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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, January 25, 2008 - 7:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL Dolphin, love that pic! hope you have a good wkend too!

Dovez, this week has been the worst pain week in 2months. :-( its been bareable, I am still moving and groving...its just enough pain to remind me I have fibro LOL

Mames, dont over do it and get some rest xxooxxo

Dolphinschild
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06-21-2006

Friday, January 25, 2008 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dolphinschild a private message Print Post    
Well my California Fibro Sisters! Are you all surviving the rain? It has been storming here in Oroville like crazy. My hips burned all night long and radiated down my legs. Mid-day felt it in my back. My best friend Shelia was just diagnosed with Fibr and she called me this morning telling me she could hardly move. You all know my Mom broke her wrist and has been recovering. Today she was in so much pain, I think it was because of the storm. She said it her hand woke up. So I am sure you all are feeling it too.

Pamy I thought the picture fit the FFF's. I hope you feel better soon. With this rain we desperately need it, but boy we are feeling every inch of it too aren't we? I love the rain and sleep best in the rain, but something about this storm isn't very nice.

Ms. Mame, I agree with Pamy, you need to take it easy. I don't know how the weather is there, but it is winter so slow down and don't over do it. I am glad you had help. Sarabear helped me with doing some house work today. We got a lot done together. I hope you feel better soon! Hugs...

I wonder if the Mods could post the picture at the top of this thread like they do in the tvshow threads LOL.

THINKING OF YOU!!!

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 4:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
storms and something to do with the barometric pressure.

When it is heavy, I ache.

I vote against the picture as there are men with this condition and anyone with severe pain doesnt walk 'arm in arm' with others due to the josseling (sp). it is a cute pic but nothing I could do since 1993

so it is just salt in the wound for people who are like 'me'.

Yeah, I'm a grump


Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 4:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
hey I just thought of something Brilliant. Maybe a PAIN thread and a Fibro thread. it isnt neccessarily the same thing/condition.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Dolphin, thanks for the kind words. I would love that pic at the top of this thread!!! it really shows the love we all have here.

Sun, this USED to be the Fibro thread and they added the chronic pain part months later because they kinda go hand in hand.

It is sunny today and I saw a rainbow yesterday so hopefully the rain pain will go away soon.

xoxoxooo to ya all

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Pamy is right Sun. I created both this Fibro Thread and the Chronic Pain threads, but this is the one that everyone gravitated to, and the Chronic Pain thread fell off the map from disuse. So we put it together and voila, it's a happenin' all-inclusive thread.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
((((((((Pamy & all in pain)))))))))

I'm stiff today but the pain is thankfully back to its usual murmuring rumbles. But since I took the tylenol 3 twice this week, I AM a little bit irritable today. I really noticed it, when I found that while dh was trying to be playful and joking around with me, I pretty much encouraged him to get out from underfoot and set out on one of his forays downtown where he loves to haunt the bookstores, record stores, and pawnshops on the weekends. And off he went. The weird thing is that I took the first tylenol 3 a few days ago, then took it again on Thursday night, yet it takes a day or two to make me irritable. Go figure.

Dovez
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08-27-2005

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dovez a private message Print Post    
oh, mame, i know how you feel about meds making you irritable...but my irritable really is about being a #%*"# !
i've been on antibiotics since november and today i just started shouting at my poor dh.
then i decided to break a few things.
i just don't do well with anitbiotics. all those toxins and bacterial waste matters flowing through my brain.
i really need someone to hug and cry with.

Dovez
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08-27-2005

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dovez a private message Print Post    
oh, and i like the pic. it makes me feel that i have real buddies when i need them the most.
and that we all do have sun dresses and hats and good times ahead.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 1:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
(((((((Dovez))))))))
I hope you feel better soon! Going to look for and post something cheery in your folder.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
(((Dovez))) we are here to hug you and to listen to you vent :-) I know it helps to vent here, I have done it many times.

I understand the rage thing, its been a daily thing with me at home lately. Why wont they freakin listen to me??? why do I have to say the same freakin thing 20 times?? why do I have to remember everything??? that one is the worst one cuz it is hard for ME to remember sometimes.

urggg well I feel better...lol hope that gives you some encouragement

Rubyroo77
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08-13-2005

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rubyroo77 a private message Print Post    
Dovez- I am so sorry, and Pamy you, too! I have felt like that somewhat today..sometimes I come on here and I am typing through my sobbing! FM is horrible! I hope everyone has a brighter day tomorrow..and DC..I love the pictures you post! They are very pretty!

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
((((am I the only one here that can't imagine Mameblanche actually Irritable? LOL )))))



Yeah, I commiserate with all of you guys about the Meds Rage. I get it with some foods too. it is chemical.


thanks for the clarification of this thread and who created it. I only ever came here once or twice in years past.

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I agree that the loss of who we 'are' due to FM is horrible. I have a fair amount of acceptance until a stress is put on me. Like the furnace is supposed to be inspected in my rental house and That means I have to clean up. It wouldnt be so bad if I didnt DROP everything!! my floor is pretty full of dropped papers/ cutlery/ food bits in kitchen/ rarely vacuumed/

When I have something in my hands or am trying to pick up something, there is a 50/50 chance it is going to end up back on the floor. LOL

My family and friends make jokes about my "fall out zone" but I need to clean it up before strangers come in. That means Squatting and bending which is a fall risk.

talk about Frrrrruuuuuuuuustrating! (said in my best Donato Vocal impression)

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
((((am I the only one here that can't imagine Mameblanche actually Irritable? LOL )))))

Oh my, Sun, you made my day! Thank you! I had a great chuckle over that. Trust me, I have my moments. LOL.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
anyone find that they end up 'explaining' to people who shouldnt be told anything??

I get angry at myself but when out in a store and dropping stuff OR unable to get stuff out of my purse, I end up apologizing to the world (or whomever is listening) SORRY I have trouble with my hands or I say I'm disabled....then a few secs later i think SHUTUP! why do you do that>? it is none of their business.

It is like my impulse control to say things is impaired.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
LOL mame, you always seem 'so even' when you type. I concede you Might Be irritable IN PERSON.

I know my dialogue gets more choppy when I'm in a foul mood.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Sun I do that ALL THE TIME, but I don't beat myself up about it... I think it's great to have a valid REASON for when I do these things, so that I may look stupid or clumsy when things happen, but at least folks will (hopefully) cut me some slack - if they UNDERSTAND why it happened.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Actually Sun, I am fairly bubbly in person, unless I am blue. Thankfully I don't get antsy too ofen.

ETA, wow, I never thought I sounded even-keeled, always figured I sounded either too mushy or too bubbly or too... well, too much. So thanks again. You are wonderful for my ego. The check is in the mail. Grin.

ETA - the worst thing I will cop to is this... in person, I have a terrible potty-mouth. I can swear like a longshoreman. So it cracks me up that I sometimes come across rather prissy. (Although I am a big believer in being appropriate to time and place, so of course I don't spew naughties in polite company.)

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
((Ruby))) I am sorry you are in pain too!
I hope you come here and vent and cry as often as needed to help you!! xoxoxoxoo

I knew thats why I lurved ya Mames!!! hahaha cant wait to meet ya in person. I am going to say Hi Mame, how the F are ya?! LOL

its raining again AND I started my period today...explains the intense pain and freakin pissy rage this past week ..at least it should get better :-)

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
in person, I have a terrible potty-mouth. I can swear like a longshoreman.


ROTFLMAO....Most of my career has been in professional workplaces and you had to watch Everything and Anything you said.

However, I was raised practically on the Fish docks and used to work on a 42 ft FishPacker with my dad for summers. I used to spew foul language with the best of them....but suppressed all of that due to my profession. as an adult, People knew who I was and where I worked whenever I went out. I never would lose control of my tongue in public.

Anyways, Now that I am disabled I am finding that I will Blurt out a Line of profanity that makes me look like I have "tourettes" syndrome LOL

It is kinda embarrassing.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Now that I am disabled I am finding that I will Blurt out a Line of profanity that makes me look like I have "tourettes" syndrome LOL

Sun it's the frustration from being hamstrung and unable to live life as fully as we could before all this medical crap got dumped on us... when we realized we were neck deep in pain-poop. IMHO - chronic pain can make angels weep and mere mortals cranky enough to cuss a blue streak!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Pamy - me too! LOL, I hope on that day we'll both feel well enough to say, 'I feel effin-fantastic'!

Dolphinschild
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06-21-2006

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dolphinschild a private message Print Post    
Good Morning Everyone! I hope you all are doing well and have a good day.

Dovez I hope your feeling better darlin. I am glad you like the picture. I saw it and I thought it totally fit the FFF's relationship here. Glad it made you smile.


Pamy I hope your feeling better today. I don't know about your family, but my kids like my issues with memory. I would ground them one day and forget the next. Oh boy did they eat that up. They hated it when I started writing myself notes to remind myself they are in trouble lol. Also they like that I will tell them to do something, and forget that I told them, so they can get out of it. Oh yeah they use it against me all the time. Again, I started writing notes to remind myself and they would say, "Oh man Mom you were suppose to forget" or when I would say, are you ignoring me or were you hoping I would forget? Well when they wouold give me that Sh*t eating grin with devilish mischief eyes, I knew they were hoping I would forget. So then I would tell them, "Oh your trying to use my short term memory against me!" and they would start laughing and say yes but it didn't work darn it. So then they would get up and do what I asked after I gave them the look and then would tell them, " Your a brat." Well they would take off giggling at me. They turned it into a game lol. Now my oldest daughter gets after my youngest for doing it to me and she was the master at the game LOL.


Rubyroo77 Glad you like the picture. I hope your feeling well and your not in pain, but if you are, I hope it is tolerable and minimal.

Ms. Mame! I hope your feeling better and the meds are not making you irritable. Shoot we are women, we have a reason to be irritable. With all the hormones rushing through our body, then dealing with pain, and on top if it we have to deal with MEN too lol. No wonder we get irritable once in awhile. WE ARE ALLOWED! It is written in the invisible womens code of conduct rule book! LOL Anyways, I hope all is well on your end and your smiling as beautiful and cheery as every!


Sunshyne4u I hope your having a good day and your spirits are high. I explain myself to people all the time! I get aggrivated with myself for it. Basically we are explaining to the world that we are less then what we are and explaining ourselves away and we seek validation in that act too. BUT if we don't explain, how do we give someone the oppertunity to practice compassion and tolerance and understanding if they are not aware their is a problem? It is a fine line between making ourselves smaller then what we are by explaining, and making someone aware so they can act accordingly to the situation. I still do it, but try to not do it as much. I totally understand about the dropsy's too. I don't have drop zones yet, but it is frustrating that I will drop something for no reason. I was always worried when I was babysitting last year I would drop the baby. That my arms and hands would just let go while I was holding her. So I tried to make sure I was always sitting with her and not walking around with her as much.

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I started my Cymbalta Saturday and OMG I was so out of it. I was scared the whole day. I don't like feeling out of control or living with the tingling and fog. My best friend came to sit with me for a few hours and she said I looked totally STONED out of my gourd. Well I took it yesterday and I had a great day with it, no problems like I did day before. I also woke up this morning after 7 hours of sleep with my eyes in one of those, "BING! Wide Awake Eyeballs!" moments. I have not felt this good in a long time when I first woke up. It was awesome.

I still had some problems with my feet when I woke up, but they didn't hurt as bad and they adjusted quickly. Also I still have pressure and small amount of pain in my back and hip, but it is'nt bad at all. It is tolerable.

Now if I can get my IBS to calm back down I will feel like a whole new woman! I want to enjoy this while it lasts LOL I don't know when I get another feel good day.

My best friend is working with me on some yoga and I am teaching her belly dance isolation moves for her physical therapy, so we are working on each other. We also talked about getting a massage table and doing massage therapy on each other a few times a week. She was just diagnosed with Fibro last week by a Neuro Dr.

Well I have to go to my Mom's today and do her laundry, so I better get going. I hope everyone has a good day and a better week! Thinking of you all! Hugs...



Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
can i put my vote in for separate threads again? i'd like to discuss chronic pain, but any messages i post get lost in the fibromyalgia posts...

Dolphinschild
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06-21-2006

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dolphinschild a private message Print Post    
Costacat I'm sorry you feel like your messages get lost or are unheard. Did you have your surgery? How are you doing? Did you get to go back to work as soon as you had hoped? I hope your feeling well and you're recouperating with ease. Thinking of you! Hugs...