Re: DL,/ pain meds/ Claudette - sugar, too?!

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Hi Claudette,

Here I am not sleeping - amazing how one can be so exhausted, yet never sleep,

isn't it?

Thank you for your kind reply, though I'm sorry to hear all you've been

through. I hope the Lyrica will be a good solution for you.

I know you're right about taking care of ourselves.....I'm guessing (not sure

why) many of us have been caretakers of others and have to learn Fibro's lesson

of taking care of ourselves. I feel if I'd done a better job of that, maybe I

wouldn't be in this position, but who knows? Maybe that's a mere rationalization

during my, " Why me? " phase. I usually try to think of any life challenge as,

" Why not me? " but I'm not there yet with this new one.

Sorry if I'm rambling, and I hope no one takes offense.......I'm speaking of

just myself. I know I tend sometimes to be quick to think others are blaming me

for getting sick or whatever.........I certainly don't want anyone here to think

they are to blame for Fibro.

Anyways, I haven't read much yet about Fibro, and didn't know sugar was a

no-no particular to Fibro (is there a candida tie to that?)........just that

it's not good for health in general. And that I've been craving it like crazy

lately, even though I've had periods in which I've eaten none whatsoever for

months on end. A Blizzard sounds great, but I have trouble with cold things

(dysphagia), so my cravings run more towards chocolate.

But I digress yet again.

As per exercise: that was actually what made me force myself to go to the

doctor. I could no longer do the most basic yoga moves, and even gentle walking

(through a grocery store or out for a stroll) made the pain all the worse. And

those were things that used to make me feel so much better in

general............so I hope one day to be able to get back to them.

I hope you'll be able to as well. I think I remember seeing in the library a

video about doing yoga while sitting........one day I'll have to check it out

and let you know. :-)

Be well,

DL

claudette hudson wrote:

there is some good news here recently for me and maybe for you too, I

recently started lyrica, which has helped me................

I myself would like to get out and walk more, just excersize more in general,

as I think this would help, but my low energy levels keep from doing this, so in

the

mean time, I'm trying to be nicer to me, I think this is vital for fibro people,

WE HAVE

to be nice to ourselves b/c many are not. Warm baths, rest, little stretches, oh

and

cookie dough blizzards, although blizzards are not recommended for me or others

on

here, b/c they are actually bad for fm people, (sugar is known to be bad for FM,

so

scratch that one off.

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