Hi, Newbies!

I wanted to welcome all the new members to HealingWell!  I have out of town guests so I've been a little absent from the site.  Just don't have enough time in the day.  But I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome all of you. 

 

Since I can't possibly post to each of you I'll post to all of you right here.  I wanted to make sure  you read Fibro 101...the second thread on the forum.  There are links to good information about fibro and you will learn a lot there.  Good starting links are called Symptoms, What Else Could It Be, and A Thorough Explanation of Fibromyalgia.  You just might see yourself there.

 

Wiith fibro, you need to keep moving or you will be stiff as a board and have more pain.  It's good to do some gentle stretching exercises, a daily gentle exercise (walking, swimming, yoga and a few good ones), and pace yourself when doing things.  This helps with pain and fatigue. 

 

There are a few things that have helped members on this forum with pain and fatigue.  I use these things and they have helped a lot.  I use malic acid/magnesium supplements, vitamin D3 supplements, and an alternative product called Curamin that has helped me quite a bit.  There are links about the malic acid and vitamin D3 supplements and how they work in the body on Fibro 101. 

 

I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.  Don't hesitate to ask questions because we are here to help you.  I hope to hear more from you soon.

 

Sherrine

Good Morning,
Thank you for the welcome.i have learned so much just in the few days,ive been on here.i also read thrue alot of the forums and found them very helpful.
i have been in my own painful world for almost 3 years now.i finnaly had to except this disease and deal with it.
i have written a couple forums myself and everyone has been very forth coming with info.
i was a cna for 25 years then i became a chef.i had just started to make a name for myself when my fibro became worse. working as a chef i had a pan of boiling food in my hands one day and i dropped it from the pain shooting from my hands up my arm and down my back.i had to give up my career bfore i hurt someone or myself.i recieved 3 degree burns from this and was worried it could have hurt someone.
so i now have nothing i feel as if the hole is pulling me thrue it.
i truly believe god does things for a reason and he will help me thrue this.
i just started pain mgmt and never thought to ask him about fibro.without ins. i can,t change now as i had to pay cash for visit and it was alot then i saw the dr for 3 seconds he said squeeze my fingers then left.after that i weent into a full blown depression .he lowered my pain med and sent me on my way to return and pay cash in another 30 days.
by reading fibro 101 and the forums i am ready to go in and speek up .now i know i am not alone and the things i feel are not in my head but,it is full blown fibro that is out of control right now.
i also recently came out to my family with how bad it has gotton.there are many mixed replies but in time i will educate them about my disease.
i have 2 older children 24/26 who just in the last month are starting to come to grips with my illness.
i wrote this so you all know how much you have helped me and how you have validated the things i hav kept hidden.
so thank you all for your help and i will pray for all my new friends.
have a blessed day and look forward to many years of friendship.
kathy oh i need to find a screen name lol

THiANK you i was diagnosed a couple years ago by a specialist.
ijust can,t afford him now.thanks for the uplift !
kathy

I want to welcome all you new people, too. Like Sherrine, I've been largely MIA, with one thing and another. (Why, oh why, can't we just clone ourselves? We'd be so much more efficient!)

This really is a wonderful place for people with fibro. I'd be in a much worse place without it.

Welcome again, Debbie