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@dishpain

Thank you for your reply. I am just curious. I am a female who has been single my whole life and has done a lot of lugging and lifting to take care of two homes. Even though I am overweight, I have been very active. I’ve been overweight since I was a child. My father side of the family the females tend to be bigger.
Yes. Diabetes was on my mom side but she did not have it. She can eat sugar all day long and her BG will still be fine. she’s 88 years old and never had a problem.
Again, I thank you for your reply and yes, dish is definitely in less females than males. Maybe the lugging and lifting is why it happens to us females.

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For years I was told my pain was fibromyalgia but after having Covid the pain in my body hit hard and a year after Covid I could not turn my head to check traffic. Made an appointment with a neurosurgeon had X-ray on my spine and was diagnosed with DISH. I never stopped working in the garden, walked two miles five days a week, did very heavy lifting. Painted and wall papered my home was always active while I believed it was fibromyalgia. Now it’s a new disease and is coming on fast. Not sure if Covid had anything to do with it but my pain has been bad since Covid. I still work in the garden but no longer plant huge bushes because of pain. I do believe heavy work for years took its toll on my body.