Have fibromyalgia and wondering if connection with

eating bread, things like Stromboli or pizza could aggravate this. I would have put this post on the immunosuppression board but not many seem to visit there. I was doing ok, taking some Lyrica which seems to have blocked a lot of the intense pain I have had and the other day ate some Stromboli and the rest of the day was very, very achy for me. Are there persons out here who might have some information on this, maybe working with people who have this or others who might have picked up information that can pass some on to me. I really, really love Italian food but I would pass on the bread ladened parts if that is what is causing the majority of the pain I have. TIA

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I have had it for 25 years and it gets worse all the time.  The only time it didn't bother me was when I was pregnant (4 times!).  I feel like I have the flu all the time and I am tired and exhausted.  I also have arthritis and have had a hip replacement and need the other hip replaced now and I have degenerative disc disease and need spinal fusion.  It never goes away -- ever.  Stress doesn't matter and not being stressed doesn't change anything.  A lot of drs. think it is "all in your head" and many have told me that.  Some put me on antidepressants which helped the burning sensation a lot, but made me gain 50 pounds.   Sorry to hear you have fibro---it is very debilitating.  I work in downtown Chicago and have to walk 11 blocks from the train to work -- it is very hard.  I had my first hip replaced when I was 43 -- very, very unusually young. 

While transcribing a report recently I came across a website that discussed somatization disorder with regards to fibromyalgia and CFS.  I just did a Google on somatization disorder and it was the first website that came up.  It was very enlightening and I definitely going to check out my medical records and physician dictations to see if I have ever been classified as having somatization disorder when in fact I have fibro and CFS.  These are very different disorders, but fibro/CFS can be missed if a doctor is not well-versed in all 3 disorders.  I hate it thought that many doctors do not want to be forthcoming with your medical records - I have run into that more than once.  Well, I'm on a mission now -

I had low back surgery in June of 2006.  About 5 days after my surgery, I had a huge muscle ball up in my back.  Then everything went to pot.  I finally was sent to pain management and they diagnosed me with myofascial pain syndrome. 

I know the dx of fibromyalgia is very skeptical.  All I know is I feel like I have been run over by a truck.  My joints are killing me in my hips, knees and ankles.  They are constantly popping and cracking.  My neck muscles are constantly sore to the point where I cannot hardly move my neck.  I even had 1 bout where all my muscles in my neck, down to my scapula and left arm locked up.  I have very little use of my left arm with lifting because of pain in my left shoulder.  Sometimes I feel like my body is misaligned. 

Can you tell me if this is consistent with fibromyalgia symptoms and pain?

I know a lady who was just diagnosed with fibromyalgia.  She has been suffering for well over a year and now almost two years.  She has yet to break the pain cycle and feels that nothing will help her.  She currently spends most of her time in bed. 

I just wanted to know if there were any tips or treatments that have worked for people with fibromyalgia that might help her too.  So any information, books, etc. that you are willing to share would be much appreciated.  Thanks in advance!!!

I am working and have already taken a half tablet of Oxycodone- do not want to be out of my gourd trying to work today. My back just up against the work chairs feels terrible, the ribs really hurt and I have some weight on me, gosh if I were skinny I would really be in trouble. Any advice out there as to how to sit here for 8 hours with pain?? Thanks

Dear Wondering-

You already have insight. Your heart and gut are talking to you or you wouldn't be posting this question. You are not in high school anymore. Remember, if he will do it WITH you, he will do it TO you. Do you want to be girlfriend on the side number two? If so, go for it. I would bet if you asked his current girlfriend of 7 years she would have an entirely different take on their level of committment. You are an intelligent woman. You are going through a lonely period in your life. Fill yourself up with friends that are worthy of you. Take another guy pal on your business trip with you and enjoy yourself!

Lilly

If you saw a banner on a teen's MySpace that said "legalize marijuana" would you assume that the teen smokes pot?

a conversation with him about just what made him snap when he hit you? 

To answer your question, of course there are many marriages where abuse never happens.  But maybe the question you should be asking, as you still seem hesitant that you are doing the right thing, is are there any marriages that have survived and even improved after physical abuse has occurred? 

do you think you would enjoy listening to Adam as much on the radio or a CD if you could not see him performing?  So much of his entertainment is his stage presence, which is understandable since he has been in theater for so long.  His range is incredible and I like him but I was just wondering if you think he would translate well to radio. 

With Jack and Kate off the island is a "possible alternative future". They have never really showed a future "flash forward" - there have been several times when Charlie remembered the scene where Desmond saw him playing his guitar in the street. If it really happened in some "future" that Desmond experienced after he turned the key in the hatch, how could Charlie remember it?

But it is also possible that only some of the people will choose to leave - Jack and Kate, obviously, and I assume the person she had to get back to "before he misses me" is Sawyer, although that may not be correct. The only one I can think of whose death would cause Jack so much pain is Juliet, and she also wants desperately to get off the island and I'm sure would leave if she got the chance.

I really don't want them to get off the island - I think they are all much happier there than they would be anywhere else. But then, I don't have to put up with the bug bites and ticks and snakes and all that jungle stuff.