SYD WENT TO CHECK THE CHECKING ACCOUNT TO SEE IF WE HAD MONEY TO PAY THE ACCOUNTANT FOR OUR TAXES AND WE HAD SOME EXTRA MONEY! CALLED MY LAWYER NOT SURE IF THEY GOT PAYED YET, BUT I GOT MINE!
YAYAYAYAYAYA!
HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT ALL  HAS BEEN PAID AND NOT BEEN BUT THE BALL HAS FINALLY STARTED AND I CAN PAY THE MORTGAGE! I HAVE TO BUT 20% AWAY FOR STATE AND FED FOR NEXT YEAR. I THINK AWAITING FOR PAPERS TO SEE WHATS BEEN PAYED!
SYD AND I WENT TO A NICE DINNER LAST NIGHT AT GREEKTOWN ON 7TH ST AND DUNLAP/ OLIVE VERY VERY GOOD WILL GO BACK.
THANKS TO ALL MY GREAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ALL THE PRAYERS! YOU ARE THE BEST!
XOXOXO
~TAMMY~

A Few Of The Fibro Symptoms ( from my friend Mallory)
Current mood: blessed
Category: Life


A Few Of The Fibro Symptoms


I snagged this from Fibrohugs and thought it would be good reading for our friends and loved ones or anyone interested. Thank you Fibrohugs!



Posted by Perdita (B.C.) on www.fibrohugs.org

I compiled this list from my doctor's office Fibro Awareness pamphlet (Dr. L. Lacroix), the British Columbia Fibromyalgia Society, and from correlating fibro symptoms discovered here on the Fibrohugs forums and chats.

You don't need ALL of these symptoms to have FMS, but chances are you have a great portion of them. Accompanying symptoms are used to positively diagnose one with FMS if the patient shows signs of FMS but doesn't have the 11 sensitive tender points that are used for diagnosis. Deep muscle acupuncture along the tender points and tender point meridians can also be used to positively diagnose FMS, even though most countries and insurance agencies will not take an acupuncturists diagnosis unless it is backed by a medical doctor.

Please DON'T SELF DIAGNOSE! Use this list to help journal your symptoms and any progression you feel you are experiencing and CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR. If your doctor isn't willing to even consider looking into your problems, then "shop around." But be sure to have appropriate medical consultation on your health.

PHYSIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS:
__ recurrent flu-like illness
__ recurrent sore throats, red and injected
__ painful lymph nodes under the arms and neck
__ muscle and joint aches with tender and trigger points - up to 18 of them
__ night sweats and fever
__ severe nasal and other allergies
__ irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
__ weight change - usually gain
__ heart palpitations
__ mitral valve prolapse
__ severe PMS
__ yeast infections
__ rashes and itching
__ uncomfortable or frequent urination
__ interstitial bladder cystitis
__ chest pains (non-cardiac)
__ temporomandibular joint dysfunction (in the jaw)
__ hair loss
__ carpal tunnel syndrome
__ cold hands and feet
__ dry eyes and mouth
__ severe and debilitating fatigue
__ widespread pain
__ other chronic illness(es) usually present (like diabetes, hypoglycemia, asthma, lupus, ms, etc.)
__ numbness in the limbs, not painful like pins & needles
__ painful swelling in the hands, legs, feet, neck
__ GERDs (gastro-esophageal reflux disorder)
__ "growing pains" start in childhood and teens, continue into adulthood
__ widespread body pain during/after physical exertion

Found at http://www.fibrohugs.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10301&Itemid=238

COGNITIVE FUNCTION PROBLEMS:
__ attention deficit disorder
__ spatial disorientation
__ calculation difficulties
__ memory disturbance
__ communication difficulties (problems speaking, confusing words)

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS:
__ depression
__ anxiety and panic attacks
__ personality changes, usually for the worse
__ emotional lability (mood swings)

OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROBLEMS:
__ sleep disturbances
__ headaches
__ changes in visual acuity
__ numb or tingling feelings
__ burning sensations
__ light headedness
__ feeling 'spaced out'
__ desequilibrium
__ frequent unusual nightmares and disturbing dreams
__ tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
__ difficulty in moving your tongue to speak
__ severe muscle weakness
__ susceptibility to muscle, tendon, ligament injury
__ intolerance to bright lights
__ intolerance to alcohol
__ intolerance to sound
__ extreme sensitivity to medications and their side-effects
__ alteration of taste, smell, and hearing
__ insomnia
__ inability to achieve stage 4 restorative sleep
__ morning stiffness in the muscles and joints
__ restless leg syndrome
__ muscle spasms
__ muscle quakiness and shivering during/after activity or exercise
__ sleep paralysis (related to stage 4 sleep deprivation)

MY DAD HAD BEEN FIGHTING FOR 10 YEARS, THEY GAVE HIM 5 YEARS WHEN HE WAS 60 IN NOVEMBER HE WILL BE 70. THEY TOLD HIM HE ONLY HAD ONE KIDNEY AND THE OTHER WAS ONLY WORKING 23%.  KNOW HE GOES TO DYALISIS 3 TIMES A WEEK, AND HAS BECOME VERY WEEK FROM IT. THEY SAY YOU CAN LIVE ON IT FOR MANY YEAR, BUT THEY DON'T TELL YOU   EVERYTHING!  IF YOUR OLDER IT DON'T WORK THAT WAY, AND THATS NOT THE WAY IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. 

CURRENTLY HE'S IN THE HOSTP. DELL WEB IN SUN CITY WEST THEY KEEP SAYING HE HAS NEMONIA BUT HE DON'T IT'S A BLOOD INFECTION THIS TIME.  NOT SURE WHAT KIND. NOW THEY SAY HE HAS A BLOODCLOT IN IS LEFT LUNG, SO HERE WE GO ON THE BLOOD THINNERS MEDS,  THEY ARE NOW CHECKING HIM FOR VALLEY FEVER WELL SHIT HE HAD HIS OWN BUSINESS DOING YARDS FOR MANY YEARS NOW HE MIGHT HAVE VALLEY FEVER. 

HE LOOKS TIRED AND HES VERY WEAK. HE HAS DESIDED AFTER WE HAVE BEGGED HIM TO SALE THE FARM, AND GET RID OF THE HORSES, ONLY ONE LEFT HE WON'T SALE, BLAZE!  THEY HAVE 2 1/2 ACERS WITH A DOUBLEWIDE TRAILER BOUGHT IN 1971 WHEN WE FIRST MOVED OUT THERE.  I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT TRAILER IS IN GREAT CONDITION, BUILT A BACK ROOM WITH A HUGE REAL FIREPLACE IF ANYONE REMEBER THOSE.  THEY WILL BE MOVING IN WITH MY BABY SISTER AND FAMILY SHE JUST TURNED 30.  NOT SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN MY MOM IS EXAUSTED SHE STILL HAS HER MOM ALIVE IN A HOUSE WITH OTHER PEOPLE WITH A CARE TAKER, SHE JUST TURNED 86 MONDAY.

SO THIS IS MY LIFE LATLEY GOING BACK TO HOSPT. TONIGHT WHEN SYD GETS HOME.

THANKS FOR THE EXTRA PRAYERS FORM YOU ALL IT ALL HELPS!

~TAMMY~

For those who have not seen this, a more perfect description I have not seen.



I AM FIBROMYALGIA
MY NAME IS FIBROMYALGIA 05/26/08


MY NAME IS FIBROMYALGIA


Hi....My Name is Fibromyalgia, and I'm an Invisible Chronic Illness.



I
am now velcroed to you for life.



Others around you can't see me or hear me,
but YOUR body feels me. I can attack you anywhere and anyhow I please.




I can cause severe pain or, if I'm in a good mood, I can just cause you to
ache all over.





Remember when you and Energy ran around together and had fun?
I took Energy from you, and gave you Exhaustion.



Try to have fun now! I
also took Good Sleep from you and, in its place, gave you Brain Fog.



I can
make you tremble internally or make you feel cold or hot when everyone else
feels normal. Oh, yeah, I can make you feel anxious or depressed, too.



If you
have something planned, or are looking forward to a great day, I can take
that away, too. You didn't ask for me.



I chose you for various reasons:
That virus you had that you never recovered from, or that car accident,
or maybe it was the years of abuse and trauma.



Well, anyway, I'm here to stay!

I hear you're going to see a doctor who can get rid of me.



I'm rolling
on the floor, laughing. Just try.



You will have to go to many, many doctors
until you find one who can help you effectively.



You will be put on pain pills,
sleeping pills, energy pills, told you are suffering from anxiety or depression,
given a TENs unit, get massaged, told if you just sleep and exercise properly I
will go away, told to think positively, poked, prodded, and MOST OF ALL, not
taken as seriously as you feel when you cry to the doctor how debilitating life
is every day.





Your family, friends and coworkers will all listen to you until they
just get tired of hearing about how I make you feel, and that I'm a debilitating
disease.



Some of them will say things like "Oh, you are just having a bad day" or
"Well, remember, you can't do the things you use to do 20 YEARS ago", not
hearing that you said 20 DAYS ago.



Some will just start talking behind your
back, while you slowly feel that you are losing your dignity trying to make them
understand, especially when you are in the middle of a conversation with a
"Normal" person, and can't remember what you were going to say next!

In closing, (I was hoping that I kept this part a secret), but I guess you already
found out...the ONLY place you will get any support and understanding in dealing
with me is with Other People With Fibromyalgia.