I found out that when I was on the Cymbalta, it did a lot for the pain. It let me ignore the pain and keep on doing things, BUT it also allowed me to overdo things and when a flare did hit it was really, really bad.
Now that’s interesting. I had my first real “flare” after doing a 2 day clinic. I know I pushed myself, but it wasn’t all that hard. The flare had me praying for death, or wondering if it was H1N1.
Pent–is that test common? Do Dr’s know about it? I basically spent from January to Sept of this year being diagnosed by ruling out other stuff. Sleep study, etc. Never made it to the Rhumatologist (sp) because the psych prescribed the Cymbalta, which WORKS for everything but the fatigue.
Sooooo interesting to hear everyone’s experiences. This winter/spring I had the worst shoulder pain, radiating up the neck. Muscles… I thought it was from pushing the round bales, I ‘roll’ them. But I’m doing the same thing now, and no pain. (thank you Cymbalta)
My new job keeps me moving a lot. I do three outside rounds, walking about a mile, and three inside rounds, taking stairs whenever possible, in a 6 floor hospital. It’s a good thing when I pace myself.
I haven’t ridden the stallion since the clinic. I’ve gotten on the Young Master Irrenaeus once or twice, and have worked the Silly Filly, but its’ just so much work to carry the tack out. Seriously. That’s it. It’s SO minor, and so stupid. I have to store the tack in the house because of mice/critters. And to lift it off the saddle racks and carry it down the back stairs and out to the barn can be all it takes some days to keep me from riding.
Mind you–I’m still doing chores. But… that’s it. It sounds so stupid. Especially when I read about Leena and her struggles & triumphs, or some of the others on THIS forum… it’s ridiculous. So absurd as to be obscene at times. :uhoh:
Wondering if that’s a problem area for anyone else?
) and then years later on the left shoulder (horsey equine related :eek:) - and during the years before finding out I had Fibro, I thought I had torn my rotator cuffs. (And, maybe I had, don’t know, didn’t have much in the way of insurance at the time of the first one, so never got it checked out, while at the time of the second one I had seriously injured my foot which needed surgery, so I never realized how badly my shoulder hurt until much later. :lol:) Years later, I find it rather difficult to lift my arms up - I can do it, but get rather stuck at the ten and two o’clock positions and it certainly hurts!