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polargirl
  • By polargirl · Posted yesterday at 10:07 pm
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  • Hi gang, I haven't been for a while, just having loads of pain and now know the reasons. the cervical mri came back worse than the thoraic mri. it shows spondylosis, arthritis, and narrowing of the spine ...

Hello!

boogielu_23
  • By boogielu_23 · Posted yesterday at 1:14 pm
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  • Wow it's hard to believe that it's been a couple of years since I made a journal entry! I do apologize but life has been hectic. We've since bought a place in the country close to the lake and been busy ...

Stupid things

Littlemamma
  • By Littlemamma · Posted yesterday at 11:25 am
  • 7 replies
  • I strive to make a list of 10 things to be grateful for and it spreads like a flowering vine throughout my heart. But there are somethings that drive me nutty. What are 10 things that make you nutty ...

Better today

Mejanehouston
  • By Mejanehouston · Posted yesterday at 10:07 am
  • 3 replies
  • Gosh, I need to get out of my own head. I need to get some work done. Trying to start my own business from home. So far I have been distracted by surgeries. I have one more surgery but it is only on my ...

Up all Night with Pain

Loocee
  • By Loocee · Posted yesterday at 7:50 am
  • 8 replies
  • It is almost 5:30 in the morning here. I have been awake all night with pain in my hands, hips, knees, and feet. I have these reoccurring bouts like this where I end up being awake all night, despite ...

Hey

Mejanehouston
  • By Mejanehouston · Posted May 22, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • Well, I am losing my resolve. I hope tomorrow is a better day. I can hardly believe what this stupid FM has done to me. Or is it the FM? Who knows? I used to be an executive in a pencil skirt with a big ...

Yet Again (5/21/13)

gentle-huggies-annie
  • By gentle-huggies-annie · Posted May 22, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • My "closest friend" (or so I thought) Talked about me behind my back Influencing others in our group. Guessing, but not knowing, I asked her, and she lied. Twice. At least. If to me, then who else? The ...

Prayers For Oklahoma!!!

ShelaKay42
  • By ShelaKay42 · Posted May 22, 2013
  • 15 replies
  • PRAYERS FOR OKLAHOMA TORNADO VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES! GOD BLESS AND BE WITH YOU ALL ...

update on life, lyme, and fibro

koolkelleywithak
  • By koolkelleywithak · Posted May 22, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • 3 months ago today was the last time I did self harm. I owe my success to my new job. Not only do I have great benefits, I get to work with kids all day long. I also only have to work 5 days a week, as ...

New column: “'Live Because:' Living a fuller life with chronic illness"

John2
  • By John2 · Posted May 21, 2013
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  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a new column on the Stanford University School of Medicine "Scope" blog, titled, “'Live Because:' Living ...

Contraindications with your Meds

flowers4u
  • By flowers4u · Posted May 21, 2013
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  • I cannot believe this happened!!! So the rhumy's Physician's asst has been 'treating' me (if you wanna call it that) since early Feb. They've tried me on Prednisone and Methotrexate, neither one of those ...

Wow, life is good!

Mejanehouston
  • By Mejanehouston · Posted May 21, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Watching all this awful tornado disaster. I was taken by watching the news dude standing in front of a completely in tact home with broken homes all around. That is the way life is, so much is random ...

Pacing one's self

Littlemamma
  • By Littlemamma · Posted May 21, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • I hear often how I need to pace myself. With a family of 5 & 2 dogs, I don't see how that is possible at times. There were years were I couldn't do anything. Now my kids want to go places and that is ...

Lessons Learned In Life

MsTnVol
  • By MsTnVol · Posted May 21, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • I've seen better days, but I've also seen worse. I don't have everything that I want, but I do have all I need. I woke up with some aches and pains, but I woke up. My life may not be perfect but I am ...

Take a moment

aty
  • By aty · Posted May 20, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • Say a prayer for the people in Texas and Oklahoma it is so sad so many people have passed away in this mess. All we can do is take a quiet moment. There all in our thoughts. Thank you Vickie ...

It never gets better

mandispain
  • By mandispain · Posted May 20, 2013
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  • I feel like this nightmare will never end, how is my severe depression to ever get better if I cannot feel better physically and how can I feel better physically without being able to go to a pain management ...

Blood test for gluten intolerance.

flowers4u
  • By flowers4u · Posted May 20, 2013
  • 30 replies
  • http://www.livestrong.com/article/540433 -does-gluten-aid-in-joint-inflammation/ Is there something to this? Do you trust these studies Can YOU go without wheat products? I dunno if I can ... It's in ...

Gluten, huh?

flowers4u
  • By flowers4u · Posted May 20, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/ dr-mark-hyman/wheat-gluten_b_1274872.htm l So my little brother, the college grad personal triner, was kind enough to text me this link, no note or explanation ...

Fibro without fatigue?

Savanna40
  • By Savanna40 · Posted May 20, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • Has anyone been diagnosed or think you have fibromyalgia but not have the fatigue that "goes along with it"? I have had something for 8 years now. I have all the symptoms of fibromyalgia but (thank the ...

Hi

JOLICARY
  • By JOLICARY · Posted May 19, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • I was just wondering if anyone who has fibro won their disability case ...

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