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Just wanted to say hello xx

Hello to all, i havent been on here in a while as am now trying to sort out my daughters 18th birthday!! I hope everyone is ok, I have had steroid injections...

Hello to all, i havent been on here in a while as am now trying to sort out my d...

mystique

•11 years ago

1 Reply

Has anyone been on duloxetine?

I have had the worst flare up for five years. I am taking pregabalin 75 x 3 morning and night and they have stopped working, I've got such a rotund stomach...

I have had the worst flare up for five years. I am taking pregabalin 75 x 3 mor...

Tibby3a

•11 years ago

8 Replies

Fibro, Athritis, Depression and Anxiety, I can just about deal with but this scares me

and I can't understand why my doctor just looks at me puzzled and says keep taking the pills and we'll see how you are next time!!! From the beginning - I...

and I can't understand why my doctor just looks at me puzzled and says keep taki...

Fibrojules

•11 years ago

36 Replies

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Fibrofoggiest

•11 years ago

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Anger

I feel like I have a zero tolerance policy within me. The things I used to tolerate I no longer do and instead I push those people who bug me out of my life...

I feel like I have a zero tolerance policy within me. The things I used to tole...

SimG

•11 years ago

7 Replies

Good news !

Just wanted to share , got awarded DLA renewel !!!!!! Cant believe it , I was preparing for a fight like last time ! I used the benefit and work guide this...

Just wanted to share , got awarded DLA renewel !!!!!! Cant believe it , I was pr...

larissa

•11 years ago

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Everything went black then dull.

I was trying to clean my fridge this afternoon, then all of a sudden everything went black then it looked like some one had turned the lights off, it was like...

I was trying to clean my fridge this afternoon, then all of a sudden everything ...

Carolinee71

•11 years ago

1 Reply

Spoke to the neighbours!

I have been quite brave this week and tried to talk to my neighbours about their screaming child. I've tried so hard to cope as I know how difficult it is with...

I have been quite brave this week and tried to talk to my neighbours about their...

Teddysmum43

•11 years ago

22 Replies

A recipe for the weekend

This is a very useful and easy recipe which is tasty and quick to prepare. Even though its not early spring its fine for this time of year too ..... Enjoy...

This is a very useful and easy recipe which is tasty and quick to prepare. Even ...

Fibrofoggiest

•11 years ago

2 Replies

Disability Living Allowance/Attendance Allowance codes

Might help if you can find your code before form filling or interviews Disability Living Allowance/Attendance Allowance DIALOGUES AND INPUT CODES DESKAID For...

Might help if you can find your code before form filling or interviews Disabili...

Offcut

•11 years ago

10 Replies

Pic of the day

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Fibrofoggiest

•11 years ago

5 Replies

after being refused 3 times for dla at tribunals i have just won my case. does anyone know how long the back payments take to sort?

julie-kelly

•11 years ago

19 Replies

Morning All Saturday is here again ~ I hope every one is feeling reasonably up beat and has their pain under control. Life is now there

is no going back we have to accept Mr Fibro and learn to live with him even when he is being crabby to us. So saying yesterday for me was ghastly as I found...

is no going back we have to accept Mr Fibro and learn to live with him even when...

Ginsing

•11 years ago

5 Replies

my gp has filled in the form for me to have a wheelchair. i am on lower care dla,,, would i qualify for mobility???

lash

•11 years ago

4 Replies

Hands feeling tight and swollen

Hi I have been just doing small jobs, and little walks. Does anyone have tight swollen hands and fingers after you have walked? Its strange, but things are not...

Hi I have been just doing small jobs, and little walks. Does anyone have tight s...

janlou

•11 years ago

3 Replies

Full time work and FM

I was diagnosed with FM last Monday although I suspect I've had it for quite a few years. I started working full time just over 12 months ago but am finding it...

I was diagnosed with FM last Monday although I suspect I've had it for quite a f...

jools1903

•11 years ago

8 Replies

My doctor won't prescribe pregabalin, say's I have to take gabapentin instead, now she has cut my tramadol down saying the government are

withdrawing them soon. I am in pain most of the time now and very fatigued, she say's that is the tablets and I must come off them all eventually. I have had...

withdrawing them soon. I am in pain most of the time now and very fatigued, she...

Sookie

•11 years ago

46 Replies

worst day ever

we had to put are 18 year old dog last night and then I could not sleep as I had to stay up with her as I count not leave her on her own then time to put...

we had to put are 18 year old dog last night and then I could not sleep as I ha...

kathlaidlaw

•11 years ago

17 Replies

Pic of the day

:-)

Fibrofoggiest

•11 years ago

10 Replies

Hi everyone hope you can help i have been keeping a check on my temperature for the last few months because i get very bad sweats

But i feel cold and my temp never is higher than 96.1 but is mostly 95.3 does anyone else have this problem

But i feel cold and my temp never is higher than 96.1 but is mostly 95.3 doe...

dunnit

•11 years ago

9 Replies

Unpleasant feeling in my legs :/

Hi everyone hope your all okay :) I have noticed a new pain in my legs :( It's the second time I have experienced this now and it's never uncomfortable. I...

Hi everyone hope your all okay :) I have noticed a new pain in my legs :( It'...

Susan20067389

•11 years ago

12 Replies

Radio & TV quiz answers - Today's humour

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2) Jeremy Paxman:What is another name for 'cherrypickers' and 'cheesemongers'? Contestant: Homosexuals. Paxman:No. They're...

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2) Jeremy Paxman:What is another name for 'cherrypicke...

Maladjusted

•11 years ago

9 Replies

New Job & Pain Management

I have just been offered a full time position where I am currently working - In residential and respite care for children with additional support needs. This...

I have just been offered a full time position where I am currently working - In ...

charlie_red

•11 years ago

5 Replies

My sugar level keeps dropping

Has anyone experienced a fall in their sugar level? A couple of months ago I had a turn in my local supermarket and collapsed. When the paramedics came they...

Has anyone experienced a fall in their sugar level? A couple of months ago I had...

gloglo

•11 years ago

59 Replies

Good Morning

Good Morning to you all!! Just a little bit Of sunshine to lift your Spirits a bit ! X

Good Morning to you all!! Just a little bit Of sunshine to lift your Spirits a b...

starblaze

•11 years ago

5 Replies

Pic of the day

:-)

Fibrofoggiest

•11 years ago

7 Replies

Hey peeps, having major flareup of fibro, had to stop all meds bcoz waiting to transplant kidney to other half, any advice on alternatives?

Zorago365

•11 years ago

6 Replies

Appealing to the Upper Tribunal against a First-tier Tribunal decision. Go get em Tiger!

Imagine you have to appeal to UT based on an "error of law", see if you can figure out what an error of law is. Does anyone even know what the law is? Below...

Imagine you have to appeal to UT based on an "error of law", see if you can figu...

esagestapo

•11 years ago

13 Replies

please read my question about glucose.

I'd be interested in your opinions. thanks, sandra.

hamble99b

•11 years ago

1 Reply

Hi everyone, does anyone also have spinal stenosis? I haven't been diagnosed with it yet but seems i have all the symptoms. Fm diagnosed2012

On checking my symptoms I noticed quite a few people with fibro have it. (On spinal stenosis search) . I haven't been diagnosed with it as yet, as doc thinks...

On checking my symptoms I noticed quite a few people with fibro have it. (On spi...

dasara

•11 years ago

10 Replies

Posts - Fibromyalgia Action UK | HealthUnlocked

Fibromyalgia Action UK

All posts for August 2013

Just wanted to say hello xx

Has anyone been on duloxetine?

Fibro, Athritis, Depression and Anxiety, I can just about deal with but this scares me

Pic of the day

Anger

Good news !

Everything went black then dull.

Spoke to the neighbours!

A recipe for the weekend

Disability Living Allowance/Attendance Allowance codes

Pic of the day

after being refused 3 times for dla at tribunals i have just won my case. does anyone know how long the back payments take to sort?

Morning All Saturday is here again ~ I hope every one is feeling reasonably up beat and has their pain under control. Life is now there

my gp has filled in the form for me to have a wheelchair. i am on lower care dla,,, would i qualify for mobility???

Hands feeling tight and swollen

Full time work and FM

My doctor won't prescribe pregabalin, say's I have to take gabapentin instead, now she has cut my tramadol down saying the government are

worst day ever

Pic of the day

Hi everyone hope you can help i have been keeping a check on my temperature for the last few months because i get very bad sweats

Unpleasant feeling in my legs :/

Radio & TV quiz answers - Today's humour

New Job & Pain Management

My sugar level keeps dropping

Good Morning

Pic of the day

Hey peeps, having major flareup of fibro, had to stop all meds bcoz waiting to transplant kidney to other half, any advice on alternatives?

Appealing to the Upper Tribunal against a First-tier Tribunal decision. Go get em Tiger!

please read my question about glucose.

Hi everyone, does anyone also have spinal stenosis? I haven't been diagnosed with it yet but seems i have all the symptoms. Fm diagnosed2012

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