Fibromyalgia pain: Let's connect

I am so lazy. I get those thick books and throw them in the trash. Now I need answers and will pray the price for throwing it away. LOL

How horrible ,morphine is potent sorry you went through that When I fractured my back they gave me morphine horrible I was hallucinating .I just got off Predinisone it's a steroid where you take 3 down to 1over 6 days and day 7I was climbing walls I hurt so bad but now back on my meds.Steroids are hard on the kidneys @liver they must give a small amount to infuse that often.The tramadol +1Aleve work for me ,long time ago I was on Vicodan 3a day Rummi said this is not addictive this way God bless us all .take care Linda

I don't know about lifetime cap but yearly it's 2500.00 I think Yes I also was self employed but nursing was my full time job.Now that I retired I'm not as comfortable as I thought I would be It seems it you don't put money away or enough for retirement the Medicare Medical people get all there medical care free

Yes, you work hard at your employment giving your all only to retire and realize, there is NO money going into the bank, just out of the bank. The kids today are different. They saw how we struggled after retirement. They now demand retirement benefits from their employers plus vacation, sick leave you name it. When you are self employed your your employee get the day off. Not you. I made a good living. I make too much to get help, and to little to survive. When my husband became ill, and died, I lost his SS. and his Navy benefit. I went from comfortable to poverty overnight. I am very fortunate. A friend of mine had no one to leave his home to. He left it to me. I lived there two years after he died. But, medical was NILL where I lived in the middle of nowhere. So, sold house and moved to Texas. Best medical I could ask for. I guess I just dont know the games you can play to get this and that from the County. I know a friend of mine lives very comfortable while the County pays her rent and drives her two hours to the doctor and back. I pay my rent and I pay my ride over and back. Does not seem fair.

Audrey I moved from Pa to Ca what a sticker shock for me in the rent prices out here I live in Long Beach in a affordable senior building I had to go on Sec 8 as I couldn't afford the rent 29,000 is the income level in L.A. County. Can't you get rid of your property in mobile home park if your mobile home isn't eligible can't you have the health dept red tag it ?If your a senior call the Office of the aging ,maybe they can suggest something?

Are you over 65? If you are you can get your husband's social security I do I get widows social security as my husband's made more then I did.Most of the people here are well if ,they know how to hide there money ,they get cash and give it to there kids I never could do that.In L.A. County the income level for Sec 8 is 29,000 a year.I never made more then 22 myself ,This senior building is 6floors ,we have a gym ,library,computer room,rooftop is finished for our uses,so all in all I'm comfortable.

Lioness. WOW excellent suggestions for Audrey. My daughter lives in Long beach. She wants me to move there. How much is your housing and what is the name of it?

Cant wait to hear the name of the building. What part of Long Beach

@clownscrytoo
My word,your story mimics mine to a T and probably many other members too. You are so not alone. I take the same meds, am 70 years old and my spinal stenosis issues add to my pain. I too am a bed potato while I wait for the meds to kick in, and I lay on a heating pad for my lower back stenosis pain. Good thing you have an understanding husband.....so do I and that so helps. I take life one day at a time, cannot volunteer or do the hobbies I like. I stand on God's promises that He will come along side of me. I get physical therapy when a fibro knot or a degenerated spinal disc goes way out of whack. Sometimes I log into the "just want to talk" section of Mayo Connect because I need to vent. I notice that if I have a busy day, the next day is a total wash out. I try to run only one or two errands a day, and the next day I'm down for the count. I no longer feel ashamed. Trying to maintain good posture helps. Computer chair sitting can aggrevate. Drink plenty of fluids. Move when you can. When you can't, rest. May God bless you, show you favor and plenty of friends who understand. Sending you a basketful of love.
Victorious69 (Dori)

@sandytoes have give some consideration about asking my primary doc if medical marijuana would help the fibro and degenerative disc disease. Am hearing great things about stem cell placement, but so far its only for the very rich. Dori