Cynthia Sanders
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? I had a large benign tumor on my ovary. It was nearly 29 cm and they told me I had ovarian cancer. 6 months later I got into a hospital...
Vicki Jo Eaton
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? Travelling pains over several years. What tests did your doctor do, and what was this experience like? X-rays and lots of blood tests. My...
Vikki Viau
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? Entire body ached ALL the time. I was told that I was a hypochondriac, the DR actually put that in my medical records. What tests did your...
Anni Gard
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? Stiffness with chronic pain in every part of the body with any movement, especially after getting up the next morning. Pain caused me to...
Laura Mancuso
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? I had severe Pain all over my body and joints. They originally thought I had Lupus. Later to find out I have RA with Fibromyalgia. ...
Nicky Westwood
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? Pain and aching. What tests did your doctor do, and what was this experience like? I had body scan, blood tests, ultra sounds, x-rays and...
Angie Essex
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? I couldn't lift my arms, tired all the time What tests did your doctor do, and what was this experience like? I had an MRI, and saw a rheumatologist...
Alison Feist
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? Unable to get out of bed in a morning, pains in my body, shoulders, chest, arms, legs, and toes. I would crawl to the toilet some mornings,...
Lesley Lloyd
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? On reflection, it was about 20 years of symptoms that I'd either mentioned to my doctors or physios. One physio had been quite angry when...
Pat Kavanaugh
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? Actually, severe pain in my back was very difficult to manage. Then it started to travel down both arms and hands. My hands began to swell...
Alison Hardman
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? Initially, I was achy but the aching got worse. I found the aches and pains were increasing daily, moving throughout my body and I was...
Sara Kingston
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? Reoccuring tennis elbow in both arms, neck and wrist pain. What tests did your doctor do, and what was this experience like? Was referred...
Sharon Cook
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? I started with severe symptoms about 14 years ago in my early 30's, but looking at things now I think symptoms started in childhood. Severe...
Janet Tahiri
Fibromyalgia
My Diagnosis Story
What symptoms led up to your diagnosis? The first symptom I felt was pain in my hips and knees. X-rays showed nothing wrong. Pain in my hands followed, I had a little arthritis...
Joanne Wilson
Fibromyalgia
Let's Support Each Other
My illness is invisible. I'm in pain, but no one can really see it, and no one really cares. I'm a mother of 2, and I have a loving husband who tries to understand. But, I'm...
My Favorite Self Help Therapy!
When dealing with my fibromyalgia pains in the past I would always give myself a manicure as my self help therapy tool! The reason why I said 'past' is because I'm not able to...
