Searching for cause & hoping to find others

Posted by tin555 @tin555, 4 days ago

I am searching for the cause of my fibromyalgia.
In 1958 I let the doctor give me a vaccination or flu shot for something called pig flu.
Back at that time, it was a flu that was quite scary. The doctor came to the house & gave me and my husband both the shot. We both got sick, but my husband was only mildly sick. I was bedfast for about a week and was so sick in bed that I would pass out and wake up drenched in sweat repeatedly. It took me almost a week to recover.
I had an identical relapse about 7 years later & ended up in bed for about a week. I went back to work and 3 days later I ended up in bed again terribly sick for an additional week.
No one in the house was sick but me. My husband & 2 children were not sick.
Ever since then I have had fibromyalgia. I wonder if it was the shot (vaccination?) that gave me fibro???
Wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience?
Also wondering if anyone can remember having a bad experience from one of the yearly flu vaccinations?
Thanks
Betty

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This helped me understand more. Was diagnosed in my mid-thirties, 1980s. I’ve always had high inflammation markers when the C reactive protein blood lab reports came back. Drs couldn’t understand why - but this study gives the reason. Unfortunately, I’m 77 and can no longer take anti-inflammatory drugs because of internal bleeds and lower kidney function.
https://www.fibromyalgiafund.org/why-fibromyalgia-muscles-hurt/

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@tin555
Thank you for this information.
I appreciate it.

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