My thoughts for today.......

The sun shines
even though I'm dark

The birds sing
even when I cry

The pain intensifies
even though I try

Try to be heathy
try to be sane

I want relief
I want a life

I look outside to see
who will hand it to me

Then I see
that the only life

Is the one I will make for myself

yes, and you can do all of these things.

Thank you Wisewoman

Poignant poem! I love it!

I am still trying to figure out what kind of 'new' life I can make for myself....how to re-arrange my life so that it is 'compatible' with the fibro sitch.....

tranq, i've read some of your posts and empathize with your pain, but can't figure why you don't take pain meds?
i don't know that much about fibromyalgia but i know it's painful...why go through life like that?

(((((whithit)))))))

Gtrplayer - Prior to being diagnosed with fibro, I had my left knee replaced. I was only 39 and I healed too quickly and had to have 2 more surgeries and almost a year of rehab. So I began on oxy, moved down to percocet, and after the third surgery went to vicodin. There are alot of pressures on docs these days to not keep people on these pain meds for any period of time. In addition to me being an alcoholic, my pcp felt I should not take a controlled substance.

I never abused pain meds, ever, because I didn't want them taken away. So pcp sent me to rheumatologist who diagnosed the fibro. He then put me on Ultracet which is non-narcotic. In the beginning it worked, now all it really does is take the edge off if it's so bad that I'm crying.

I've also come to the realization that this pain will always be here in some form and I don't want to be on pain meds forever. They do tend to drag me down a bit. I'd rather find another way to deal with the pain if that's possible instead of trying another pill.

Although, there is a pill right now in FDA testing that is a pain pill that does the same thing as the narcotics but without the addictive properties or side effects. That wouldn't be so bad.

Really, the only pain pill that really worked was the Percocet and that really made me sleepy.

-Tranquility

I used to take vicodin. The most it does is take the edge off the pain. Yes, the pain is here to stay
I do find that if I go to bed at a reasonable hour every night it helps a lot.
And to keep stress at a minimum. Tall order.