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04/28/2008 13:09
sugar49
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 I was feeling so lousy for most of the winter months, but for the past month or so I am feeling pretty good. knock on wood!! Just wondered if anyone on here hits cycles like this. I am still wondering if I truely have FMS. Seems like I should have continual symptoms.. Maybe someone on here can shed some light on this for me. I go back to see the rhuematologist next month.. Thanks ahead of time for any feed-back.
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04/28/2008 15:51
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 Yes...I do all the time...few good days ...then few bad days...so cherish the good ones...I have had 3 great days and got a lot done..
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04/28/2008 15:57
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 Hey sugar49,

I do have cycles where I am better and then sometimes I worsen again. Even though the last few years I have been better, I have never been completely pain free since struggling with this. I just have days where the pain is tolerable and I can ignore most of it. Winter months are hard on me too. I don't do well when it gets so cold. I would just like to hibernate till it's over!! Glad to hear you are feeling good right now!! Yes maybe your rhuemy can give you more info. Have they done the tender point testing and other tests, including bloodwork, to rule out other things?? Just wondering.

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04/28/2008 16:44
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 its so weird how we can go from terrible pain to a little pain to very little pain to no pain to extreem pain this firbo is so scary i just cant understand why this is and why this happens i wish i could figure it out is it the food is it the weather why the hell is it
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04/28/2008 16:57
BLB
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 Sometimes it is the weather...the pressure I think has an issue with arthritis so I think it does have something to do with Fibro...I am very painful when the low pressure is here...there are foods with artificial sweetners will cause migranes with people with fibro....also we have issues with carbs and low blood sugar so stay away from processed foods and foods with high frutose corn syrup because it messes with cravings for carbs and it messes with your blood sugar.... hope this helps....it does for me...
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04/28/2008 17:22
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 blb your such a caring woman thank you so much i will follow that advice and i hope it will help me i am very desprate right now and i am in need of some releif as soon as i can get some i will jump for joy hell maybe you will here me scream for joy
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04/28/2008 17:40
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 I did have the tender point tests done, also had a load of bloodwork done to rule out anything else. I hadn't been feeling well for a while so I had lots of testing done for all kinds of things before I saw the rhuematologist and he did testing also, I was very symptomatic when I went to see him, I thought I was going to go through the roof when he started pressing on certain areas of my body...
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04/29/2008 09:13
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 I will be here for ya Cathryn...anything I can do just ask...if I don't know the answer I will find it...Good luck I will be thinking of you!!! :-0
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Barb
God will never give you more than you can handle!!
Meditation helps stress...so Meditate daily...
www.myspace.com/exceptionallady
http://youtube.com/user/tmbdoll
http://www.myspace.com/legalrnconsultant
http://groups.myspace.com/livingwellwithfibro
http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1560054877&v=feed&viewas=1560054877

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