glowworm2

I am 60 years old & was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in early 2000 after going to over 20 doctors. I was doing some major suffering. Pain from head to toe. Even the bed covers hurt my skin. When I couldn't make it to the dr's office any longer, (doctor #21) my dr. sent a nurse from a home health center to evaluate me. She recommended physical therapy at home to get me mobile again. I had curled up in the fetal position and prepared to die. I knew I had to have a fatal illness to be in so much pain. I didn't believe for one minute that I just had pain. It was a long time later and a lot of research before I understood the vast expanse of having such an illness. I lost my job a few months later, was denied my disability because none of the judges believe in FM, lost my home next and ended up living in a 6ft x 12ft camper at a place called Shady Grove Campground with my son who has a terminal illness. We are quite a pair! By God's grace we have survived this first four years and now have a home...modest though it may be...we have a roof over our heads again. The doctor had started me on pain medication. If not for that, I am certain I would have ended up in the mental institution because the pain was driving me quite "mad". I have never gone to bed again to stay no matter how difficult it may be to move. My story is too long to tell here, but I had four major surgeries in four years and took a ton of predisone. I believe the predisone caused my fibromyalgia and I am hopeful that one day I will be well. I take extended release morphine 2xday for my pain and I am no longer in a wheel chair and can walk around the house and yard pretty good. Needless to say, I am confined to the house a lot and would welcome any correspondence. It is so difficult to keep the faith when you feel so isolated from the world. I am surprised every day when I wake up and I am not well. Read a lot...tried a lot of remedies. But it has always been in God's hands. Please pray for me and my son. God Bless!