Fibromyalgia - Would it be good to move to New Mexico?? (Albuquerque: health insurance, mattresses)

[Fischer_girl]

My chiropractor told me "you think you liked FL...you'd LOVE AZ". Well SF is probably about as close as I can get without being there...and I'm still a fan of FL for these issues.

[lizardlover]

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia when I lived in NM, but already had it for years, in South Dakota. It did not become debilitating until I moved to northwestern Washington six years ago. I think it is the climate in WA, cold, damp, dreary and moldy! Fibromyalgia might be a central nervous system disorder, rather than autoimmune in nature, but I would strongly urge anyone with any suspected autoimmune problem (and cancers, diabetes, Alzheimers, ALS, MS, Crohn's, etc., are all immune system related) to investigate Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) therapy. Check out The Low Dose Naltrexone Homepage. You might get your life back.

Oh, I never had asthma until I moved to WA, but now, with LDN, that is gone. But I digress.

The New Mexico sunshine can do wonders for a body, and I feel much better when I go back to NM on vacation, almost pain free.
I do, however, know a man who is totally incapacitated with CFS and lives in Albuquerque.

Viva New Mexico, anyway! I wish I could move back!

[songinthewind7]

I've heard that fibromyalgia is a hard thing to diagnose and alot of times a person will have it and it can take forever for someone to let you know you have it.
I have a friend with it and like I said in my previous post, she goes to a massage therapist, does yoga and exercise and she's changed her diet and seems to be doing better. She lives in Kansas where it's humid.

[nmchick]

I moved here over 3 years ago and my fibro is much more under control here. I feel it during monsoon when the barometric pressure shoots up, but that is so much less time than living in the coastal fog. The hot mineral water in the bath houses here in Truth or Consequences helps, too; plus I found a goat's milk based all natural lotion that I use morning and night. Have been all all prescription meds for 3 years now! I would recommend south of Albuquerque not Taos or Santa Fe or high altitudes.

Originally Posted by richj777

Hi:

My wife has fibromyalgia. Has anyone out there moved from a more cold and humid state (i.e. Iowa) and had good success with reducing the problematic symptoms of Fibromyalgia?? I would love to hear either positive or negative responses.

Thanks!!

Rich

[yosper89]

Rich ,

[FONT=Verdana]I have lived all over this county and have found that while living in a warmer two season area that I feel consistently much better.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]My symptoms are much easier to deal with on a daily bases.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]The question that you have to ask your self is where would you be happiest as a family or couple. As a Northerner I have had to make some personal sacrifices living in the South.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]After spending a year here I have come to appreciate southern hospitality and now understand why these people are so dam happy all the time. It either grows on you and you except it look past the differences or you have to leave. One that helped me understand the South is to realize that after the Civil war ended that we as Northerners did nothing or very little to rebuild what was destroyed. This has led to generation after generation of poverty.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]After realizing this I came to appreciate Southerners what they really had to offer “There hearts and souls”.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]I hope that wear ever you decide to move to that you take inventory of yourself and take a long look the culture that will be embracing[/FONT]

[jaada]

there is no cure for fibro, i have it and it runs in my family, my mom, sister, daughter, sons have it. however i do know that you can do one of 2 things, my mom took the drug way out. she is on all kinds of prescribtion drugs for pain and i took a different approach, when my doctor diagnosed me with it she told me if you dont move now you wont when you are older. i took that to heart. i started exercising and cut out processed foods junk foods and white flour and sugar. let me tell you it hurt like hell to exercise and there were times i just couldnt and there still is, but i started and didnt stop. i got up to running 5 miles a day and lifting weights. it has helped me tremendously, i felt a difference right away. now if i dont exercise for a couple of days i dont feel well at all. there are times when i am too tired to move and i dont push myself, i just do it another day but those days are fewer and fewer since i started this.

[songinthewind7]

Originally Posted by jaada

there is no cure for fibro, i have it and it runs in my family, my mom, sister, daughter, sons have it. however i do know that you can do one of 2 things, my mom took the drug way out. she is on all kinds of prescribtion drugs for pain and i took a different approach, when my doctor diagnosed me with it she told me if you dont move now you wont when you are older. i took that to heart. i started exercising and cut out processed foods junk foods and white flour and sugar. let me tell you it hurt like hell to exercise and there were times i just couldnt and there still is, but i started and didnt stop. i got up to running 5 miles a day and lifting weights. it has helped me tremendously, i felt a difference right away. now if i dont exercise for a couple of days i dont feel well at all. there are times when i am too tired to move and i dont push myself, i just do it another day but those days are fewer and fewer since i started this.

I'm proud of you and others that do something for themselves to help either get over or control the health issues.
Most give up, take the easy way out and do the drugs for a lifetime.

[JDTH]

I do not have fibromyalgia, but I do live with chronic pain everyday. I have degenerative arthritis in both knees and right ankle. I have had 14 surgeries on my right ankle. My right ankle is fused and I have had two triple arthrodesis. (A triple arthrodesis consists of the surgical fusion of the talocalcaneal (TC), talonavicular (TN), and calcaneocuboid (CC) joints in the foot. The primary goals of a triple arthrodesis are to relieve pain from arthritic, deformed, or unstable joints). I have multiple screws, staples and a rod about 12" long in my ankle and leg. I have taken mild narcotics every day for the past 25 years. I take Tylenol # 3 which contains codeine. I don't think I am taking the easy way out. The Tylenol helps me deal with the pain. I have also taken some much stronger medication on occasion.

I think everybody has to make their own choice as to how to deal with pain. Pain affects everyone differently. Some people have a strong tollerance for pain and some don't. I am not addicted to the codeine, it just helps to ease the pain and if I needed to take something stronger I would.

[songinthewind7]

Sorry JDTH,
I didn't mean that everyone was taking the easy way out. I was talking about people with Fibromyalgia. What I meant was, some people take the easy way out. Fibromyalgia is something that can be worked with through diet, exercise and a pill every once in awhile.
Some physical issues are like that and some are not.
Yours is not.

[JDTH]

Originally Posted by songinthewind7

Sorry JDTH,
I didn't mean that everyone was taking the easy way out. I was talking about people with Fibromyalgia. What I meant was, some people take the easy way out. Fibromyalgia is something that can be worked with through diet, exercise and a pill every once in awhile.
Some physical issues are like that and some are not.
Yours is not.

Song,

I know you didn't mean anything personal. I feel for people with fibromyalgia. Besides pain I would think it very stressful also. I just think everybody has to find out what works best for them. I wish I didn't have take the pills everyday, but that is what works best for me.

I have tried, acupuncture, hypnosis, cortisone injections and few other things including going to a shrink to learn how to deal with the pain. I've gone to doctors who specialize in pain management and they use radiofrequency on me. The actually burn some of the nerves that go to my right foot. They go in through my back at the L2-L3 level and burn about an inch of nerves. The problem is that the nerves grow back in a year or two. It is a very painful procedure, but is worth it. The won't knock me out because I have to be alert enought in case they hit my spine instead of the nerves.