- I feel pain and stiffness in my muscles and tendons.
- I feel fatigued all the time, part of this is because I have
trouble sleeping.
- I have anxiety which very often leads to bouts of depression.
- I have numbness and tingling in my arms and legs, when I
am having a bad day. Good and bad days come and go.
- I feel dizziness off and on though out my days (some days
are better then others)
Sometimes my tendons are so painful and tight, I feel like they
are going to snap.
- I am trained to work in a kitchen but during my training
it resulted in my physical well-being to deteriorate. I developed
"tennis elbow", sore tendons, knees and numbness in
my arm and the problems seemed to be increasing. However, at
the time I didn't know that all the problems, with my health,
were the result of me having Fibromyalgia. So, between my Physical
Therapist and I, we decided that I have to get out of the Cooking
industry because it was making me worse and was "killing
me".
- Somedays I feel very irritable...that usually happens when
I feel really worn out and tired of all my disabilities and the
limitation and with that comes anxiety.
- On the days that I feel dizzy and weak my sight seems to
weaken. I need my eyes rechecked and probably new lenses , but
I do not have the money.
- I feel pain all over my body when I am cold. I hate being
cold.
- I can't even play my piano, which I love doing, for prolonged
periods of time without feeling numbness in my hands and arms.
If I continue playing dispite the numbness I feel increasing
pain.
- Too much of any type of physical task or job is very aggravating
to my symptoms in Fibromyalgia.
- As far as personal care goes: Someday, I have a difficult
time doing my hair. I have to take breaks resting my arms down
until the discomfort and numbness decreases.
- I can not do any over head cleaning work e.g.. walls, cupboards,
shower stalls. (My mom did all this for me in the past)
- It very difficult to do any cleaning that requires repetitive
motions e.g.. washing floor, making my bed, sweeping, vacuuming.
If I had to do heavy cleaning e.g.. ovens and stoves, My mom
would do it for me but now that she can no longer do everything
for me I am at a loss.
- My Fibromyalgia, on top of all my other disabilities, really
depress me. I can't find work that I am able to do so I can't
pay for the cost of medicine and stuff that will help me get
better. I know I can become a contributing member in my community
once I have retraining and a little help. I am stuck in a negative
cycle of; pain and struggling - no money - no money to help better
myself , or pay for retraining- having my medical condition stay
bad - I can't work to make money because of my medical condition
and the training I have -and so on and so on....It repeats there.
I have tried a number of times at jobs and each time I physically
could no longer handle it.
- Caring anything is very difficult for me. Caring can, depending
on the size and weight of the item cause; pain, numbness and
swelling. Something as small as a bag of groceries can be painful
to carry.
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