I don't like this

Post edited by: JaScott007, at: 10/09/2007 02:12

Post edited by: JaScott007, at: 10/09/2007 02:13

Post edited by: JaScott007, at: 10/09/2007 02:14

I was diagnosed in 1999 and it took 3 years to get a DX. I took it to 3 Specialists and they all said the same thing....Fibro!

So, here I am today...I start each day out...just trying to get out of bed and seeing how long I can STAY out of it! I used to be very active. I didn't hike, bike etc....but I did work out, work hard and loved to play softball. Now, I can't even throw a softball for fear I'll pull a muscle, throw my shoulder out or just plain HURT!

It takes a while to learn what you can and cannot do...and it's hard, but you have to do it. It's the only thing that YOU can control when it comes to how much pain you're going to be in the next day. As Smiley said...WALK, BIKE, DO WHAT YOU CAN DO!! Don't give it up if there's ANY hope that you can still do it. IT IS WHAT YOU NEED! No, I'm not a doctor but I have dealt with this for soo long, I can say...KEEP ON MOVING IS THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO! For example, my pain doc told me to "Do what you can, one dance at a time". I used to dance...and I mean DANCE! But, I had to quit and one day at an appt. I was telling him how much I missed dancing. (as I was in total tears and heartache) He told me to turn on the music as loud as I wanted to in my living room and dance to ONE SONG, EVERY DAY!! "Start with one and work your way up", he told me.

I'm still not dancing anywhere other than my living room, but my point is...

I CAN DO IT! Not HOW I want to...or WHERE I want to....but I CAN!!

Keep your chin up and keep plugging away...we're all here for you too!!

{{{{Fibro Hugs}}}}

~Suzee~

Please, pm me and let me know!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you in WA. as well???

You're in very good company.

Jenni