Fibromyalgia , Autoimmune Disorder, & Pernicious Anemia

Well I don't even know what some of that is, but when there's a will - there's a way. You can do anything you put your mind to, but sometimes some people need to rest for a minute and there's nothing wrong with that. Your faith will carry you through!

i have an autoimmune and myalgia. bf says "do you ever feel good?"
i've had to redefine what feel good is. I've decided i feel cruddy either way so i can be unhealthy and cruddy or healthy and cruddy.
just start with small changes. add a few more steps. weigh and log all your food. listen to your body and realize that our bodies lie to us. my body overreacts to pain and loves to inflame. like a pouty teenager

MS definitely counts! It is such a difficult auto-immune disease, too.

I, right now at 64 years old, am a success story. I have rheumatoid arthritis and Sjogrehns, but my RA has been in remission for about 5 years and my sjogrehns is a-symptomatic (or maybe in remission, too) right now. I am off the methotrexate. Haven't had to take a steriod in years. I do take Plaquenil because it has few side effects and takes 6 months to work. I do get regular eye exams to make sure it isn't hurting my eyes. But, I'd rather stay on it and try to avoid a return of the RA than go off of it (which I could if I wanted) and then, if I have a flareup, I would have to go back on the methotrexate and steriods which are so much more toxic while waiting for the plaquenil again. I am pain free -- totally -- and loving all this exercise and good health.

My daughter had a severe case of Graves disease and after having her thyroid radiated, she, too, has done great. She has the Graves eye disease, but it is now barely noticeable except when very stressed. She lives a healthy life-style and workouts out, too.

I gained 100 pounds when the RA first hit 16 years ago along with heart problems. Went into remission back then for a while, but still couldn't ever seem to lose. It was the heart that kept me from burning calories and exercising. It finally got so bad that I wasn't allowed to exercise and I was only given a 1in 3 chance of surviving 5 years. They finally decided to give me a CRT-D cardiac implant. The RA came back with a vengence about the time I had a CRT-D implant so again movement was difficult. Once I got the RA back under control and the implant was helping my heart functioned properly, I was able to finally address the weight issue and given the go-ahead to exercise. I went to both the rheumatologist and the cardiologist just last week and I now only need to see each one a year!

I walk a lot! (I average 15,000 steps a day and about 4,000 - 12,000 of those might be cardio walking). I ride a stationary bike most days and the rowing machine some. I stretch every day. I take Tai Chi classes twice a week which my rheumatologist recommends and that I absolutely love -- auto-immune diseases tend to be worse with stress so the Tai Chi helps calm me. I try to keep my immune system weak. I quit taking supplements that strengthen my immune system like CoQ-10. And I eat a lot less (not necessarily clean, but less and healthier now - 1200 calories). You can beat some of these crazy auto-immune diseases, lose weight, and be healthy, too. It's not impossible. You just have to have a doctor you love, have trust in them, read everything you can, but don't self-doctor. And move as much as you can when you can.