[MamaB]

I have had this for many years. Some of my symptoms have been severe chest pain which feels like a heart attack. Mine seems to be under control unless I am under a great deal of stress or try to lift something that I know I should not.

[GailA]

Stress seems to make the Fibro worse for every one. I have Osteo A in several joints along with the Fibro, and it makes for a lot of pain. The bad thing is I have severe reactions to most of all the drugs they try me on. 2 celebrex tabs and my gastro intestinal track took 10 days to recover. It's not that the arthtitis drugs don't do their job, it's the horrible side effects that get me. Lyrica made my vision blur(I wear a strong RX as it is), my hands and feet swell...I have OA in my hands and they swell enough from that.

I've applied for disability because of these conditions, but am told I'm not 'bad' enough, that I can work 40 hrs a week doing data entry...I can't sit a hour without getting stiff, my hands hurt to bad to do 8 hrs of typing a day. If I can't quilt for 8 hrs a day what makes them think I could type for that long?

Be sure to do some exercising daily to keep mobile...I use Richard Simmon's Silver Foxes tape as it is not to fast for a 59 year old to do...or one who is no longer limber enough for all that gyration in the other tapes.

The more I learn about Fibro the more I find it is the cause for other things like toe and leg cramps which I get several times a day.