About Me: Female, 51, Seattle - WA, member since Dec 2007
I am just starting to navigate menopause and looking into better healthy options for HRT but the reason for my doing MedHelp is my quest to find answers to fibromyalgia that has taken my vivrant daughter down to the depths of pain, dispair and frustration. A year ago s
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[More]he was sick, didn't get better, lost her job, her marriage, her life. In the past 12 months have learned alot about health care, mostly that you have to do research, ask questions, push for tests and then do more research on your own.
Nicole started with Mono and Parvo Virus, had a strep infection in her finger that required surgery, odd bruising on her legs, chronic fatigue and intestinal bloating. We now know that she has Celiac and wonder if others with Fibromyalgia also have Celiacs. As a result of Celiacs she has osteomelasia and osteopenia (sp)
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This has been a long journey for my daughter Nicole and myself. Other family members have been involved as well but there is such a bond between mother and daughter, her ...[more]
