Diagnosis...

I'm a proud mother of a beautiful 7 year old boy... He's my life and my strength to keep going even on the days that I dont have the courage to open my eyes.  I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in June of 2012.

In retrospect I've been dealing with it since after my son's birth.  First, I was diagnosed with Severe Depression (post partum), then months later I began with anxiety attacks. A year later I began having severe pelvic pain that led me to a laproscopy with no results explaining the reason or cause for my pain.  I was fine with aches and pains for about a year but nothing severe.  Suddenly I began with impressive neck pain and tension headaches... Migraines, is what they'd always been called. Finally I felt what I thought were my joints giving up on me.... My Dr finally referred me to specialist thinking I may have rheumatoid arthritis. The specialist did all sorts of tests and after extensive medical history, determined that, in fact, it was Fibromyalgia.

Until this point, I'd only heard of it on TV and knew the version of it that "normals" know. The Dr. explained a vast majority of symptoms but also told me to go home and research it. And that's when I realized how long I've been dealing with it.  I learned that all the aches and pains weren't 'all in my head' like so many people like to say.  And that 'getting out' wasn't necessarily an easy thing or even recommended. I realized I wasn't alone and that it was setting up to be a bumpy ride but definitely one that I could handle.  I'm not one to give up easily.  Definitely a fighter.  I know that I'm not alone now and that, in itself, gives me a reason to write and share what I'm going through.  I don't think that I will ever be a role model of any sort, but a testimony to the fact that I'm not alone and that Fibromyalgia is real.

And so begins the story of a Fibro Princess...