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Ozigal
  • Ozigal
  • Location: nr Adelaide, Sth/Australia
  • Gender: Female
  • Bio: Mum to 2 young men (29&30yrs) wife to busy construction worker
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HEALTH INTERESTS:

has Fibromyalgia since november2008

DRUGS I AM TAKING:

Cymbalta,  Oxycontin,  Endone

ABOUT ME:

Unable to work due to FM, actually unable to do too much at all. My greatest areas of affect are my hips, back, knees and achilles though I do have some pain in shoulders and weakness in arms and tingling fingers. From the waist down I suffer extremes in pain depending on the roller coaster of ups and downs and let's not forget the aching leg muscles. Some days I can walk a little and other days barely. I go from being resigned to my "new" life to feeling like I just can't take another day. I do my best to keep up with housework and find this is all I can achieve (and at times not too well). I have a loving supportive partner (of 24yrs) and believe life is easier because of this. I have a great doctor and truly wonderful FM specialist (Dr Richard Kwiatek) and know how lucky I am to have them. All my life I have been seen as the eternal optimist but fear losing this aspect of me as I continue the "one step forward, two steps back" dance that we do with FM.

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