When the doctor retires

Hello Daisymay! My name is kim and i have wrote different posts in the past about my chronic back pain and etc. I was recently diagnosed with the beganing stages of fibromyaligia as well, and its been very hard for me. Im to young for all this!!! i really have been through hell and back with shots, surgery,nerve stimulators, etc. Its just been a really tough and bumpy road. It feels like the road ahead is never going to be a smooth one for me. Im suffering 24/7. The sad part is i have built up such a tolerance to meds and narcotics especially, that they dont even work for me anymore. I can take about 6-9 30mg oxy's and i wont feel a thing.....thats how bad it is.

 

I will say i am very lucky b/c my doctor is VERY understanding and i trust him with my care 110%. He started me on Lyrica, which i know doesnt work for everyone and i have read posts on here were people have said alot of negative things about this drug as well as a few good things about it. I think meds are different for everyone and since everybody's bodies are different, meds work differently. I think its worth considering though. It has helped my lower back pain (not all of it but some!) and the fibro. I can do more things than before, i dont know i just like it so far. I wish everyone on this site the best of luck and ill keep you in my prayers that things will get better for you.

 

Take care,

Kim

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After 7 years I hate to say I kind of gave up.  In the beginning I read everything. I tried different Dr.'s and different medicines. I thought I could some how fix myself if I tried hard enough and was determined. I started to think maybe it was all in my head because some Dr.'s, friends and relatives make you feel this way.  I KNOW this pain is not all in my head. The medicines I take now are the cheapest because of money issues, with the least side effects for me. None really work but some help ease some of the pain and other symptoms. I hate being in pain and so exhausted. My house is a mess and so are lots of relationships. I try not to feel sorry for myself but you get to the point where you just want a break.....like one day with no pain, and being your old active self. I have got worse over the years. The more I try to do the more I pay for it the next day with pain, but I know it is not healthy to not do anything. I have tried Lunesta and Ambien for sleep but they do not work for me. At first Flexeril would make me go to sleep but now I need 2 and they do not work as well as they used to. I have not tried a chiropracter but have heard they help some people. Medicine is such a hit and miss trial thing because we are all different and the same thing does not work for everyone. At first I thought this was like diabetes or another disease where there is a shot or a medicine that works for everyone. I really did think I was going crazy for awhile, and wondered if crazy people know they are crazy? At the worst times I wished I would not wake up because everyday started with pain. Sometimes I dream about pain. I love my family very much and try to deal with this for them.  I try not to complain, or show my pain too much. Everyone here is so helpful and kind and understanding and that really really helps. I feel 20 years older than I am, but I still look my age or younger.  :) Try to hang in there and I hope you have more good days than bad.  Daisymay
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