Since my last post, things have been pretty much the same. The tingling, fatigue and just basically feeling sorry for myself at times wondering when I will have a pain free day. I talked to a friend today and asked her about something I learned yesterday meeting another person who was diagnosed with MS two years ago. She was wondering as I was.  The person I met yesterday, along with MS she has fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). What is fibromyalgia? Here is a brief description from the Mayo Clinic website. 

Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain in your muscles, ligaments and tendons, as well as fatigue and multiple tender points — places on your body where slight pressure causes pain. Fibromyalgia occurs in about 2 percent of the population in the United States. Women are much more likely to develop the disorder than are men, and the risk of fibromyalgia increases with age. Fibromyalgia symptoms often begin after a physical or emotional trauma, but in many cases there appears to be no triggering event.

I wonder if I have this. Every time I do strenuous things I get this tremendous pain in the upper part of my shoulders that when someone thinks they are providing me with relief by give me a massage and all they are really doing is making it very painful for me. When people touch me in different places around my body such as giving me hugs I want to scream. But often I am misunderstood as saying “oh Pam does not like to be hugged”. Puhleeze people — I am in pain most of the time – I would love to hug someone but in weighing all the facts and scenario(s) I would rather not cause more pain to myself  more!

But I wonder – if I do have this. I plan on doing a very detailed calendar journal just to see if there is a pattern. If there is, I want to talk to my doctor and see if there is something else going on with me. Will keep you posted.

Be healthy!