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Took what felt like light years but I was diagnosed after suffering with horrible never ending pain, bladder pain and urgency wetting bed and pants, lymphedema, stiffness, pain and weakness in back of neck, crippled knees, inability to hold my torso up, sleep apnea, numb legs, depression from the longevity of living with pain and the trauma that I was exposed to in the workplace. Chronic fatigue and obesity due to pain when exercising. Accute Stress Reaction. A bazillion doctors.
Most of it located in the noggin and central nervous system. Cymbalta for Fibromyalgia might help you.
There is no cure.
I have to go and convince my PCP that I need a wheelchair.
My main question is:
Are people who are ill supposed to have to convince doctors that they need something?
I'm tired.
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Doctors keep telling me to lose weight so I said ok and I made dramatic changes to my diet - organic, no sugar, no caffeine, no grains, no dairy...etc. Did lose some weight and glad. Still they recommend bariatric procedure but our insurance does not cover. So I looked for a good surgeon in another country that has reputation for excellent healthcare - would you believe that the surgeon writes to me personally in email??? He just wrote to me the other day for third time asking when I am coming to see him! Amazing.
But there is one thing I don't get...if Fibro is about brain chemistry and imbalance in central nervous system why is weight so crucial?
There is no cure for Fibro wether you're overweight or not.
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yes, you are right. when both of my feet were in "boots" (psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis) and would be so for about 6 months i asked for a prescription for a wheelchair (knowing that this will happen again and again, i was refused. for a hand brace, etc. finally found a FRIENDLY doctor and he took care of business. there are to, to many doctors that seem to like hurting with a straight face. and there are still so many, many stories of this same nature. the doctors of today have a different mind set than what used to be.