I gave birth to my daughter May 31st. She was healthy! Having FMS and being pregnant was one of the toughest things I had to deal with. Right after I gave birth I felt as if I could lay down and die!!! IT was HORRIBLE! The epidural almost killed me too!

I got no sleep the last trimester and still don't get the sleep I need. It has been hell....

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I am 35 weeks pregnant now. Glad I made it this far! I have had labor come on 3 times starting at 29 weeks. It has been pretty scary.

A run down:
29 weeks- spent two days in the hospital and it took them a full day to stop labor with medicine
33 weeks- spent one day in the hospital and it took them the whole day to stop labor this time around
34 weeks ( Read more... )

I wrote this entry in Jan. when I went to see the FIRST rheumatologist and thought I'd post it here to help people know the background of that. I filed a complaint letter about this guy and I will probably post that up too here eventually. You can always go over to the JustOrdinary journal page too. This entry talks about the tumor I have in ( Read more... )

In 1998 I started having major back pain and shooting pains down my right leg. The shooting pain was not constant. It would only last a few seconds but was enough to knock me off my feet. It buckled my knees. I was only 20 at that time.

I had no health coverage so I never sought out a doctor. Over the next few years the shooting pain came more ( Read more... )

I was just recently diagnosed with FMS- Fibromyalgia. I am not sure what it is I should do now. The rheumatologist that had given me that diagnosis said that my GP will be able to treat me for that. I am pregnant now- 26 weeks- so I was thinking that I would just wait until I have the baby to see her for treatment. I mean I can't take any of the ( Read more... )