Welcome Jenn! So glad to hear you found a great pain doc and that you found Connect as your community for support, motivation and tips as you manage your new diagnosis - firbromyalgia.

@ladyjane85 @lamerex4 @beatricefay @disgusted @1langla @jyth @robbinr @jharsh @dlady and @juneia will you join me in welcoming @mom2zacknwill?

Howdy there! I was diagnosed last year and doing much better since. It'd be great to share information with you.

I've been focusing on my diet and finding wheat and cow dairy don't particularly help me. Been trying to get off of medication and it's not going as quickly as I hoped. I changed to a part time job and that has been huge. I'm managing now.

Welcome Jenn, that's great you found a good pain dr, I haven't been that lucky todate. My PT ordered a walker and as a 67 year old I really didn't want to use it but It really helps with the back pain. i can walk much further and when it hurts my walker has a seat so I can sit. once the pain eases I can walk again for a short distance. I'm with you on the flu like symptoms and stomach pain. I just had a bunch of tests done on my gastrointestinal tract to be sure there wasn't something else going on. Lucky or not, everything looks normal so it's most likely the fibro. I have a sister who died of pancreatic cancer about 1 1/2 years ago so they wanted to be sure that wasn't the issue. The weather brings on my flu symptoms and since I live in the northeast, we get lots of weather!
Good luck