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FibroinNGA Posts: 484
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Do you all seem to get sick more now that you have Fibro than before? After I started getting worse(had not been dxed yet)I started getting more "colds." I have had pneumonia three times in the last three years. So far this year I have been sick three times with what starts out as a sinus infection and then settles in my chest and I end up being sick for two - three weeks before my cough is gone and I am completely well. I used to get sick maybe once a year.....Too many changes! Lynn
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broken Posts: 9223
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I would say yes but I also think there are reasons why, we are more seditary then we were before so with colds not getting around helps it settle,plus we are at the pharmacey more..and that is where all the sick people are..so we will catch more there.. also we might not eat as well because of not feeling like cooking dinner so that leaves use with a lower ammunity...just thoughts of reasoning... we all have alot to give if one gets the help then some of this suffering is worth it..
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AJ1971 Posts: 998
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Hi FibroinNGA if u want to have more energy and help ur immunitie go up try this stuff called Limu its like liquid vitamins and u can feel the difference it does not help with the pain but it does help me with not being so tired but u can look it up and c for urself. Psalm 91
My Refuge and My Fortress
91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the recompense of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my refuge—
10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
no plague come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he knows my name.
15 When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
With long lifrwill I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
~Jesus is Lord~
I'M NOT A DOCTOR SO ANYTHING I SAY IS MY OPINION ALWAYS CONSULT A DOCTOR :) |
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MoiraWolf Posts: 3410
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I don't know... my mother says I was "always sickly." So I have no idea if it's just me, or if it's the Fibro or what. I had pneumonia that put me in the hospital twice as a kid and more cases of bronchitis than you can shake a stick at (but my parents smoked around me all the time, so it may have just been that). I used to have the sinus-into-chest cold thing at least twice a year. I've actually had it less often in the last few years, but that's because I had sinus surgery to open up my head a little more. I'd had such chronic allergies, all the sinus passages had narrowed to the point that once that stuff started building up, it couldn't drain and just stayed in there making me sicker and sicker. Now that everything can come out, I don't get nearly as sick as I used to. I am not a medical doctor and any medical opinion I give is based on personal experience and/or research. It is not intended to suppliment or replace your doctor. Follow at your own risk.
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FibroCFS Posts: 1430
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I used to get severe sinus and ear infections when I was more active and worked. My body was very worn down. However, when I did stop working I was still always getting sick although I could rest and then the colds and infections did not get severe. However, when I moved to NM out of the humidity, pollution and pollen of the Great North East these problems greatly dissipated. My sinuses, migraines, headaches, colds and swollen glands act up with activity and when it rains or is cold or humid. I went out on errands just over a week ago? and for two days my neck glands became swollen. It does not always happen if I run errands but can. This is of course, in addition to pain and fatigue symptoms that come on after activity or when it rains, is cold or humid. Tramadol 50mg AM Noon 6PM Fibromyalgia/Pain
Fludrocort .1mg AM & 6PM Hypotension
Zolpidem 5mg 6PM & 8PM RLS/Sleep
Gabapentin 300mg 6PM RLS/Sleep/Fibro
Gabapentin 100mg Upon 1st and 2nd Awakening at night RLS/Sleep/Fibro
Simvastatin 20mg 6PM Cholesterol
Tizanidine 4mg Upon 1st Awakening at night and 2mg AM and PM Fibro/Sleep
FemHrt (Hormones) PM Severe Hot Flashes
Voltaran Gel as needed on hands and rib cage.
Ibuprofen or Naproxen as needed for hands, arms, feet, legs, knees, rib cage, back.
D3 1,000IU & K2 90mcg - Sublingual
D3 Gel Caps 2,000IU AM 4,000IU PM
Calcium Citrate 2,000 2x day w/food
Manganese 10mg PM And Upon 1st, 2nd, 3rd Awakening At Night
Magnesium Taurate 400mg PM 1 Upon 1st Awakening at Night
Malic Acid 800mg AM/PM
Vitamin C 1,000mg 2x day
B1 Capsule 100mg AM/PM
Liquid Vitamin B Complex - Sublingual AM
Includes: B2 17mg, B3 20mg, B5 30mg, B6 2mg,
B12 1,000mcg, Folic Acid 40mcg
Benfotiamine 300mg PM
Chromium Picolinate AM
Bromelain and Broad Spectrum Enzymes before meals.
Cranbery Extract Capsule w/C 400mg
Omgega Fish Oil Capsule 1,000mg
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Adewyn Posts: 4963
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I have always been sick since I was a kid....I dont think I have been any sicker then my normal catch everything mode I have had since I was a kid always in and out of the hospital but the weather effects me more now then it ever has my immune system is crappy always will be but this weather ceap needs to go I have hadley down time days in theblast month then I can stand |
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bfly Posts: 4061
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I have been fortunate (knock on cyber wood)... It does make sense though... more stress, less sleep... all of that could culminate into a lowered immune system. Sorry you are experiencing that- wish you wellness! Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Kahlil Gibran
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"Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with."
Robert Frost
"God doesn't give us more than we can handle, I just think He overestimates my strength!" lol- me
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Bananers Posts: 301
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I've turned into a semi-germ-a-phobe like my husband, so I have actually been getting sick less.  Current Dx: Chronic Thyroiditis (Hashimoto's)/Hypothyroid; Fibromyalgia; Bipolar II; Depression.
Meds: Synthroid 137 mcg
Cytomel 5 mcg
Gabapentin 600mg 3xday (1800 mg total)
Lithium 1500 mg
Depakote 1000 mg
Wellbutrin 450 mg
Flexeril 10 mg 2/day as needed
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