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Dealing with Fibromyalgia pain after breast cancer surgery

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Nov 19 3:35pm | Replies (25)
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@colleenyoung

Hi Sue, in addition to the helpful post you received from @heather626, I'm tagging other breast cancer members who have had surgery and live with fibromyalgia, like @jpfefferdittes @butterflylan17 @kathyomaha55@spanning @cerwin @elizm @kensiejames and @nanahatton65. They can share their surgery recovery experiences and share tips.

I'm sorry to hear that this second surgery is proving to be harder to recover from than the first and causing additional fibro flare. Can you share more about what is going on with your legs? What have you tried so far to reduce the flare?

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elizm | @elizm | Feb 25 1:19pm

Dear sue-417
As noted previously, I have been taking Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) since 2018 for chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy as I cannot tolerate the pharmaceuticals recommended for it. I also subsequently learned that it is effective for fibromyalgia. Here is a National Institutes of Health article which may be of interest to you:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676767/
I highly recommend your consideration of micronized PEA which I buy on Amazon.

Best of luck on your recovery and blessings for your struggles. -- Liz

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sue417 | @sue417 | Feb 25 1:38pm

Hi
There's not much I can do but take my muscle relaxer at night take my Tylenol in the day and rest

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