My constant companion

It comes without warning,

And might stay but a day.

Ruthless and strident,

It can disrupt with its stay.

Burning with fire,

Or tight as a drum.

Enemy mine,

To you I succumb.

No recourse have I,

And you I hate, yet again.

You always are with me,

My constant companion: my pain

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Jessica G. Aug 8, 2006, 3:46pm EDT

Carol,

I'm sorry you're hurting. I'll admit the only thing I know of this disease is the name. I'm assuming it can't be controlled with meds?

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Webduck * Aug 8, 2006, 7:19pm EDT

Thanks for the empathy Jessica. Some people do take pain medication for it, but to that end, about all I take is Paxil CR and an occasional aspirin. I was on Bextra for about a year until they pulled it off the market because it could kill people. THAT was frightening! The side effects for me were bad too, so I was not disappointed to be taken off Bextra. There is, as yet, no cure for fibromyalgia. It affects each person differently. If you would like to know more about it you might want to go to the National Fibromyalgia Association website
http://www.fmaware.org/

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jerry b. Aug 9, 2006, 11:57pm EDT

Hmmm, beautifully written. Yet you didn't succomb to the pain. Instead you are active against it. You invite others to understand it better so that more will rally behind you against it. FIGHT... Why? Because you CAN!
Thank you for this glimpse into the world of a warrior such as yourself.

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Webduck * Aug 11, 2006, 12:05pm EDT

Thanks very much for the kind comments. Because the only solution to my pain is rather final, and I believe that doing something like the "S" word is very bad karma or whatever anyone would like to call it, I take each day at a time. Going out that way would hurt too many, and besides, I might mess it up! I try to keep my sense of humor (see previous sentence). Oh, and a regular supply of Paxil. When they took Paxil off the market over a year ago, my only recourse was to take Paroxitine, a Paxil replacement. It did NOT work the same way as the name brand and I was sinking lower and lower into a deep depression for about the last year. I knew that they had put Paxil CR back on the market, so I requested my doctor put me back on it. It takes a while to get in your system, but I can see the positive effects already. So, I am still "in the fight".

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jessie voigts Aug 11, 2006, 10:10pm EDT

great poem, carol! i have written one on pain, too.... here it is

carol - could you please edit this to publish it to our group, disability forum? it'd be perfect.

isn't it crazy, how much energy pain takes? i am allergic to pain meds. bleah.

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Angie Shiflett Aug 23, 2006, 5:14am EDT

Carol,

You really know how to express the pain that we feel with Fibromyalgia. It is sometimes a long and lonely road to deal with, but it is nice to see other people who have this illness are reaching out to the World and sharing their pain with others. A lot of people just do not realize what we live with on a daily ...well, sometimes, daily basis and how it can just creep up on you with no notice...Please, continue to be strong and spread awreness for our community.

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