bmoffitt92

HI THERE!! MY NAME IS BONNIE. I’M 32 AND HAVE SUFFERED FROM FMS SINCE I WAS 16. MY FMS WASN’T THAT BAD WHEN I WAS IN MY TEENS MY MAJOR PROBLEM WAS MY IBS AND PCOS (POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME). I BASICALLY HAD FEW FRIENDS AND NEVER LEFT THE HOUSE BECAUSE I WAS IN THE BATHROOM ALL THE TIME. I’M GLAD TO SAY NOW THAT MY IBS ISN’T AS BIG OF AN ISSUE. IT STILL BOTHERS ME BUT NOT TO THAT EXTREME. I WAS DOING PRETTY WELL IN MY COLLEGE YEARS. I WAS SEEING A GOOD DOCTOR AND ON THE PROPER MEDS. IT WASN’T UNTIL I GOT MARRIED AND EXPIERENCED THE EMPTY NEST SYNDROME THAT MY FMS FLARED UP. MOSTLY BECAUSE I LIVED A SHELTERED LIFE AND HAD ALWAYS BEEN CLOSE TO MY FAMILY. CAN YOU SAY WHAT IS A BILL?? I’M NOT SHELTERED ANYMORE. I ALSO HAD TO START SEEING MILITARY DOCTORS AND THEY TOOK ME OFF ALL MY MEDS. I HAVE TRIED TO WORK ON AND OFF THE PAST TEN YEARS AND I COULD WORK FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS THE FIRST FIVE YEARS AND THEN I WOULD HAVE TO BE HOSPITALIZED. NOW I CAN’T EVEN WORK A FEW DAYS WITHOUT CLASPING. WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS STATIONED IN ENGLAND I GOT A HORRIBLE STOMACH VIRUS AND WAS UNABLE TO GET THE PROPER MEDICAL CARE AND WE HAD TO COME BACK TO THE STATES. SINCE THEN I HAVE SLOWLY BEEN GETTING ON SOME OF THE RIGHT MEDS BUT I’M STILL STRUGGLING BECAUSE MILITARY DOCTORS CONSIDER MOTRINE THE CURE FOR EVERYTHING. I CURRENTLY AM TAKING BACLOFEN AND CMYBALTA FOR MY FMS ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER MEDS BECAUSE I HAVE FMS, CFS, RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME, TMJ, MIGRAINES, AND DJD IN MY BACK, IBS, AND INSOMNIA. AND PCOS. JUST TO NAME A FEW. I SEE A FMS DOCTOR IN THE PAIN CLINIC ON BASE WHERE I LIVE AND SHE WANTS ME ON A STRONGER MED BUT EACH PAIN CLINIC DOCTOR OFF BASE I SEE TAKES ON LOOK AT ME AND SAYS LOSE WEIGHT AND IT WILL GO AWAY. I’M NOT GIVING UP THOUGH. STRESS AFFECTS ME BADLY. I HAVE THE MOST PATIENT HUSBAND AND HE IS THE MOST STRESS FREE PERSON I KNOW. WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. HE HAS HAD THREE BACK SURGERIES, A NECK SURGEY, AND HAS RSD. SO HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT CHRONIC PAIN. SO WE RELATE VERY WELL ON THAT SUBJECT. WE ARE STILL BLESSED THAT HE IS IN THE MILITARY!!I DON’T WORK. I AM HARD WORKING AND I TEND TO TAKE ON EVERYBODY ELSE’S PROBLEMS AND TASK. I’M TRYING TO LEARN WHEN TO SAY NO BECAUSE I LOVE TO GIVE TO PEOPLE. I AM WALKING IN THE WATER BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE WITH FMS. IT IS A HEATED POOL BECAUSE IT RELAXES THE MUSCLES. I JUST HAVE STARTED BACK UP. WE INVESTED IN A MASSAGE CHAIR, WHICH HAS HELPED WONDERS. I USE TO DO ACCUPUNTURE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND IT HELPED BUT THE MILITARY DOESN’T COVER THAT. AS I SAID BEFORE I SUFFER FROM INSOMNIA AND WAS BLESSED TO FIND A SLEEP CLINIC THAT DOES STUDIES ON FMS PATIENTS AND I NEVER ENTERED REM SLEEP SO I AM ON A CPAP MACHINE NOW AND IT HAS HELPED.

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