Hello Taylor! Nice to meet you! I’m 51 years old and have had fibromyalgia for as long as you’ve been alive!

So hard to believe that I’ve suffered with this debilitating pain for that long! I have found that eating fewer carbs and no processed foods anymore, has helped me a lot. It hasn’t fixed me but has helped me be able to return to work on a very part time basis. I hadn’t been able to work in 10 years, so that was a huge win for me!

I did manage to lose weight and have kept it off for three years now!

Great to see you here!

Welcome and good luck! Feel free to add me as a friend if you like, I’m always open to new friends on here and generally go in to my feed and diary every day.

Hello all from New Orleans!

Hi, My name is Nicole. I am 28 years old and. I have been living with with chronic plantar fasciitis for over 4 years now. It started after running a marathon in February of 2016. I have tried every treatment and emerging treatment for my condition. This year in January I finally had surgery. I was supposed to be "cured" by now, but I'm not. It's so discouraging. So far nothing has worked. Plantar fasciitis is common and for like 99% of people its easily cured with good shoes physical therapy, but I'm one of those few people that isn't so lucky. I've tried physical therapy many times and places, many rounds of shockwave therapy, two PRP injections, surgery and now I'm trying a botox injection. I'm praying it works.

I live with pain every single day. Often it's just a small amount of pain but sometimes it can be a lot. I have had a temp handicap permit on and off for the past several years. At one point I couldn't even walk across the street without limping in pain. I remember one day I drove around for half an hour desperately trying to find street parking near my work, the closest spot was a half mile away and I just broke down in tears.

I try to always have hope but some days it gets depressing. I don't know if I will ever run again like I used to. But some days I can do a lot. On monday I walked over an hour by the beach. Of course that hurt my foot, but I was able to do it. Today I did a 10 minute walk around my block and I was walking slowly like an old lady with a slight limp. I hate it when people say "don't push through pain." What do they mean!? I am always in pain. Walking on the beach causes pain, yes, and so does walking to the bathroom, and so does standing and cooking dinner. I always have to "push though pain". We all do, because we all need to live! We are all survivors living through this.

Hi all. Pain on a daily basis can make weight loss difficult and weight loss can make pain more bearable is my motto for now. I'm 74 with 40 lbs to lose. I have had fibro for 10 years as well as osteo arthritis in shoulders, severe central complex hypopnea and back problems so I can relate. It's good to be a part of a group where we can share positive as well as negative thoughts and not be judged as whiners. Best of days to all of you.a

Welcome and good luck! It’s hard when you’re in pain all the time but worth persevering.

Welcome! It’s really hard with meds, I ended up on nothing but over the counter painkillers because of side effects that I felt were worse than the pain! I also found out that foods cause a lot of my pain after going on a zero carb carnivore diet to try and resolve IBS issues. After a few weeks not only was my IBS better but so were my pain levels, I don’t need to take painkillers every day now. So it’s a matter of trying different things and finding out what works for you. I know a lot of people seem to be sensitive to nightshades and feel a lot better when they exclude them so there’s obviously something in that.