Hi there Anne/Happy. I did check out the nonFM forum today on Clouds....you are right. I think that is more of what I need. You can only complain about feeling bad so much and then it becomes like an epidemic.
To tell you the truth, I sometimes feel like an imposter because with the exception of screwing up my knee muscles this winter, I have NEVER been as down as some of those people. When I was on Paxil over a year ago, I was kind of a zombie, but I still was not in the kind of pain some of those people are. AND I still have hope for a complete recovery.
After about 3 years of the daily stress of our foster care unit, I started feeling like I had arthritis. Never thought of the pain as muscle pain...it just felt awful. I also would have my legs go numb. At the end of the day I would feel like I was going to faint. I went thru all sorts of tests. Now that I hear about the effects of stress, I know how this all started. Instead of taking a good look at all those physical red flags, I just kept on pushing. I used to have terrible migraines every weekend. I was a mess for a while, but things are a lot better now.
I feel like the last 5 years are a terrible blur tho. Undoubtedly even without all that stuff, I probably would be beginning to pack on a few pounds. I'm 45 years old after all....and I have a desk job. But I weighed 130 when I was 40. I feel like 5 years later I woke up 30 lbs heavier and don't remember how that happened. And I can't just lose it.
My son is waiting for my help. I'll talk to you later.
I'm here...haven't gone anywhere...don't panic!!! Just been incredibly busy. (what's new?!?) Seems I never have a minute for anything anymore. I've been hurting worse lately, too. I think it is the 5HTP...or rather the lack of. I bought a bottle at the health food store and I thought it was the same thing I had but when I looked closer (after I started hurting worse again) I found it was only 50 mgs and I'd been taking 100 3xs a day...so I'd inadvertently cut the dose in half for 3 weeks! I've upped them to 6 a day and I'm going to order some of the original ones from iherb. I really think those helped me some!
Hubby's work is down to nothing. There are only 2 of them even working now. I'm stressed to the max...and craving carbs, carbs, carbs.
We used to be foster parents in Michigan a long time ago. We only kept babies...I was afraid I would get attached to an older child and not want to give it back! Any kind of social work is stressful. We actually got to name 2 of them...they were special...one I went to pick up at the childrens home in a blizzard...he was only 5 lbs. just released from the hospital and the home couldn't keep babies...they couldn't find anyone to come out in the storm and get him. I'll never forget that ride...my kids were only 2 and 6 at the time and they had no diapers or formula for him. I had to stop on the way home and run in the store and buy some. I remember he was screaming because he was so hungry when I got home...still had to warm him a bottle. Paula, my daughter who was 2 at the time, kept running from the bedroom back to the kitchen saying, "it's cying mommy, it's cying." I tried to tell her it was ok that he was just hungry. On her last trip to the kitchen she leaned up against the cabinets and said, "Take it back 'n get one don't cy." Sometimes I think any job that deals with kids is stressful!!! I thought teaching school was and I now even think teaching piano is! Even keeping my grandkids is stressful! Did we use the word "stress" when we were younger? I don't remember! It about covers everything now days!
I'm so ready for spring and summer! I want to be outdoors sooooo bad! I envy my dog...she likes being outside when it's cold, cool, warm, dry, raining, snowing, whatever...makes no difference to her! I need it to be above 70 and dry!
Ok gals I'm having problems seeing all the graphics!
I have to hit reply just to even beable to read your posts...anyone else having these problems..my son says it is the graphics slowing down the computer!
Well my son was here and worked on the
computer..mostly deleting his files he had stored on here
from school! (it is his old computer)..very old and slow and
these graphic are really slowing it down! Anyone else
having that problem???????????
I was so busy all day...cooking and learning stuff on here
and doing his laundry..he just got back from St George
Island, FL for spring Break! He ususally does his own
laundry but he brought it with him sand and all! It was a
nice day but I am worn out now! Hope I can get some
sleep! It was his 21rst Birthday! I stayed in points and had
a piece of DQ cake too! ( that is his favorite!)
to all...........hope I can get your graphics to show up so I can see waht you have been up too!LOL 5HTP HUmmmmm
Hi, I'm Judy and new to this site. I have Fibro and many "goodies" that go along with it. I am 44, Married for 20 years to my friend and hubby, 2 teenagers and a very LARGE dog. I need to lose around 75 to 100 lbs. It is making my health worse with all this extra weight. I know I need to lose and the stress just makes me eat more. I get very angry at myself, which makes it even more stressful and me fatter! Looking forward to your replies and friendship-Judy
Hello Judy. My name is Anne. I have been married for 27 years and have 2 kids and a wonderful, delightful, little granddaughter, of almost 3. I live in Alberta, Canada. I will be 55 this month, and that even I find hard to believe. Where in the world does the time go?
What diet are you on? I am on one called The Formula, and have finally started to lose weight. It is a 40-30-30 diet, meaning 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fat. It is really easy to be on and I have lost 16 pounds since I started it in January. That is really good for me, as on some of the others I tried I lost 2 or 3 pounds in a month and that was it!!! I want to lose about 20-25 pounds still. Some of us are on Sugar Busters, Weight Watchers and so forth. Just wanted to say say welcome, and hope you stick around.
Candice - Would it be better for you if we forgot the graphics? We got along without them before, so we can do so again. Hope you are catching up on your rest. Isn't is funny how just doing something so normal can set you back for a few days? My son will be 26 on 17 April. He has finally grown into a very nice man, but of course, he will always be my little boy, no matter how old he gets. That's a MOM for you (lol)
Ally - Isn't the high fiber diet killing your stomach? I tried that one once as well. Had the runs for days (lol)
Anyway, I am back on track today, and after pigging out the last couple of days, I was feeling quite queasy. I am starting out just fine today.
Meme - SLOW DOWN!!!! You will be so sore you won't know which end is up. Boy, lady, you are packed full of energy. Wish I had some of that this week.
Phyllis - Hope you come to this thread. Phyllis has been posting on the other thread 14, so she must feel lonely.
We miss you over here, so come find us.
Well ladies, the good news is SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!!! Today it is 48 above and getting warmer each day. One day last week we had 65 above. The bad news is, that the weather is so up and down that it causes everything to hurt.
Anne, no I'm not packed full of energy either!!!
My blood is low and I just found out today that I have an urinary tract infection...they said that was why I have been so tired lately! I said follow me around for a day and then you see why I'm REALLY tired!!!
Can't slow down...no place to stop. It's like I'm wound tight and can't stop until I wind down and then I'll just lay down and stop ticking! Don't know what the family will do when that happens!
Had lunch with my daughter today then went to the Dr. to get my shot and on to an outlet store and the pharmacy for infection pills. Came home and had planned to take a nap but hubby followed me in the driveway and wanted to talk...so...nap time ran out! The funny thing is I didn't even know I had the infection. I have to have my urine tested every month for protein deposits from the gold shots and they found it today when they did that. They couldn't believe I wasn't hurting...must be pretty bad, too. I have to take 2 HUGE pills a day for the next 10 days. They said I should get to feeling better and less tired by next week. Sure hope they are right!!!
Judy, welcome to our corner. I'm always glad to see someone with fresh insight to this blasted disorder/disease/whatever! I'll be 54 in May, married for 35 years, two children ~ boy 34 and girl 30 and four grandchildren ~ 2 boys, 6 & 4 & 2 girls, 3 & 2. And I also have a big dog...she isn't huge yet...only 9 mos. old but already weighs over 50 lbs. I have a golden retriever, what kind is yours? I still need to lose about 30 lbs and am doing Weighdown Workshop at home (most of the time...been stressed out lately & overeating). I've had fibromyalgia for about 20 years. How long have you been diagnosed? I keep my granddaughter 10-12 hrs. a day 5 days a week (the 2 yr. old) and teach piano in the evenings. Do you work?
Well...Candice won't like this...I've written another novel.
After all the looking and running from area to area w/ the 3 FTC's I managed to find you guys. but I have to go and have dinner because I haven't been eating well lately.
Meme, don't talk like that, if that's what makes you tick, keep going!
You all have nice pictures, but Happy's son is right it slows down the thread. Sometimes I can't even get in to read.
Ally is still as funny as ever, but the dancing pig was not appropiate.It's not right, you do more starving than the rest of us. Especially with the water soup you made.
Welcome to the new lady,{forgot her name} Have to say sometimes I still get weepy and complain to myself, but today was a little better. The new rehumi did not find any pressure points last time.So, now I will ask her what she thinks is causing all the pain. Sometimes I want to ask for an antibiotic to see if by some quirck it IS a low grade infection.
How can I get to make a new life here, when I'm not feeling at least well enough to get out?
No graphics from me. Do not know how to do it, plus I;m on a net appliance.Too lazy to look for a computer.
Gotta go.
Well......maybe a little if I can chat with you nutty gals!
Anne......my email is up and running...slow but it is running faster than me!
Suzanne of 3fc's says it is a Netscape bug that the company is trying to work out that is causing my problems..other Netscape users are having the same problems with the graphics! She said to use IE but my poor little 'puter does not Have internet Explorer!!!!!!!!!! I don't know if not using the graphics would work or not? We could give it a try! Anyone else here use Netscape???????????
Judy..I am 50 have 2 sons, a dog and 4 cats..live in the country in IL. Married 25 years in November!!!!!!! Welcome to our little world of Pain and laughter!!!!!!!!!!! I'm doing the WW@home program. 35 lbs gone since June!
Meme..those antibiotics will increase your appetite! Can't believe you are not in any pain! UTI"s hurt so bad..like having a baby for me! OUCH!!!!!!!!!
Toots..you finally found us ands I thought MEME's pig was cute( it wasn't Allly's) and it was my son that said the graphics might be slowing things down and I think he was right!
Oh well....better go need more rest..did get 20 min. on the treadmill today!
Thanks Candice I seemed to have gotten a lot mixed up already. Just when I thought I knew everybody's stats!
I did do some traveling when I got lost on the other thread, and I have to say, that Fibro cloud group seemed too scary for me!
Soooo welcome Judy, this is the place for some fratizing and support for more than just the Fibro.
I am retired from NY State Gov.work and recently, moved from New York's Capital district to Teaxs and am going thru a BIG adjustment. Big really big.
I divorced my beloved about 11 years ago.
I have two grown children born on the same day a year apart and two and 1/2 grandchildren.I'm hoping there will be wedding bells for my daughter soon so that I can relax about her being single. She so wants to have a family.
The ladies here have been listening to some of my complaints, and vey graciously accepted me in their fold,which they will do with you as well.
In going to new doctors, I find I'm more cynical and tired of going to them with my questions.The new Rehumi questioned the NY Dr's diagnosis of Oseto-arthritis that seems to move from foot to fingers,to elbows and knees etc.The tests came back normal, so there goes her theory of Uric acid.{gout}
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it's tomorrow already so I have to try and sleep. Candice is the offical nite owl, so I'll leave space for her to make those pretty pictures. No more piggies, even if the're cute. I liked the bears alot!!!
Phyllis it's about time you got your bones in here! We've missed your wit and your forgetfulness! The place just hasn't been the same!
I hope the antibiotics don't increase my appetite...it is increased enough as it is!!! I had this same exact thing happen last year. They told me I had an infection and I didn't have a clue! I think it may be that they catch it before it gets to the "pain" point. Wish they could've done the fibro that way...I told my Dr. back 100 years ago that I was hurting so bad I couldn't drive with my right hand and he just looked at me...didn't do SQUAT! Then one day he put his hand on my shoulder and said it felt like hot bricks and he thought I was "acute" enough to send to a specialist! THAT WAS FIVE WHOLE YEARS AFTER I FIRST COMPLAINED!!! I was just as cute 5 years earlier! (still am!) The specialist diagnosed me with fibro right away. I'd never even heard of it!
About Netscape...I can pull up the page and read it with Netscape but it won't let me post a message. And the format is off...have to scroll horizontally in order to see all the messages so I use IE in here!
So Phyllis...you don't like my pig...you like bears...ok...this one's for you, then!
Phyllis and Meme, you are to funny. Had a good laugh today.
Meme - can't Candice download IE from the net? I think microsoft has it on their site. Never really heard that antibiotics increased your appetite. Live and learn. I am into my tired mode and when I get like that, boy do I crave carbs. Have been having some, but that wants to lead to more and I have worked a way to hard to give in. I have not gained anything - I try to follow the program as close as I can, but I feel like I am walking around sleepwalking. Then of course, everything starts hurting a lot more. Hope you start feeling better soon.
Candice - Tootie was a bit confused . Can you download IE? I have been sending you e-mail, but it has all come back. Maybe your cache was full.
Ally - Where are you? Missed you yesterday. Hope you are able to stick to your diet. Fiber should help keep you full, no?
Phyllis - happy to have you back. I missed you, and apparently, so did MEME, sending you that cute little bear.
Judy - in case you are reading, come join us. We really do have a good time on this forum.
Hey meme that was a naughty bear !!1But cute. I didn't like the pig because a guy on sgarbusters had just gotten thru with calling people on diets, zone, SB atkins etc. as oink, oinks.and the really only way to lose weight was to eat normal.HA! and what is normal for him or me for that matter.
Anyway, I got a little fiesty and laced into him a bit, and then he appologized to all of us. One lady tried to chase him off the site, but as it turned out he was a fellow that had lost 90 lbs counting calories and he has not put it back on.{so far}
But in looking at it more than realistically, he would be a perfect study, he's not overweight and counts calories and I asked him to continue counting calories, but instead to change just a few things, like lower glycemic veggies and fruit, and whole wheat/ grain bread and pasta just for two weeks. I will bet all my grandchildren's snacks and chocochips, that he would lose weight just like my son did!!!!!
This then would be absolute proof that at least there is something to the refined and processed food claim!!!.
Gotta go gals,I need to buy some plant materials to make a potted garden.I'm fighting complaining today because the elavil makes me doze every twenty minutes after breakfast.It's afternoon and the first time I could force myself up to shower. The hot water feels so good.
but just until I get dry. Had the handicap rail put in the spa wednesday, now to get the whole thing clean and back washed and I might just be able to use the dam thing.
Wish you were all here to jump in with me.
I'm here...haven't gone anywhere...don't panic!!! Just been incredibly busy. (what's new?!?) 
Seems I never have a minute for anything anymore. I've been hurting worse lately, too. I think it is the 5HTP...or rather the lack of. I bought a bottle at the health food store and I thought it was the same thing I had but when I looked closer (after I started hurting worse again) I found it was only 50 mgs and I'd been taking 100 3xs a day...so I'd inadvertently cut the dose in half for 3 weeks! I've upped them to 6 a day and I'm going to order some of the original ones from iherb. I really think those helped me some!
It was his 21rst Birthday! I stayed in points and had
