Wolf

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My daughter lives in Wisconsin and if we ever visited them in the cooler

months, I hurt so much more -- I agree with you that our Texas weather is

better for fibro! Where do you live in Texas, if I might ask? I live in

Paris -- right up at the Oklahoma border, NE Texas. I take the same

attitude do about my fibro -- I push it at the back of my mind and keep on,

keeping on and give it to the Lord -- sometimes I think I push myself too

much because it will eventually catch up with me. I know all about looking

like a Salonpass mummy!! I looked like one last night, in fact. I had

never heard of them until you mentioned them on the group home page -- so

thank you!!! I just wish they would make them a little larger in size.

My husband went through a weight-loss thingy last year -- dropped almost 60

pounds in about 3 months -- still don't know why -- he's picked up about 20

of it back, but holding it there and he looks much better with the 20 back

on. He is a diabetic and has been for years, so that's the only explanation

the doctors have -- maybe it caused it. Now, if I just could! Anyway, good

luck to you and I love the group. God bless and keep you! Hugs, Glenda

-- ~Ann~ I am back

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