tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post61915570660155346..comments2023-06-15T03:30:17.871-06:00Comments on Musings of a Highly Trained Monkey: It's Fibromyalgia Awareness Day!!!!MonkeyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05735317323208263354noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-40727409572130912272008-08-21T13:32:00.000-06:002008-08-21T13:32:00.000-06:00Lawl. I wonder if anyone has done any research to...Lawl. I wonder if anyone has done any research to correlate the incidence of FM with psychological disturbance/trauma. <BR/>If I'm not ENTIRELY mistaken, "chronic fatigue and widespread body pain" are symptoms of _depression_. Oh, but you don't feel sad. Right, because procreating made you a brilliant psychologist in addition to a child-care expert.<BR/>That's the other thing. Why do so many of these people have and make a point of telling you about multiple offspring, as if it's a symptom? Is parenting really so traumatic that your mind can't survive without creating a psychosomatic pain disorder?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893039642855358928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-26758559542596272802008-06-10T19:21:00.000-06:002008-06-10T19:21:00.000-06:00Wow.*shakes head*My conscience is SO mad at me for...Wow.<BR/><BR/>*shakes head*<BR/><BR/>My conscience is SO mad at me for finding this whole thread amusing!<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately for those with FM... I've also been taught in medical school that it's a fake disease. <BR/><BR/>I just don't have the balls to write that on a flag and wave it, though... kudos, MonkeyGirl!Vitum Medicinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994320714669547787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-41527884838053607032008-05-20T08:05:00.000-06:002008-05-20T08:05:00.000-06:00Doesn't exist? Come on. There's a ton of basic sci...Doesn't exist? Come on. There's a ton of basic science research for central pain syndromes. There's fair clinical evidence as well.<BR/><BR/>Sure, 9 out of 10 people who say they have a central pain syndrome simply have no defense mechanisms for the world. They need psychotherapy and some tough love.Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01821420867311588899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-71360368215105096792008-05-16T01:12:00.000-06:002008-05-16T01:12:00.000-06:00I, too suffer with pain every day. It's called WOR...I, too suffer with pain every day. It's called WORK and RUNNING UP AND DOWN HALLS fetching Dilaudid and Demerol and Morphine for women half my age who get this medication, immediately head off the floor to the smoking area (yes you can still smoke on the grounds of our hospital, all you drug seekers out there) and stay there visiting with all the other druggies until time for their next dose. Then they return to the floor hauling their IV poles and their butts flapping in the breeze with a 10+/10 pain level. All you nurses out there- I have a question for you: Do you make it a big deal in report when you actually have a REAL sick person?<BR/>Just wondering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-14506700774039212122008-05-15T21:49:00.000-06:002008-05-15T21:49:00.000-06:00I know someone that was diagnosed with Fibromyalgi...I know someone that was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. I try to talk to her when I can because I've been there in constant pain with no light at the end of the tunnel. <BR/><BR/>She only ends up in the ER when she's got other complications. This year it was double pneumonia which required intubation and a weeks worth of coma inducing drugs to recover.<BR/><BR/>So I'm honestly torn. While she doesn't fit your drug seeking profile, I think there's underlying psychological issues that may be compounding her pain. Since I've been through pain, I feel an obligation to relate to people that describe living with that pain.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02251245358892972101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-56401731483703689342008-05-15T17:09:00.000-06:002008-05-15T17:09:00.000-06:00Not leaving comments here but starting a blog to t...Not leaving comments here but starting a blog to talk about you...some people... Keep it up monkey girl, after dealing with sick & dying people all day, its nice to read your blog & laugh.cwjsmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03181974538391393490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-87310559261214198452008-05-15T16:00:00.000-06:002008-05-15T16:00:00.000-06:00I was directed to this website when I searched for...I was directed to this website when I searched for fibromyalgia. <BR/><BR/>I won't post here after this. I am completely disgusted with all of you. Do you really act like this with people? Are you really so uneducated about the disorder you complain about? No wonder we have such problems with medical treatment.Busymom345https://www.blogger.com/profile/03239026868816666827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-82912394445515440902008-05-15T15:13:00.000-06:002008-05-15T15:13:00.000-06:00I'm so disappointed. I don't think your post was s...I'm so disappointed. I don't think your post was snarky enough. You only got up to 33 comments and there were hardly any trolls. Can you please try harder next time. I would like you to get up to at least 50 comments and at least 1/2 of them being the "Tinkerbell" believers you are ridiculing. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and this post only made it four days and fizzled. Next time, let's aim for a week of fun and frivolity, eh? :þMonkeySisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02937931341448485780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-66487390957233192282008-05-15T10:06:00.000-06:002008-05-15T10:06:00.000-06:00But I neeeeeed to be validated by you and other me...But I neeeeeed to be validated by you and other medical professionals, MonkeyGirl! You neeeeeeed to believe how much pain I am in....I can barely type comments because I feeeeeeellllll soooooo baaaaaaaad.<BR/><BR/>Just because I take enough narcs to kill a pony, and whine to all and sundry about how bad I feel doesn't mean I don't feeeeeelllll baaaaaaad.<BR/><BR/>I think a fibro diagnosis should be treated the way bariatric surgery or gender-reassignment is -- the "sufferer" should have to have a minimum of 1 years' worth of intense therapy before anything is diagnosed. I say this because the three fibromyalgiaeurs I know are basically depressed and just want someone to listen to them, and to take drucs so they feeeeeel better.CrankyProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11032272009661743761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-95711154430013682008-05-15T08:14:00.000-06:002008-05-15T08:14:00.000-06:00I was wondering when the trolls would show up.Welc...I was wondering when the trolls would show up.<BR/><BR/>Welcome, trolls.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry that you are in pain, but your disease still doesn't exist.<BR/><BR/>And I will continue to ridicule all drug seekers. Even the ones with fake diseases.<BR/><BR/>And if you're not a drug seeker, why do you care if I believe in your disease? Is it like freakin' Tinkerbell or something?<BR/><BR/>Go away.MonkeyGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05735317323208263354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-12592150810986838072008-05-15T06:39:00.000-06:002008-05-15T06:39:00.000-06:00What a fool you are...its sad really. So much arr...What a fool you are...its sad really. So much arrogance to think that people actually want to give up their productive happy lives to be in pain every second? (actual pain by the way)I would say I hope you feel how bad I do someday but I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Not even an ignoramus like you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-10713777157570203662008-05-15T06:23:00.000-06:002008-05-15T06:23:00.000-06:00I agree busymom. I too have fibromyalgia, and cont...I agree busymom. I too have fibromyalgia, and continue to lead a normal life, without narcotics. I can see why people think its "all in your head", I wish it were, and for many I think it is. There are people who LOVE to be "sick" so they have an excuse to lay around and take drugs. Thats not me or any of the people I have met with true fibro. The people who do use narcs and go to the ER and are on disability would use any disease they could think of as a means to an end. People who know me have no idea until I tell them that I have it. I am NOT a whiner, I don't mention it even to my husband unless its a really bad day. I feel the frustration on both sides, being a nurse I see the drug seekers, and having fibromyalgia, I get angry with the drug seekers for making all people with true pain from any source be doubted a little more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-24105814320005299432008-05-15T00:24:00.000-06:002008-05-15T00:24:00.000-06:00Wow. You have absolutely no idea what you are talk...Wow. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about and that is incredibly funny to me. I have had a diagnosis of fibromyalgia and mixed connective tissue disease for many years. I am glad you can laugh about it. I have been defending the medical community to my friends for years, thinking they had to be wrong. Nurses and doctors would not treat you like that, I scoffed, as I take my vitamins and try to get through each day.I am not depressed. I have a great life, except for the unrelenting pain. I am such a busy person. I can't sleep due to pain. I hurt all the time. I refuse to give up. I take non narcotic drugs per doctors advice.I am in intense pain, I am not on narcotics or disability. I have no desire for either. My real job is to see that you get paid. Seriously. Treat people with dignity they deserve simply for being human or leave the field. We don't want you. Oh and by the way, why don't you make fun of diabetics? It has only been in the last 150 years or so that diabetes has been treated as an actual disease. Before that it was "all in their head." Grow up. Don't pidgen hole people.Busymom345https://www.blogger.com/profile/03239026868816666827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-17426280420489901782008-05-14T19:32:00.000-06:002008-05-14T19:32:00.000-06:00every shift i am painfully aware of fibromyalgia. ...every shift i am painfully aware of fibromyalgia. nothing high speed transcortical lead therapy can't cure though.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-65019373233259277572008-05-14T13:23:00.000-06:002008-05-14T13:23:00.000-06:00"I'll probablly even drink a beer or two. It's not..."I'll probablly even drink a beer or two. It's not the same as going to the ER for narcotics, but it'll have to do." Now, MonkeyGirl, let's have a little therapeutic optimism here. How many beers do you have in your fridge, and what, exactly do you have to wash down with them . . . . . ?<BR/><BR/>PS: You can trust me. I have a license from the government!CountyRathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10228262536418983673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-70811089218729706832008-05-14T02:56:00.000-06:002008-05-14T02:56:00.000-06:00Anyone else notice the acronym here? FAD. Lets h...Anyone else notice the acronym here? FAD. Lets hope it passes quickly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-5449564346171357802008-05-13T21:00:00.000-06:002008-05-13T21:00:00.000-06:00I wanted to go to the er for a nice diluadid high,...I wanted to go to the er for a nice diluadid high, but realized I'd have to wait for 8 hrs with the 25 other drug seekers. Oh wait, I think I have chest pain. Do you think I'll get moved to the front of the line?cwjsmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03181974538391393490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-20029187479798324742008-05-13T19:37:00.000-06:002008-05-13T19:37:00.000-06:00can't celebrate, will be too busy going to the ER ...can't celebrate, will be too busy going to the ER and taking up a bed, then bitching and moaning to my whole family, then I have to be useless....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-40141804238092819992008-05-13T18:48:00.000-06:002008-05-13T18:48:00.000-06:00you are the nurse i strive to be.... you crack me ...you are the nurse i strive to be.... you crack me up!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-13479680278740645172008-05-13T14:18:00.000-06:002008-05-13T14:18:00.000-06:00I didn't know suicidal ideations also came with Fi...I didn't know suicidal ideations also came with Fibro. Sounds like depression to me. But dealing with finding the right antidepressant and all those side effects are so draining. It's so much easier to feel better from high doses of narcotics.Elizabeth A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06741728597715923701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-7876222465359562032008-05-13T10:40:00.000-06:002008-05-13T10:40:00.000-06:00"pin the tail on the trigger point party", just ab..."pin the tail on the trigger point party", just about lost my diet coke thru my nose on that one. you guys are hilarious today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-86511359789009856482008-05-13T05:51:00.000-06:002008-05-13T05:51:00.000-06:00me, i'm going to celebrate FAD by diagnosing mysel...me, i'm going to celebrate FAD by diagnosing myself with it! I naively assumed that my overall fatigue and body aches and pains were from aging, working, and being the parent of 3 teenagers, but thanks to you and some snazzy ads I've seen lately for amazing new medications, I think I have Fibromyalgia! I look forward to some of the great narcotics I understand will be prescribed for me as I describe my pain levels as "at least an 11 or 12 on a scale of 1-10".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00038187245032263212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-13028114226487202462008-05-13T04:11:00.000-06:002008-05-13T04:11:00.000-06:00I wish I had know it was fibro day. Instead I laid...I wish I had know it was fibro day. Instead I laid around and watched TV.<BR/>Was there a parade?Texhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308655409776337095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-30133148484737592332008-05-13T03:55:00.000-06:002008-05-13T03:55:00.000-06:00Well to the above Fibro patient, sorry for your pa...Well to the above Fibro patient, sorry for your pain. How many narcs do you take?? My kid was dx with Fibro, I laughed in the docs face, she had 2x the many pain areas firbro people had. She has EDS, look it up, then whine. BTW that "kid" takes no meds. None. <BR/><BR/>Oh and I'll celebrate Fibro day by staying clear of drug stores...they'll be packed.Evil Transport Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427244472516019901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206950351545432700.post-54289398378395829222008-05-13T00:17:00.000-06:002008-05-13T00:17:00.000-06:00lol, I kind of love you all and your snark.-Kimlol, I kind of love you all and your snark.<BR/><BR/>-KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com