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Originally Posted by Josephine
Edit: Is your fibro targetted to a couple spots or all over? Mine started in my legs and now it's my whole body. All 18 pressure points. Some days I get "lucky" and the pressure points in my arms and neck give me a rest.
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My fibro started also in my legs. I researched 'restless leg syndrome' a long time ago and thought it was that because my legs just wouldn't quiet down.
I first began noticing symptoms about 18 years ago, but it didn't mean anything until they escalated after I had my child and a C-section. Research told me that the trauma of the birth and my son's touchy first few days may have been what triggered my body pain. (I thought it was that I gave birth weighing 277). The pain really went wonky when my son was around 3. (I also thought it was because I maintained 250 pounds running around after a toddler). I was diagnosed officially about 2 years later.... ALL 18 pressure points. The worst is my neck and my legs. I've managed it with Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Aleve, and Celebrex in rotation, so as not to go crazy with Rx's I couldn't afford. I've also done heat management -- lot's of heat management. Hot towels, compresses, moist electric heat. It's temporary but helped.
OXY. Today is my first day without an Oxy in the night. I wish I wrote a journal to describe my pain for the last few days. I did so much (I'm house moving) and today my pain is soooo bad, I don't know where the aches are normal and where they are Fibro. My entire body, right down to my fingertips is twitching with mild pain. My back, shins and my neck are on fire.
If I can't get through this day with all that I had planned, I'll know that it's the Oxy that gave me my last week. (I built three walk-in closets, one coat closet, and put together 4 pieces of furniture - with one left to go. I also washed all the floors, did 10 loads of laundry, cleaned the new kitchen from top to bottom and inside, and vacuumed 6 rooms. Today I'm doing shelf-liners, lots of them. I consider it my day of rest since I'll be sitting and cutting half the time.) I'm pooped!