colitis, specifically collagenous colitis? I do not believe it is considered under UC, although not sure. I have questions concerning...
Hello Everyone, Been ages since I've been on here. I hope everyone is doing well, although with FM, I know only too well, we all have good times as well as bad. I am here to ask, please, for your...
I have not been on this forum for quite some time. It appears to be more active now than it was in the past and that is a good thing. I hope members are able to lean on each other and support one...
interesting thread. I've been away for a while. I would be very interested in trying mm. I'm in my 60s; 30 years' ago I was smoking weed, was diagnosed with FM and amazingly didn't need to use any...
Hello everyone, So sorry I have been away for a long time. I was caring for mom, well she lived in a skilled care home, but I was there almost every day and then evenings too. Mom passed away Oct 1....
I began buproprion SR 100 mg 2 x a day about 2 yrs ago, prescribed by a psychiatrist. About six months' ago, she increased it to 150 mg SR, 2 x a day. I also take alprazolam, 0.25, 4 a day. I have...
I have been reading through some of the previous posts on sugar substitutes and from what I see, a lot of you are completely avoiding sugar substitutes. I am wondering if you found this on your own...
No Larry, have not taken antibiotics in many, many years. Only thing I "took" was an epidural steroid injection, in my lower back, that stopped the "D" cold, for three weeks, and then it came back...
(((Robin))) Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers and sending healing energy your way. Miriam...
Debbie, thanks for your concern. No, Cheyenne does not have hemangiosarcoma, but I did have a beloved golden die of that about 1-1/2 years' ago. Cheyenne has been diagnosed with a mast cell tumor,...
Hello everyone, I am new to this forum, but not new to Healing Well. I have had fibromyalgia for over 25 years and chronic lower back pain. about five months' ago I caught what I thought was a cold,...
Hello Fibro Friends,I have been gone for a while and I apologize. I continue to "care" for my mom, who is in a nursing home very close to my house, in her 10th year of Alzheimer's. She is becoming...
Dear Robin, Sending healing energy, prayers and positive thoughts your way. Warm wishes, Miriam...
Hello everyone,I am new to this forum, but not new to Healing Well. I have had fibromyalgia for over 25 years and chronic lower back pain. about five months' ago I caught what I thought was a cold,...
Hi there,I am not new to Healing Well...have had fibromyalgia for over 25 years. I am new to the diabetes forum. I have been doing some research but thought I could get some information from people...
Woo hoo!! That is awesome news!!!!...
I agree with SO much of what Franklen wrote. My mom has Alzheimer's, diagnosed 10 years' ago. Lived with me for one year and it nearly destroyed my marriage and my physical and mental health. And, I...
Dear Franklen,You are a SAINT. My mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's ten years' ago. I took mom into my home for the first year. I was working full time and had a caregiver in the home with mom. Mom...
I realize it is an antidepressant, but someone I know very well who has had panic attacks and anxiety for a long time and was on Xanax for a long time, recently was placed on Wellbutrin, over the...
Lonie, My mom does NOT wear adult underwear, she is continent. Amazing that she is, because it seems she has lost her mind, seriously. She has been on Namenda and Aricept, two dementia meds for ten...
I talk to my mom every evening and every evening she tells me "it's been a long, nothing day." First rule, do NOT believe what a person with dementia is telling you. Where my mom lives, they have...
I wish I had something positive to add. My mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 10 years' ago; my sisters and I really doubt it is Alz, definitely dementia, but she just hasn't progressed like most do...
Fibro mom, you are NOT alone. I started Cymbalta, 30 mg, stayed on it for 30 days, then titrated to 60 mg in the AM and I had such severe diarrhea, seriously, I thought I would never leave the house...
Thank you for your input...very much appreciated. I may not have been clear in my previous post. My mom currently is in a skilled nursing facility, on a floor for Alzheimer's/dementia. The facility...
Hi BellaAnd thanks so much for responding. I agree with you about dementia, except my mom is VERY aware of her memory loss. She completely isolates herself in her room and refuses to socialize at all...
Luvzmini, I am so sorry I did not mention you in my previous post and the loss of your beloved dog. I don't think there is a person alive that is as crazy in love with their dogs as I am. You can see...
I am so sorry to hear of everyone's sadness right now. I know how you feel. We try so hard to remain positive, to do all the right things...positive affirmations, gratitude lists, stretching,...
Joshua, they made this drive once before, from st louis to callif and did it in 29 hours, with two dogs and a young boy, my grandson. They both drove, one slept while the other drove. It is...
My son, daughter in law, grandson and their two dogs are driving from California to Chicago, straight through. By straight through they mean they will stop for meals and a "potty" break for everyone,...
No offense taken Larry. You "sound" like a very kind, compassionate person. Miriam...
The barometric pressure is the main reason for my worst fibro flares. I was diagnosed over 25 years' ago with FM and back then, there was so little information on it. I began to journal my good days...
Thank you both, so much, for your responses. Larry, don't beat yourself up for not going to see your mom often enough. If your mom had Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia, it really wouldn't...