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May 27, 2008, 04:31 PM
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Hello all. I am 27 and my hubby is 40 and we have been together for almost 8 years, married almost 2. A few years ago he got diagnosed with FM and on top of that he had a bad car accident about 10 yrs ago with 2 failed back surgeries. He is in misery every day. He still gets up, goes to work, helps me around the house, fixes things that are broken, but lately I notice he is even more tired than usual. He is always feeling out of it or hurting, and I don't know how to help. Massages don't even help him anymore. I told him he needs to try that new FM med, Lyrica? He is on pain pills every day, but sometimes I don't think they help. We really need to change our lifestyles as well, both smoke, probably don't eat the way we should. But he is definately too young to be feeling this way everyday. Does anyone have any suggestions or things he/we could start doing differently, or is there anything specific you do for your FM? Thanks a bunch!
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May 29, 2008, 08:41 AM
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When I am able to stick to these behaviors I feel a lot of symptom relief:
1. going to bed around nine o'clock, to be asleep by 9:30-10:00 p.m. 2. eliminating sugar, dairy, and wheat from my diet 3. consuming generous amounts of healthy proteins |
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Jun 12, 2008, 09:04 PM
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I have FM myself, I haven't found anything to help with the pain. But maybe your husband has early signs of depression, from the pain and the medication. Has he tried acupunture or EFT (know as tapping) they say that helps with pain and other problems.
I will pray for him to stop being in so much pain and that he gets well soon. Just enjoy each other and be there, that will help sometime.
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Jun 14, 2008, 08:14 PM
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http://www.cfidsselfhelp.org/index.htm
This is a good self help site for folks with fibromyalgia and/or chronic fatigue syndrome. I've also taken online self help classes through this group that were very helpful. I myself had to stop aiming for total symptom relief - it might happen - but for now just taking the edge off of things is great. Here is a men with fibro site, I don't know anything about it but might be worth checking out too: http://www.menwithfibro.com/home.html
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Aug 28, 2008, 07:01 AM
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Dude.. too young to be feeling like that? He sounds exactly like what I'm going through and have been for the last 7 years and I'm only 18!
I think starting with your diet would be a good. Try include fruit and veges and plenty of water. Don't drink juice, fizzy, alcohol, coffee etc. Drink water or fruit tea (i.e. green tea). Snack of fruit and add veges to lunch and dinner. You have each other for support. Smoking definitely isn't helping his health or his bank balance. Try and cut down on the number of cigarettes. Try and add 20minutes of exercise 3 times a week as well. I find going to bed and waking up at the same time (i.e. going to bed at 9.30pm waking up at 7.30am) I have a lot more energy. He needs to rest when he's tired and not over do it. I find that if I find what triggers me then I can do my best to avoid it, i.e. cold weather. Good luck. |
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