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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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My husband Brendan woke up in September of 2004, hurting all over, very achey. He thought maybe he had pulled muscles, while working in the yard. After a couple days, he thought maybe he had the flu. But without the fever, vomiting, etc. Then the aches went away.
Then in November, the pain came back. After a couple days of feeling like crap, he went to his doctor. The doc told him it was the flu, & that he'd be better in a few days. And in a few days, was feeling better. Then a week later, the pain was back with a vengance! He could barely get out of bed! He went back to the doctor. Again, he was told it was the flu, to go home & rest. After several days he was still in pain. then, the spasms kicked in! By January he was no longer able to work. The spasms would start in his back & wrap around his chest. One day they were so bad I had to take him to the hospital, we thought he was having a heart attack, at the age of 37!
His doctor was at a loss as to what was going on!
Then Brendan asked if it could be Fibromyalgia. He informed the doctor that his brother had Fibromyalgia.
The doctor admitted he had no idea, and recomended that he see a Rhumatologist. That's another post.


Planning

Wow! Who knew so much is involved in planning a hike! Let alone a hike across the state. It'll take me the 2 years to plan, train, & buy everything I'll need! I'm going to have to get into shape! 1st thing i'm going to have to do is stop smoking! That'll save me about $150.00 a month. That money will have to go into the bank, hiking isn't cheap! Then the training will begin.

WHY?

Some of you may be wondering Why I would start a blog. Because my husband has been suffering from this disease for over 5 years now, and there hasn't been much advancement in the research of this disease. Doctors still don't know what causes this. Drug treatments are limited. Etc. It is estimated that 12 million people suffer from this disease. 70-90% being women.  You can check out the link below for more info http://www.fmaware.org/

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