Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Monday, October 29, 2007
Living with it! How???
After being diagnosed with fibromyalgia about 6 years ago, I realized I would have to learn to adjust, but more than that, I realized that the trauma I had gone through with the death of my mother and a divorce had helped to bring it about and I was determined through my faith in God that He could reverse the trauma. Before I understood this, I had been on many drugs to be able to maintain my life and just get through each day.
As a young adult, it seemed the doctor would tell me I was having muscle spasms every time I saw the doctor, so I do believe that the problem begins early in life--many years before it becomes a real issue---just builds and builds until the muscles go into a kind of melt down out of control thing----what muscles are attacked depends on your situation and circumstances----the eyes, neck, and back for people that sit at a computer or teach school---this is where the strain is---people might say "Oh I have back or neck pain " but I don't have fibro. All I can say is "IT IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY NORMAL BACK OR NECK PAIN" You don't realize how stiff you become because of your muscles always being tense. If those of you who don't have this can relate: muscles in legs getting tight after running past your limit---think of living like that all the time---you cannot make them relax---after sleeping it is the same---you might as well have been running all night--you feel as though you have been run over by a truck! Those of you who have this can relate.
By God's mercy, I have lowered my symptoms, and I believe it is related to God's healing me from fears, anxieties, and expectations---He tells us "By His stripes we are healed". I am no longer on any medicine--have been med free for 2 years! I have to live one day at a time--asking God each day for this divine healing from my self made phobias and expectations that rob me of peace. I no longer go to the doctor for help--I go to the Lord--that has made the difference.
As a young adult, it seemed the doctor would tell me I was having muscle spasms every time I saw the doctor, so I do believe that the problem begins early in life--many years before it becomes a real issue---just builds and builds until the muscles go into a kind of melt down out of control thing----what muscles are attacked depends on your situation and circumstances----the eyes, neck, and back for people that sit at a computer or teach school---this is where the strain is---people might say "Oh I have back or neck pain " but I don't have fibro. All I can say is "IT IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY NORMAL BACK OR NECK PAIN" You don't realize how stiff you become because of your muscles always being tense. If those of you who don't have this can relate: muscles in legs getting tight after running past your limit---think of living like that all the time---you cannot make them relax---after sleeping it is the same---you might as well have been running all night--you feel as though you have been run over by a truck! Those of you who have this can relate.
By God's mercy, I have lowered my symptoms, and I believe it is related to God's healing me from fears, anxieties, and expectations---He tells us "By His stripes we are healed". I am no longer on any medicine--have been med free for 2 years! I have to live one day at a time--asking God each day for this divine healing from my self made phobias and expectations that rob me of peace. I no longer go to the doctor for help--I go to the Lord--that has made the difference.
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