Thank you 
Dear zabriella,
It is always difficult for me to hear the lives of ones so young are so adversely affected by disease, especially when trying to raise your children. I know that the Veterans hospitals hire many who have difficulties and disabilities, and you may want to begin to steer your thoughts towards something more administrative in the medical field, where you sit rather than run the concrete floors.
I do hope that your Rheumatologist is taking very good care of you!
Wishing you well,
SK
Anyone who fibro loses the ability to do many things. I had to leave my job after 34 years. I miss my co workers & working. I loved my job. I used to love going out & socializing. I miss walking & going to the gym & meeting my friends. I depend on my husband for almost everything. It’s been 3 years & he has been wonderful but it is starting to take a toll on him as well. He wants his wife back. So do I, I miss myself. I am no longer me & I am depressed & want my life back. Having this illness drains you to your very bones. Yes, I miss lots of things & have had to give up most activities I loved doing before I got this monster inside of me.
wow I don’t feel so alone it was so hard to think I would never ride again but I’m hoping to get another horse one day and have it on full livery so I can still b around them as I have a very stronge connection with horses as I have native American blood some where in my blood lines and I find there music very calming and good for relaxing , my dog is one thing that keeps me going and I also have a cat and my partners dog , but last night was a wake up call to me how bad this is effecting me and can barely walk today gentle hugs to everyone xxx
i know that feeling i dont feel like this is me i used to be so active and suddenly i can hardly do anything at all still adjusting and finding out every day more things i cant do but finding things i never thought
i would do or was never really interested in so trying to look on the posotive side witch can be hard a times
sending hugs to every one x
hi zabriella,
really sorry to hear what hard time ur going though i also now what it is like to need to talk to someone i find this site great for that
i also try and take one day at a time and one of my biggest worries is being told i need to go into a wheel chair :/
sending big gente hugs to you x
My husband says I tied to be strong too long, and people didn't believe how bad things were. Thanks for your post.
I hate to admit it, but Fibromyalgia has totally taken the "me" out of me. I can no longer just drive when I feel like it - I have too many dizzy spells. I have no energy. I feel tired and depressed all the time. I'm embarrased because I have lost so much hair. I've gotten older looking because of all the stress and not feeling well. I'm tired of complaining. I can't go to the movies all the time like I love to. Movies with lots of action make me nauseous and dizzy. I'm so vulnerable to noise and temperature. It's made me into a totally different person - one that I'm not too fond of.
Is anyone taking Wellbutrin? Have you had any reactions?
I am so sorry to read about your difficulty and how your education has been cut short. Hopefully, there is something great around the corner for you. Be strong. We all have to.
right there with you
I agree so much! I still have my husband and family, but everything else has fallen to the wayside. I can hardly do the laundry, and hubby does much of the cooking. Daughter cleans for me once a month, and I try to keep up otherwise. It gets so frustrating.
I used to run the Children's Dept at our church, play the piano, work, run to kids events all over the place. Now I sit at home and hope to get out once or twice a week.
I am tired of being a drain on everything. My husband wants his wife back, and I wish I could accommodate. But it feels like it will never happen.
I don't know how either. But don't have much choice but to go along with it.
nannygin
i understand what u mean i dont feel like me any more i keep saying to my partner as were both only 20 that i understand if she wanted 2 breack up has any one got any tips 4 relationships with people with fibro lol xx
ariestlt
i know its not the same but my family dont help me dont bother calling me to see if im ok they say its all in my head
and to just get on with it with pain killers , my partner dosent understand and can be lazy so i do understand with having to every thing 4 urself but even i have people that could help they dont and my friends dont wanna know me now as i cant keep up with them any more
i do feel for you sending gentel hugs to you x
Do any of you ever wonder if we ran ourselves into the ground and ended up ill?
You are right. I take my family for granted sometimes. Lately I have been thinking about how lucky I am that my husband is there for me.
I’m always over doing it and macking myself ill I will learn one day lol x
Angelo earth
What a wonderful picture of our pain. Thank you Barb
Ariestit
I too am on my own and yes it isn’t easy. Stay strong because what I am reading here and what you sound like to me is a very strong woman. Use that to LIVE. What is improtant to you? What makes you feel OK ? How can you have more of that? Yes it’s difficult but as a women we can do it. Take Care Barb
Andelomearth
No way am I ever going to blame myself like that, but yes I did work too hard definitely, but with innocence I didn’t realize that working too hard was going to do this otherwise I would have chosen another road. But no one knows this so how could we have known? My thoughts Barb