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[color=purple>HI] [i][color=#800080>I'm] [i][color=#800080>I] [i][color=#800080>I] [i][color=#800080>I] [i][color=#800080>best] Grace [/i]...

Just wanted to say hello. I'm on here sporadically due to my schedule but I do try to keep up with the post. The folks here are very supportive with lots of great info. I haven't had my knees "blow...

I have been on Savella since it was released. The only side effect from it I have had is dry mouth. I couldn't begin to do all I do (work 40 hours a week) without it. It made a huge difference in my...

[color=purple>My] [i][color=#800080>Doc] [i]I am very uncomfortable sitting and am constantly shifting. We have to drive to the city for most everything we need around here and it 's a 45 minute...

I] a year ago in my doc's office crying due to the pain so bad it was difficult to walk across the room I asked her how it could be getting worse if it is not progressive. This is what she...

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[color=purple>Hi] I have the last six months had pain in my hips. Last month doc ordered xrays and said what I already suspected. I have osteoarthritus in my hips now as well as in my knees. Said it...

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This] a 2/3. I"m tired this a/m but I stayed up later than I knew I should have. The hip pain from my arthritus is about a 4/5 however. It's mid- work week so the pain will keep climbing until my...

Doc] 30 lbs over the last 2 years while on it, but thankfully for the last 6 months my weight has held steady. I haven't been happy about the weight gain (especially since it's ALL in my abdomen, so...

[color=purple>Hi. ] [i][color=#800080>Fibro] it *lol*. My family and I have learned to laugh about a lot of it which helps. I survive at work because I've been there so long and know the routine and...

Hi] Grace ...

Thanks to both of you. I did make it through my day, which is why I'm posting this so late. The day turned out to be fairly quiet which suited me just fine....

I get what you're saying and I'm pretty confident like you said, if someone famous admitted to having fibro it would get more attention and be taken a little more seriously. Sad that it's like that. ...

[color=purple>I ] 6 weeks to get in. [i][color=purple> The rhuemy dx'd me at that appt with not only the carpal tunnel I already knew I had, but with OA and fibro. I think she could have knocked me...

[color=purple>I'm] a 2-3 myself. Hopefully with my work day ahead, it will stay there. We were busy yesterday at work (which is a good thing) but my hips and knees were really hurting by the end of...

hopegirl said... Voltaren]ion medication? [color=purple>Yes,]ion medication. My Rheumy originally rx'd it for my back but it wasn't much help there.... which she said she didn't think it would...

I'm] I hope you are able to find something else to help relieve your pain without the side effects. ...

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*lol*] [i] Doc's nurse called yesterday and told me they got the xrays back. Not bursitis, but it is the early stages of degenerative joint disease -- or the Osteoarthritus, whichever name is chosen...

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I] [i] Normally I am able to just push through the pain. Lately, I just spend the day praying I will make it through and be able to do all required me at work. The night cleaners at my work who are...

When] 2 & 1/2 years ago, she said she "thought" I might have fibro and referred me to my rheumy. After some test, the tender point test and blood work, my rheumy told me she was certain I had...

I've] [i]The last 2 years, my vision has steadily gotten worse. I can't read without my glasses and need them when driving to read the signs. I'm on both Lyrica and Savella and am convinced they...