Re: Running with Fibromyalgia

guest — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:36:06 GMT

Hi there! First of all, I am sorry to hear that you may be diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. It's tough because it is a condition whose symptoms are often only seen by the one who has it and it can be difficult for others to understand your pain, fatigue and cloudiness. My mother suffers from fibromyalgia. I don't know if even showing her this blog would convince her of trying to walk a bit more. To be honest I think you should be extremely proud of yourself for continuing to persevere and running on a regular basis. That's just fantastic! Since I do not personally have Fibromyalgia, I can't tell you much other than what doctors have always told my mom, You need to excercise in order to gain control over fibromyalgia and there will bad days (sometime several in a row) that you can't excercise, but as soon as you do, your body will thank you for it. Apparently, your body responds well to the excercise it just takes some convincing. There is also a TON of research out there about Fibromyalgia (I think my mom has read at least half of it, lol). I also know of some sort of drug they are now prescribing for it, but my mother has been leery of trying it because she it is so new and they are uncertain of the long term effects. I apologize if this into more of a rant than anything informational. Just know there are others with fibromyalgia that don't even think they can walk a mile. You, however, are inspirational!!! Keep it up and roll with the bad days and just ask your friends to be patient with you. You are a rock-star!!!

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Re: Running with Fibromyalgia