Fibromyalgia

I am 56 years old and a mother of 3 grown up sons and 4 grandsons, I have had problems for many years but just put it down to wear and tear and family history of arthritis and back pain but I had an accident during volunteering and hurt my arm and from there on my life changed dramatically, I was once a very active person and did everything for myself and family but that too has changed so much so that I can no longer care for myself properly or have my grandchildren stay with me without supervision, my family cannot accept the 'Me' now as they were used to seeing me do it all.

I did feel sorry for myself for a while and tried to be part of forums to see how others handled this illness but I couldn't cope with all the negative thoughts and feelings people were chatting about as it brought me down so I stopped doing that, I am mostly a positive person and like to surround myself with like minded people, I have 2 friends on facebook whom suffer with this too and I like it that we just try to get on with life with the odd moan now and again and truly understand each other, it has taken years to understand (If ever) this condition but I am trying to be as motivated as I can be and do things slowly and I get there eventually.

I was once a very sociable person but this has robbed me of that, but again, I do things differently now, I find hobbies to do that keep my brain ticking over and give me a sense of pride which also allows me to be sociable when I sell my wares at a small market once a month..Keeping me in loop so to speak, I hate fibromyalgia with a passion but I am grateful to be alive.