I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Today I’m making two turkey casseroles for my freezer and also cutting up a lot of turkey in chunks and freezing it for turkey soup at a later day. I...
I have two daughters and one son and none have fibro. Sherrine[ ...
Cathy, being in pain is a given with fibro. I use over the counter meds and supplements to help knock it down a peg. That’s the best I can do. I will not let fibro control me so I make plans, set...
Cathy, I have three adult children and none have the problems that I do. Your buzzing sensations are seen in a few other illnesses but the symptoms of those illnesses don’t seem to mesh with what...
Can you handle another Flare Song? This is to the tune of Englebert Humperdinck's song Please Release Me. Fibromites don't have torch songs they have flare songs. 😉 Pain release me, let me go For I...
Hi, Mibella, and welcome! Deep breathing exercises and ibuprofen should help. Since you had tests run by a cardiologist and ruled out heart problems, my next guess would be you are having an attack...
Hi, Yellwdaisy, and welcome! We’ve had a few discussions about CBD oil but there wasn’t a definite census. A few thought it helped bit most said it didn’t. One person said they got worse! In the...
I have a wonderful heated, vibrating full back pad that my husband bought me 23 years ago. I just love it and has helped me through some tough periods. Here is the information about it. It’s...
I happen to love ice water but it was an acquired taste for me. I just drank it and then got to love it. About once every two weeks I will have a diet soda. I love the diet A&W root beer, diet...
[blue] I have a 16 oz. insulated plastic “Jug” filled with ice water at my side all day long and take swallows frequently. It’s refilled several times. Then before I go to bed I fill it again and it...
I have taken Bactrim before and I never had a problem. Levaquin caused huge problems for my niece.She was bedridden and had an infant along with a toddler and had to call her mother in Serbia to...
Hi, Nazareth! The tender points aren’t being used so much anymore for a fibro diagnosis. This is from WebMD. “People with fibromyalgia have a history of widespread pain with no evident cause that...
Hi, Kate and Reading Teacher and welcome! We all wish we could do some of the things we used to do but life is still good! I find ways of working around fibro to do what I want to do. I don’t let...
Hopegirl, MS is one of the illnesses that has to be ruled out before a diagnosis of fibro is given. Other main ones are lupus and Lyme disease. All these illnesses share many of the same symptoms....
[blue] Hi, Stacey, and welcome! Google “foam for glasses” and you will see all sorts of options for the arms of the glasses. Then google “foam for glasses nosepiece” and you will see options there...