I may or may not have mentioned it in this blog before, but I suffer a great deal from pain. All over my body, but particularly in my neck and back, left shoulder, hips and knees. It started about three or so years ago and to be honest, I thought it was just me getting old.
The weird thing was (and is), I never really had much pain before then. Sure, I was out of shape but in reality, that never really slowed me down that much. I still went hiking, camping, fishing, played music, and all of the other things I enjoy so much.
But lately things have changed. I’m fatigued, sore, and uncomfortable. In plain words, I didn’t feel like me.
A few weeks back, I contracted the flu. It was the most butt-kicking flu I have ever seen. I missed work for a whole week!!! I’ve never done that before.
I went to the Dr. in the middle of all of this and he gave me a steroid shot. He said I should start to feel it and by a few hours I’d be good as new pain wise. He was wrong. I got worse and thought I might die. I was in tremendous bone pain for most of the night.
When I called him about it, he felt that we needed to do some test.
Long story short; I have Fibromyalgia. It is a disease that is associated with pretty severe body pain.
I agree.
It’s funny to note that I have been searching for an answer to all of my pain but the Dr I originally had never really seemed interested in my case. I think he just thought I was trying to get pain medicine. I really just wanted to get back to my old self. Needless to say, I switched to a new Dr.
And so now I begin a new path in my life. I have to learn about my disease and try to find a way to cope with it. The Dr said it was brought on by an accident or by stress. I’m voting for stress. That’s all I’ve ever known. I guess it’s been my life since I became an adult.
I’m a little scared, although not much (I’m a pretty strong person). I just need to focus on the positives in my life and find a way to use this setback to my advantage. Maybe it’s time I settled down and stopped being so restless and nomadic. Get somewhere I love and stay there. Rest.
Please keep me in your thoughts.
Until next time….