Hi...I never thought to look for a topper for my bed. my hips and thighs hurt so bad last night even my rice bag did nothing...I just wanted to cry from pain. I get so stiff and sometimes even after...
msOuchie, I do think that I've had it longer than they thought. I have worked in factories until I finished my degree in 2000. so for many years I was doing heavy lifting, bending, carrying, kneeling...
Oh wow...I'm only taking 50 mg.(every 6 hours) I didn't think you could take higher dosages, I will talk to the dr. thank you Bad Day...Is oxycodone hydrochloride codeine based? eawilliams...what is...
Hi There... I have been taking tramadol for both fibro and RA pain...however it doesn't seem to be doing much these days. I am allergic to codeine. Has anyone had any luck with any other pain meds...
Hi there...I have been recently diagnosed with RA (2012)...have a nodule by my thumb joint. Only hurts when I really bump it hard, pain doesn't last long. Not as long as all the other pain......
Good Morning Everyone! I was going to start a new thread until I came across this one. Basically because my thoughts/question was the same. I read the forums, too, because they continually remind me...
THank you all... I am currently taking...cymbalta & neurotinin for fibro, methotrexate and folic acid for RA, with tramadol used for pain. stiffness is horrible, so I have been trying to keep moving...
Thank you thank you I have been feeling "down" about myself. Guess thats normal, but keep hearing you are taking medicine (been on folic acid and methotrexate for exactly 1 month)(plus the fibro...
Has anyone been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and RA? If so please give me suggestions on how to cope....
Has anyone else been diagnosed with both fibromyalgia and RA? If so what meds are you taking and how do you handle the illnesses?...
Wow! Talk about sleeping, spent 2 days cleaning the bedrooms sorting, packing, and a deep clean...and then /community/emoticons/smhair.gif whamo I started to ache and pain pills and warm bath and 16...
Hi all...and thank you for the welcome.Dr is having me take the methotrexate in the morning with breakfast, he said that way I would have food with it. Here is a question though, well a couple of...
Hi all... well due to an added diagnosis I am new to this forum. I am originally from the Fibro forum and my rhumy has diagnosed me with RA. /community/emoticons/mad.gif Makes sense now that I look...
Hi everyone...and please keep posting...don't be afraid of offending me or scaring me. I'm one that would like all the options/concerns out on the table. After reading some of the posts I called the...
Rant away... :o) and remember the saying *it's like riding a bike* lol. I have a piano and I am determined to learn to play (yep at my age) I'm like you only it's on my bucket list so thats something...
Good Chilly Morning from Michigan! I have been prescribed methotrexate and folic acid for RA and to continue on with my current fibro meds. I will start them probably tomorrow, as the script will be...
Home from the rheumy, tests were run (last month) results in, another going over symptoms, problems..I have RA. Rheumy said he had been suspecting it, just wanted to get every thing possible done to...
Ahh to Myself09, you did not offend me in the least. I'm not one to use my illness as an excuse and I didn't mean for it to come across as such. There are days I can't make it to class and I know my...
/community/emoticons/cry.gif It's one of those days...hurt all over but especially hands, fingers, wrists. Whole body is hot (which seems to happen when I hurt) but yet I feel the need to snuggle up...
hi there, I, too am on Cymbalta 60 mg. I have the sweating issue, it was worse at night now although I still have them, I can pass them off as "hot flashes". lol Mine are usually during the day and...
Hello everyone...thought I'd better check in... still have fatigue, exhaustion and no insurance etc. after much to do about this fibro stuff I called my family dr (she will work with the companies...
Grrr...No energy, just unrelenting exhaustion.........and now no insurance...and no job. anything over the counter seem to help anyone?...
I used to use Clartin for allergies, but this is beyond allegies. It's about to drive me nuts! I may be having mt eyes examined (I wear glasses) so will go from there. And I will also ask my rheumy...
Does anyone suffer from extremely watery/dry eyes? When I first get up in the morning my eyes water so bad it looks as if I'm crying. /community/emoticons/cry.gif Then about 4 hours later my eyes are...
I left scalloped potatoes out of the frig (have no clue, when I did it or why)....do you realize they smell BAD after sitting out in 80+ degree weather??? At least I'm not alone....
Awww I'm so sorry for your loss. It hurts when you feel as though family has left you behind and gone on to other things...I agree with the others, a card and condolences,see if that opens any doors....
when ever the humidity gets high here in Michigan I suffer, and I'm suffering now...lots of pain. I hope yours gets better even though it looks like you have massive bands to deal with...praying for...
I have always told my now 23 year old that I gave birth to her to find the car in the parking lot...that was her job here on eart...lol If we go shopping together when we come out of the store I turn...
I, too, have been having massages. She is to be Board Certified and wants to zero in on fibro and other medical issues so she has schooling or classes all the time. as dustinshunny said: He always...
I got a grin out of your posts. I'm going to attempt grocery shopping this afternoon...maybe I'll take DH and a list with me...lol...
Last day at the building was Friday the 10th. From the 31st and the 10th I put in 168 hours. /community/emoticons/shakehead.gif Can I say the flare is arriving. We left the morning of the 11th (7:00...
Good morning, my face is still puffy and I'm still hanging in there. I almost made it to work on Wed. had to meet with financial people in the morning, had lunch with my DH and my baby girl (23) and...
I have been taking Cymbalta for over a year now also Gabapentin, the only problem I have had with the 2 are at one point my DH said he thought I was having seizures in my sleep, it would be so bad...
I giggled all the way through all of these posts. Thank you for my morning giggle girls...Now I'm going to see what today holds for me. I'm sure to do something similar...probably because I enjoyed...
Yep, I'm finding the emotions are like a roller coaster, during and right after a flare. I'm not one that has ever cried but not I get what I call weepy eyes cause my eyes water more, and I'm crabby,...
Thank you for the kind words, sometimes it seems that this is the only place I can go to weep about how I feel. DH understands "somewhat" and so does my "bestie" my last co-worker. I think that if it...
Closing of the store and agency is this week. Sale of the building was Friday. I am so exhausted that I can fall asleep riding from home to work (20 minute drive) I am pushing through but ache at...
I keep hearing about pain products and such, I take tramadol (Ultram) for pain, but have found since I have been doing more physical work, including walking and lifting (nothing extremely heavy),...
Arghhhh can I join in the whining? House is trashed, laundry needs to be done, dishes need to be done, I'm working 12-14 hours a day to close an agency/thrift store. Top it off I've laid off...
Oh Dear God I wish I was. I've been up since 4 a.m., have been at work since 8:30, got the thirft store ready to open, have been to storage for 2 hours moving boxes and loading a truck, now am back...
Well now, here is a thought...I vote for someone building a "Fibro Fog" vacation home, so we can all vacation together. Imagine what our laundry would or wouldn't be like, or meals would be...
It's been hot and humid here and I've noticed that I've been getting them off and on...it's like my body can't decide what temp it wants to be. The humidity really bothers me......
I think I would have to have a BIG glass of the "old fashioned Coke" with the cocaine additive BEFORE the leech treatment... no let me rephrase that I know I would! lol...
Best wishes for the job......
I tend to forget where I'm going...or get there and wonder why I'm there. /community/emoticons/turn.gif ...
Oh how I can relate...go from office to office knowing I went there for a reason..staff just grins and says don't worry you will remember EVENTUALLY!!!...
Good morning all, thanks so much for your prayers and positive thoughts...I crashed yesterday, and for me that means "I have to sleep" came home from work and slept 14 hours straight. Usually happens...
Oh what a week...DH nphew, wife and 3 girls (5,3 & 1) came to stay on the 4th, she is 5 months pregnant, had contractions and went to our local hospital...guess who kept the girls? yep, we did....
or you add stress or over do......
hi there...I had the same thing ganglion cyst on my left wrist, I had a orthopedist do surgery (8 years ago) he told me at the time that it could come back (it hasn't) I let mine go until I would...