Life with Fibromayalgia

I have a disease called Fibromayalgia. So many people have never heard of it. It's not that common. The best way, until today, that I've ever heard it explained was when I saw a commercial on t.v. The voice over said that Fibro (it's pronounced fie-bro-my-al-gia) is over active nerves that radiate pain out to the surrounding tissue.

It's actually so much more than that. You can Google it. You can find it mentioned in Medical books and articles. You can ask your Dr about it. And everything you hear, or read, will probably be true even if the descriptions are vastly different. There are over 100 symptoms to the disease. It's debilitating, but not fatal.

My daughter works with a woman who has it, and she found something on the net. She printed a copy for me, and it explains a lot of it. I thought I'd share.

Fatigue
Irritability
Brain Fog
Restless Legs
Overlapping Syndromes
Muscle & Joint Pain
You Never Feel Good
Anxiety & Depression
Loss of Control
Grief & Worry
Immune Dysfunction
A Lifetime Fight

They're all pretty much self explanatory, except for overlapping syndromes. O.S. are usually autoimmune diseases that either literally are 2 or more syndromes, or it causes you to exhibit the symptoms of 2 or more syndromes. I have a true O.S. because I also have Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

I've had both diseases since birth, but we only knew about the Lupus when I was growing up. No one had even heard of Fibromayalgia.

Because of the Fibro, I have everything on that list, but I also have a little bit of brain damage to the portion that controls tolerance to pain, and memory. I can remember some things, from  many years ago, very clearly. I don't know why it works like that. For the most part my memory is really, really bad. I also am losing my hearing because of it. It's very common for people with it to go deaf.

My Lupus is in remission, thank God!, and since that is the one that's an autoimmune disease I'm very happy about that.

So, now you know a little bit more about it. There is a ton of info about them both online, if you're interested.

Thanks! And have a fibro-fog free day!!!