I have been living the summer from hell. I have fibromyalgia and I have lived from one flare to the next since early spring. My dr. is sympathetic and my husband also understands. I take every supplement that I read about that is suppose to help.
I had been working out at the gym five days a week with a mix of using the treadmill, the machines and free weights coupled with aquabics. I remember one week feeling really up and begining to "feel" my body as a good thing. the next Monday my knee gave out while on the treadmill. I found it difficult to use the machines and I kept dropping the free weights. My dr. told me to lay off the gym until I felt better but my aquabics were ok. The next week during an aquabics class I found myself fighting to breath and the chest pain was something else. Back to the dr. No more aquabics and more medications.
I started on the regeime I use when my fibro kicks in and eight weeks later I am still in pain, still running out of air and my whole leg hurts instead of my knee. As I said my Fr. is sympathetic but I feel really wierd going to the office almost every week, especially when I know that there is realatively little can be done for fibro.
I use meditation, playing my keyboard, painting, gardening, and prayer. I know there are people my age doing wonderful things but not me. I am depressed. I am fat. I am out of shape. I am out of hope.
Is there anyone else out there like me. What do you do? Please don't tell me to look on the bright side or any other moronically cherrie euphamisms.
By the way this is one of my good days.
