Reached My Breaking Point

[lizv123 389]

And.......

Fibromyalgia it is. Start on my med soon to help with pain...

I have pretty severe fibro. Like Iggy, Lyrica made me gain about 50 pounds and barely worked. Not to mention even WITH insurance was ridiculously expensive.

I feel your fibro pain to an incredible degree. I also have had adverse reactions to most meds so the only thing that even helps is an opiate. I do NOT wish this for you or anyone. I'm not yet sleeved but I can definitely help you with fibro support.

I'm sorry you're dealing with this :/

[Heyher 581]

My fibro isn't crazy to the point of disabling. But the fatigue from fibro and ms with apnea gets me pretty bad. Pain is kind of manageable but there are days I want to lay in bed. Though that doesn't help at all because it just makes the stiffness that much worse. Hope the meds help me.

I am dealing with this because I have not been at a BMI of 40+ for over five years. Thing is I was diagnosed with ms 9 years ago and I was trying so hard to keep weight off. My BMI has been above 30 for 4 of the 9 and 35 for 5. But they say I don't meet the minimum requirements. So I have to go through the appeals and get denied. Peer to peer already took place. Once I exhaust appeals I can go to my employer to plea for an exception. I think I have someone on my side in hr. So just keep fighting. Though I'm sure I may have more defeated moments... :-(

[lizv123 389]

My fibro isn't crazy to the point of disabling. But the fatigue from fibro and ms with apnea gets me pretty bad. Pain is kind of manageable but there are days I want to lay in bed. Though that doesn't help at all because it just makes the stiffness that much worse. Hope the meds help me.

I am dealing with this because I have not been at a BMI of 40+ for over five years. Thing is I was diagnosed with ms 9 years ago and I was trying so hard to keep weight off. My BMI has been above 30 for 4 of the 9 and 35 for 5. But they say I don't meet the minimum requirements. So I have to go through the appeals and get denied. Peer to peer already took place. Once I exhaust appeals I can go to my employer to plea for an exception. I think I have someone on my side in hr. So just keep fighting. Though I'm sure I may have more defeated moments... :-(

The exhaustion from fibro alone is bad, I can't imagine that with apnea :/ my ex's mother has ms and fibro and lyrics works wonder for her. She gained a little weight but it was worth it for her. What meds did they give you? I've heard good things about Cymbalta, and Nucynta was to be my miracle drug, but I was in the tiny percentage that had CNS depression.

Keep fighting! We're here for you. I know it's exhausting being the squeaky wheel but it's so worth it in the end, I'm sure this is no exception

[Heyher 581]

I'm on Gilenya for the ms. Also on Zoloft for the ms. Adding meloxicam to get through until surgery. Then after neurologist, surgeon, and PCP will decide a treatment that will be safe and effective...

I thought the pain was ms and I had to live with it. If I wasn't having all these tests for the surgery then probably would have just kept thinking it was ms and try to deal...

[lizv123 389]

I'm on Gilenya for the ms. Also on Zoloft for the ms. Adding meloxicam to get through until surgery. Then after neurologist' date=' surgeon, and PCP will decide a treatment that will be safe and effective...

I thought the pain was ms and I had to live with it. If I wasn't having all these tests for the surgery then probably would have just kept thinking it was ms and try to deal...[/quote']

They tested me for EVERYTHING to figure out what was wrong. I was poked and prodded for months and then all it took to disgnose it was a pressure on some body parts?! Ugh.

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