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[Purplemo]

Hi everyone I'm new to this site and I'm new to fibromyalgia ! ...

[Fogginut]

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Hello purple mo. Sorry to hear that you have fibro but pleased that you have found you way onto our wonderful friendly site.

Perhaps you would like to take a look around our mother site, the link is fibroaction.org

You will find lots of information there on every thing from symptoms to benefits. you can always come back to us later with any questions that you have or to just join in on the general chat.

See you later hugs sue xx

[Cefn48]

Welcome x its a hard thing to get to grips with xx

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Hi, I'm new to the site as well but unfortunately not new to fibro. This looks like a great site and I hope you get some help from the community. I'm here if you ever need a chat. T x

[TheAuthor]

Hi Purplemo

I sincerely hope that you are feeling as well as you possibly can be today? Welcome to the forum, and it is

wonderful to make your acquaintance. I genuinely hope that you find the forum useful, informative and loads of fun! I think that you will find that everybody here on the forum can, and will, understand exactly where you are coming from. So I genuinely hope some of the ladies can come along and give you their experiences of Fibro?

I have pasted you a link below to our mother site, FibroAction and I genuinely hope that you find it very useful? It has loads of useful Fibro information on the site from symptoms, treatments, benefits and groups:

fibroaction.org/

I was wondering what medications you were on? And do you see a Physiotherapist? Or attend a Pain Management Clinic? Or see a Rheumatologist? As these Specialists can help with your Fibro? It may help to discuss referrals with your GP if you are finding that your medication is not helping your condition?

I was also wondering if you have applied for any disability benefits? I have pasted you a couple of links below from the GOV.UK site pertaining to this:

This first link is called How To Claim PIP which is Personal Independence Payment, this is a non taxable benefit and can be claimed regardless of whether or not you work and is payable on how your disability affects your life:

gov.uk/pip/how-to-claim

This second link is called How To Claim ESA which is Employment and Support Allowance. If you’re ill or disabled, Employment and Support Allowance offers you financial support if you’re unable to work and / or personalised help so that you can work if you’re able to:

gov.uk/employment-support-a...

I want to wish you all the best of luck, and if you ever have any questions that need answering please feel free to post on the site or ask any (via a Private Message) volunteer administrator who will be more than happy to assist you. I shall look forward to bumping into you around the forum.

All my hopes and dreams for you

Ken x

[lilian68]

hi purplemo welcome to the site fibro does take a lot of getting used to it completly changes your life but we are here to help you as we all have fibro & other illnesses.

[mitziblue]

Welcome Sweetheart!!!