Welcome John! I live with a few disabilities including fibromyalgia. I hope this group will be able to give you all the support you need.

Hello, I am new to MFP and this group. I have lived with chronic pain of one sort or the other for almost 40 years. For the last 20 years my pain has been centered around my back, neck, and right shoulder.

I must admit that I don't much about fibromyalgia. I did some quick reads on the internet and still don't think that I know what it is other than being defined by symptoms. I do have many of the symptoms but not all of them.

I do know about living with chronic pain. I think a group like this one would be of interest to me.

Hello my name is Nikki I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and I also have degenerative disc disease and problems with discs in my lower back, IBS, and chronic migraines.

So I deal with a lot of various pain all day every day most of it I think I would be able to manage on its own is just everything stacked together that makes everything worse. Except the migraines they are quite disabling on their own and are actually preventing me from being able to hold down a job at the moment which I truly hate.

Due to all the various medications I have been on (and being forced to rest in bed way more than I would like) I have gained a lot of weight and I and hoping to lose as much as I can.

Before having issues with migraines (and major problems with fibro) I was around 100-110lbs (and I am 5'2"btw) at my heaviest I was over 200lbs. I managed to drop a lot of that just by getting off the bad medications and when I joined MFP (and decided to join the gym and calorie count) I weighted around 163lbs which was around the beginning of March of 2017 now in April I'm down to about 151lbs.

I'd like to get down to about 120-125lbs total and I hope working out will help with my pain management and insomnia issues.

I would love to make friends with similar experiences and who can share advice and help!

@traceyc013
Yeah it can be pretty tough when everything gets all stacked together. I think I could manage everything else a whole lot better if I didn't have to deal with the migraines they are what really knock me down but I have been trying really hard any day I can physically get up and move I have been going to the gym or walking several miles and I have been eating a lot less/better foods.

I really hope I can get back to how I used to look or at least close to it and then be able to maintain it!

Hi Quin! Glad you're here. You can do this one day at a time. I am so sorry you have been struggling. Feel free to add me!

@traceyc013 thanks I really appreciate it. They really have stolen so much from my life I would like to get something back. If I can't feel better maybe I'll look better? Hahah

Man! Apologize for not being around! Health challenges over this past year have kept me from being as active on MFP as I had been. I have been through it since last August! I had a tummy tuck, and a breast lift done. But I didn't get fully recovered when I began having some severe abdominal pain! Was in the hospital for fifteen days the last week of September. They thought I had colitis. I got better, but still wasn't good. Then, in December I was readmitted with the same pain, but this time they consulted my surgeon and he found that I had a perforated ulcer in the first portion of my small intestine! Thing that saved my life, imo, was that it had perforated through my large intestine too! This freak of a thing kept my intestinal contents from being spilled into my abdominal cavity that would have created an infection that's usually fatal! It's taken me a long time to fully recover from that surgery in December, but I believe I'm finally better!

I did gain some weight while recovering. Having to eat foods that digest easily led to eating higher carb foods more than I had in two years. I've now begun to repose some of it again since getting back to
eating low carb! That's something I've never been able to do before! I'm so proud of myself!

Another event over the recent past is that last November the hospital system I've always u!sed chose to not renew the contract of my neurologist! He is the doctor that gave me my Botox for chronic migraine for nearly 20 years, and administered my medications. They sent me to another neurologist, but he was an a**hole! Treated me like crap. Didn't give me the Botox as I had received it for so long. So, I found another doctor, but he , also, didn't care to administer even the same dose. He cuT it down by one fifth. Then, when he administered it he was not gentle, at all! Well, now my old doctor is back in practice, which is wonderful, but it taking him a long time to recertify to be able to administer Botox. It's like he's a brand new doctor getting set up! He hadn't done anything wrong or he wouldn't be able to practice again. It was all because of money. My doctor had been with the system for thirty years, which made him expensive. The hospital has had to trim their costs because they are having to repay their retirees the money they stole from the retirement accounts! So, yes, my health has been negatively affected because of these crooks! I'm a week away from when I would be receiving my Botox and they still haven't gotten these things going yet! My headaches will increase without it, so I'm not looking forward to that!!

Will try to drop by more pals!

Is anybody still active in this group?

Hi my name is Chris. I'm 59 years old and I have fibromyalgia and arthritis. I'm also diabetic and have suffered with migraines all my life. At this point I just do some stretching exercises and walking as I tend to injure myself if I try anything more strenuous. I have some congenital problems with my legs that makes running hazardous.