Fibromyalgia

[snooksiam]

Greetings to all,

I am a 60 year old female and I've had Fibro for 12 years now. It initially began as CFIDS, and within 2 years the pain came along. I was lucky in that I was diagnosed properly, and I think I have tried every medication possible to treat this obstinate illness. Seems that one medication will work for a period of time, then it wears off and we have to try something new. It has become wearisome.

I went to a pain clinic last month and was diagnosed with myofacial pain syndrome along with bursitus. He suggested I do the trigger point injections along with a cortisone injection in my neck, so I decided to give it a go. For the first 2 days it was awesome, but now the pain, stiffness and burn is returning. I was euphoric, thinking that we had finally found the magic bullet, but 48 hours of relief was just not enough to get real excited about. I am feeling frustrated and down once again. Maybe there is just NO getting over this illness after a certain age?? Honestly, I have tried almost everything. Now I am on Lyrica, morphine sulfate, hydracordone and antidepressants. I lost my only son to suicide almost 4 years ago and wonder if that is antagonizing my illness.

I am curious to see if anyone else on this forum has tried the injections and what your results were. I hope that belonging to a forum again will be helpful.

[jamberson]

Hello,
I am a newbe to this group too; however was diegnosed with FMS over 7 years ago.
From my experiences & research on FMS, as you probebly know by now the tragedy probebly affected your FMS.
I have a question as well; I don't know if it's FMS but, bickering & arguing or crying around tends to trigger high irritation? I haven't as of yet read anything about it or about at times forgetting how to spell small words we all learned in childhood?

[ralph pelkey]

dear snooksiam my name is ralph pelkey ive never tryed the shots but i do have sever fibro i lost my son about 9 years ago he to took his own life.I cant help you with your answer but i can give you a poem to help you with the loss of your son.I wrote this after my son died and it gives me a great deal of comfort i hope it does the same for you I guess it been some time gone by that my son justin has died.I look up to heven with a tear in my eye and GOD reaches down and wipes them dry.He said my son put your faith in me and all you pain i will set free.So i look up to heaven through his blue sky I saw a glimmer of hope with a tear in my eye.But this tear is not a tear of pain GOD is telling me my son lives again.SO I GIVE YOU MY PRAISE MY LORD ON HIGH FOR GIVING ME THIS TEAR IN MY EYE to my son justin m pelkey 10-03-1977 to 11-09-2000 written by you dad r pelkey