Hello, my name is Mellisa Miller & I have FIBROMYALGIA.
My long & frustrating journey began in late 2001 with tolerable joint pain
& fatigue. I was a Dialysis Nurse at the time so I thought the pain was
just from all of the repetitive movements that are required in caring for
patients on dialysis. Three years later, in 2004, I was officially diagnosed
with FIBROMYALGIA, along with a
"laundry list" of other health problems. I'm sure that many of you
will agree that it's such a relief when you finally have a name to call what
you have been going through.
Since about 2002, I have been
"tagged, labeled, & called" several things along this journey
that is FIBROMYALGIA. I think that one of my
favorites would have to be an "Overweight, Depressed, Middle-aged Woman"
(okay that last part really hurtJ) that has
"spent way too much time on WEB-MD". This, from supposedly one of the
Nation's top Rheumatologists & FIBROMYALGIA
Specialists…………needless to say, his bedside-manner basically sucked, but at
least I had an actual Diagnosis.
Over the past ten+ years I have been
poked, prodded & checked-out for everything from R.A. to Lyme Disease,
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Fatigue to
Lupus, & finally FIBROMYALGIA.
One of the most important lessons I've
learned on this journey is that Knowledge
is definitely Power, & the best way for Us all to have that power is to share our own experiences with FIBROMYALGIA with each other. Everyone is different, & we respond very differently to medications & treatments............what works for one may not work for the other. I couldn't have made it this far without the help & support of many people, three of them being my wonderful husband Dave & our two awesome daughters, Jessy & Sierra. You will definitely be learning more about them with each Blog :-) trust me!! I want to tell my "FiBro" story with the hope that it may help someone out there that may be in the beginning stage of trying to find out what is wrong/or finally getting a diagnosis of "FiBro" & being overwhelmed with treatment options/or finding a way to get your loved ones to understand what "FiBro" is & why there are days when you physically can't get out of bed because your pain/fatigue have completely drained you of every last bit of energy..........
I want to blog about "Everything FiBro", the good, the bad & the ugly!! About info, treatments, meds, physical therapies, counseling, psychological therapies, alternative therapies......because with FiBro, you need an open mind in order to find what will work for you in this "Fibro'Licious" World of ours :-)
MeL
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