SYMPTOMS OF FIBROMYALGIA:
Tender points in at least 18 spots in your body
Chronic Fatigue.
All over muscle achiness & pain
Numbness & tingling
Headaches
Pain in the bones in the back of your head
TMJ
Irritable Bowel & Bladder
Mild to severe muscle spasms
Burning, stinging and gouging pains especially in feet
Unsteadiness on feet and weakness in limbs
Loss of REM sleep (Nonrestorative sleep)
Sensitivity to heat and cold,(weather changes)
Bruised feelings in different parts of your body especially
in feet, where there is no actual bruising
Mild to extreme stiffness
Memory and concentration difficulties
Skin sensitivities,
Sensitivity to stress and physical activities
Twitching and jumping in the flesh and in the muscles.
FIBRO TENDER POINTS
KEEPING ON THE POSITIVE WITH CHRONIC PAIN
STAGES OF LOSS & GRIEF:
Grief is a natural response to the realization that you
have an illness effecting every area of your life. You may experience losses that may include giving up the job and income you depend on. The number of losses,large and small, may accumulate and become overwhelming. There may be other losses throughout the course of FMS. Acknowledge those losses as they occur and allow your self time to grieve. Small losses may only cause hours of grieving, while larger losses will take longer.
All losses will require adjustments in your thinking and lifestyle. The stages of loss and grief are the same stages you would experience if you suffered the death of a loved one: denial, bargaining, anger, depression, and
acceptance. In the case of illness, acceptance often
means restructuring life to accommodate the illness.
A LIST OF GENTLE AFFIRMATIONS:
I am strong and can take control in my life concerning this disease.
I am capable of solving the problems facing me.
I am able to meet the challenge of this illness.
I am capable of taking charge of my Fibromyalgia.
I love and believe in myself at all times.
I love and accept myself just as I am.
I am learning to relax and let go.
I am making time for rest and relaxation.
I am willing to ask others for the support I need.
It's okay if I make mistakes. I don't have to be perfect.
My inherent value is not dependent upon what I can do.
Excerpts from: The Fibromyalgia Help Book
A FIBROMYALGIA PRAYER FOR YOU:
Heavenly Father we come to you in the name of Jesus asking that you would bless all that visit this site, and especially those with daily Chronic Pain. We ask comfort for the pain, peace of mind, humility that we might understand others better. May all that stay awake in the night hours because of their discomfort be blessed with a love and compassion for others that are suffering also. Help us through our pain to find special times of meditation with you. We seek your healing and we pray for doctors and researchers that they will find a cause and a cure for this disease. Where there is doubt and depression we pray that you would replace it with faith and trust in you. We give you all the praise and glory in Jesus name... AMEN.
"I pray that according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you bestrengthened in your inner being with power through his spirt" Ephesians 3:16
I have noticed in much of my reading that many people feel that those of us in chronic pain just need to pray harder and believe and we will be cured of our pain. They seem to feel that our faith must not be strong enough if we still are in pain or worry or are stressed.
Well, I am here to tell you that I am not cured, but I am healed. God has heaped blessings on me as a result of my fibromyalgia that I could never have imagined. My faith is stronger than it ever has been, I am more compassionate and caring, I am more assertive in my own health care, I no longer take my health for granted, I have met so many wonderful online friends that I would have not known had I
not developed chronic pain. How can I be bitter about something that has made me so much better of a person and a much better Christian?
My faith is strong, but I am still in pain, but that is okay for the benefits of a spiritual healing far outway those of a physical cure! May God bless each and every one of you.
Group Medical Researcher~Sue DeVecka
What Causes Fibromyalgia?
No one knows exactly what causes fibromyalgia.
Some possible triggers may include:
A physically traumatic or stressful event
An emotionally stressful event
An illness or an immune disorder
Why Do I Hurt?
The cause of fibromyalgia is unknown. If you have fibromyalgia,
you may be more sensitive to pain than people who don't
have fibromyalgia.
