Posts from — November 2008

Fibro and CFS survivors have fun during the holiday season!   If you tried the soup diet and and are entering the season feeling a little bit better leave a comment and let us know!  If you haven’t tried the diet yet it’s not to late!  Pull the receipe up in this blog  (it works for almost anyone) and give it an attempt.  

Waiting for those wonderful testimonies !

Your Fibro Friend,

Cheryl

“Happy Thanksgiving” for those of you who celebrate this holiday!  It can be a happy one even for us who are challenged with disabling chronic pain from Fibormyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

 Care Tips :

Too often fibromyalgia sufferers solely rely on their physicians to get them better.  They follow their physicians’ advice by taking the medication that was prescribed to them to help with their symptoms, schedule their next follow-up appointment and don’t try to do anything further to improve their symptoms between visits.  These sufferers get caught in this vicious cycle and never improve.   

So what is a fibromyalgia sufferer to do?  First, it is important to find a physician who is going to take their time with you each visit.  They need to get to know you and your symptoms instead of worrying that there is a waiting room full of people.  This fibromyalgia specialist might be well versed about this disease, but if you don’t get the attention or time you deserve, how effective will their treatment be?

Many times I hear from my fibromyalgia patients who have been elsewhere for treatment is this: they (the patient) will wait in a specialists’ waiting room for a lengthy period of  time (at times up to an hour or more) then they more to the examination room where they wait again.  When this fibromyalgia “specialist” comes into the treatment room, the specialist is typically too hurried to answer any more than one to two questions.  This specialist is in and out of the treatment room and off to the next patient within minutes. 

Many patients become frustrated that they never got a chance to ask many of their questions.  These patients go home frustrated with almost as many uncertainties about their fibromyalgia case after the office visit as

when they first arrived.   

You don’t want to be just a “number” in your physicians’ office as you are at the deli counter in your local supermarket.  You need a physician who will take their time with you and listen to your questions and concerns.

Your physician should also be open to your suggestions or thoughts from your own fibromyalgia research.  This is why it is very important for you to educate yourself about fibromyalgia.  Education is one of the best proactive steps you can take when it comes to treating your fibromyalgia and increasing your chances of getting better. 

Dr. Mike Swierczynski DC, MS.