Re: New to it all

I understand your angst at being diagnosed at your age, but there's one
thing you need to think about. Many others your age are walking around
with fibro that won't be diagnosed for many years to come...because they
either don't look for an answer to why they feel bad or because they
don't have a doctor who has a clue to what's going on. Some may never
have the proper diagnosis....and live to an old age.

I'm 58 and got my diagnosis in around the late 1990's, and that's
because I handed it to my doctor on a silver platter.

I started having symptoms in 1980, at the age of 33 and had a baby at
38...that I've raised alone, along with the two I was already raising.
Don't think you *can't* do something. *Can't* is the worst stumbling
block to this dd. Try before you fold up and give up. Your life isn't
over just because you got this diagnosis. Mine hasn't been. It'll have
rough spots in the road, but all roads have them. You just have to watch
out for them and be prepared.

Good luck and welcome to the group.

rachel03rwu@xxxxxxx (Rach03) wrote:

Hey everyone. I was diagnosed with FM about a week and a half ago and
now I at least know why the heck I feel so horrible all the time. But I
find all the people writing and posting and all those that are activists
are older and I don't find too many voices for people who are young with
FM (I'm 24). I think my biggest fears have to do with probably not being
able to handle pregnancy with my symptons without meds someday or even
finding a husband who will love me as I am pain, fatigue, mood swings
and all. I mean, I guess if you get FM when you are older you can at
least look back and say, I got to be young and enjoy myself. But I am
young and I can't go out and enjoy myself. I can even have a beer at the
bar because of my meds. And there are so many unknowns, at least when
your older you have the husband to support you, the kids are already
born, etc....   I have a good family and very good friends and an
understanding company but all that other stuff...I was still seeking and
the fear of living with this illness for the next 50-60 years without
someone by my side and kids to take care of me someday is pretty
frightening, don't you think?

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