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zbabby
  • By zbabby · New reply May 21, 2013
  • Discussion in Health care providers, insurance and financial issues · 2 replies
  • I need HELP. I need to find a pain management specialist in Clovis, NM. About 2 hrs from Lubbock, TX and Amarillo, NM. Can anyone recommend someone? Thanks for your help. Take care and God bless ...

pepe2

pepe2
  • By pepe2 · New reply May 21, 2013
  • Discussion in Living with fibromyalgia · 2 replies
  • Has anyone had a root canal and had pain for a long time. I had it xrayed, everything looked fine. I did a course of antibiotics just to make sure there was no infection. Its been a year now and it still ...

I went away to come to Life!!

Billie_Jo
  • By Billie_Jo · New reply May 21, 2013
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • Hi Everyone.... First, let me apologize for my random absences.... That's why some of you have my email, and even phone to text.... I kind of have a habit of disappearing for a time, then popping back ...

Take a moment

aty
  • By aty · New reply May 20, 2013
  • Journal · 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 ...

foot pain

laurellov
  • By laurellov · New reply May 20, 2013
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 5 replies
  • Hi I was diagnosed with fibromialgia last year. my baby sister has had the disease for the last 7 years. Lately I have had increased pain in my feet. I manage a McDonalds and am on my feet most of the ...

Gluten, huh?

flowers4u
  • By flowers4u · New reply May 20, 2013
  • Journal · 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 · New reply May 20, 2013
  • Journal · 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 ...

Lady Passed Over Rainbow Bridge Yesterday

gentle-huggies-annie
  • By gentle-huggies-annie · New reply May 20, 2013
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • Hey, Y'all... Some of you know that Lady's daddy is an ex of mine, and is now my roommate. I knew Lady, a mostly white Shih Tsu with bits of grey and tan (kept in a short puppy cut), when she was still ...

my mom trying to help

dymples
  • By dymples · New reply May 19, 2013
  • Discussion in Living with fibromyalgia · 1 reply
  • My mom is trying to help.. but she telling me who got fms.. and sum stop taking there pills and they ecercise.. and sum ppl do dis or that... but i want to tell everybody is different. Im not them. Im ...

Hi

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

Keeping a positive attitude.

Mejanehouston
  • By Mejanehouston · New reply May 19, 2013
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • I hate the Internet. I love it too. I am a little bit freaked about this strange outcome of this surgery. I went in to repair a post surgical hernia and instead they found a tumor and broken rib? I get ...

gralise rx

hummingbird300
  • By hummingbird300 · New reply May 19, 2013
  • Discussion in Treatment · 3 replies
  • Does anybody here know much about gralise?really hurting today hurt to walk to themailbox ...

Five million

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 205 replies
  • Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

Day to Day

coco1967
  • By coco1967 · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • I am learning how to deal with my situations still, day to day. Why is that yesterday I felt over the moon and today I feel like I should be buried 6 feet under. I lay in bed in pain and crying. Feel ...

Day 2 after surgery

Mejanehouston
  • By Mejanehouston · Posted May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Well today the pain has kicked in. Boohoo. This is my third surgery this year. This is how it goes for me. Day of surgery you are so filled with adrenaline I think it is easy to power through. You don't ...

Implants and MRIs- FYI

Littlemamma
  • By Littlemamma · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • I had another specialist appointment yesterday and won't be doing any more for awhile. I wanted to bring to light something to ponder if considering an implant to improve quality of life. I have and Interstim ...

Crazy surgery day!

Mejanehouston
  • By Mejanehouston · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Okay, are you ready for a trip?... I went this morning, the doc came in punched my belly, marked me up etc....everything was cool. Well, when he opened my belly he did not find the hernia he was expecting ...

Stay Strong - Stay Connected For EDS Awareness Campaign

NadiaBodkin
  • By NadiaBodkin · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Hello Everyone, I am posting this journal entry on behalf of EDSers United's 2013 EDS Awareness Campaign Initiative. As of January 1st, 2013 we have officially launched the Stay Strong - Stay Connected ...

Coping works except when it doesn't

hoppy1950
  • By hoppy1950 · Posted May 17, 2013
  • Discussion in Living with fibromyalgia · 0 replies
  • Below is a link to a medical research study (91 participants) that showed that strategies for conserving energy and coping with CFS/ME (fibro) work...except when they don't. For a significant sub-set ...

Amitriptyline Side Effects

Aivale
  • By Aivale · New reply May 17, 2013
  • Discussion in Living with fibromyalgia · 7 replies
  • I have been taking Amitriptyline 10 mg. at bedtime for fibromyalgia pain and insomnia. Is it possible that it causes weight gain, and cravings ...

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