~Ann~ I am back

[Guest guest]

Hi Sweetie,

It's so good to see you back Hun. You have been missed. I hope this finds

you as pain free as possible. I am in and out. For the most part I am doing

great. I moved back to Texas in May. The Drs. in Wi. had told me to get my life

and business in order because roughly I only had a few months to a year to live

with things going as they were. But since coming to Tx. (because I wanted to

spend what time I had with my family) I have been doing great. I think part is

the climate. Part is I am happy again for the most part.

I had a bad flare yesterday and done the worst possible thing (STAYED in BED

all day). So I was in serious pain by nightfall. But I awoke at 2 am. feeling

fairly good again. So maybe just a one day thing. The Drs. had been very worried

about my almost 100 pound weight drop in 3 months, but they found nothing wrong.

No one (not even me) can figure it out. But hey I feel better than I have in

years so here's to hoping I don't gain it back. Besides I am enjoying the

wearing of sexy clothes again LOL. I have stayed between 110 & 120 now for

several months. Down from my normal 180 to 220 weight. I lost down to 102 but

looked like walking death. So I am only half the person I always was and loving

it. I'd let all in on the secret if I knew the answer. Most of us gain when we

get close to 50 well it was just the opposite for me. I eat more than I did when

I was heavy so who knows.

I am off about all pain medication. I do still take one Moraphine at night.

If I am having a painful day I might grab a couple of the meds. but ussualy just

try to bite the bullet and it is working for me. It has made a world of

difference in my marriage.

If there is any secret to what worked for me it would be I made a decision

to stop letting fibro rule my life and me rule the fibro. monster. He still

sneaks his head back in occasionally but I find the biggest stick in me I can

and beat him until he leaves me alone again. I just try to find something to

take my mind off of it. I think like me most of us give into it and that is why

it takes our life away. And it truly takes making a decision to not let it ruin

your life like I did for 30 some odd years and decide you want to live. I was

scared into my decision when they told me the way things were going I would be

gone soon. I have to much to live for. I had let the pain take over & had given

up and you just can't do that. Another thing that has worked for me is to not

LIVE on this machine but to live life. Sitting in this chair hurts me as much as

laying in that bed. I have to get up and MOVE!

If anything can be bought that truly works it's a memory foam mattress. I

have 3 of the pads on my bed. I hope one day I can just afford to buy the

regular mattress.

I still look like a Salonpas mummy some days but that's better than all that

pain medication in my body. What I have done may not work for all but hey I am a

tough old bird or should I say WOLF, and I love to prove those Dr.'s wrong when

they tell me I am a goner. They don't know me near as well as they think they do

LOL! I will stop borring you now and just once again say I am glad to see you

back home with all of us. I hope for you as many pain free days as is possible.

Wish I had the magic answer. Gentle Fibro Hugs to you Sis!

God Bless!

Rev. /WolfPoet