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Any males out there who also have Fibro?

Sat, 31/05/2008 - 9:13pm — benjamincook

Never met anyone with Fibro before, or indeed spoken to them. Have long wondered if it was a female only affair and not really something that happened to men.

Would be nice to hear from someone who is male and is indeed suffering greatly from Fibro pain and stifnness. Would like to know if they see much value in living this way, and how indeed one justifies one's existence when one must endure such suffering without any reasonable hope for a cure.

Being as dark as I am I guess I tend not to raise my voice, but I'd like to know if there were other once capable and independent men who have in effect lost their ability to choose how they may live and how in turn this condition has altered their lives.

Anyway, I wish I could be a little more uplifting and inspiring but this is my reality and I'm just wondering if I'm indeed the only fella in Australia to live this way.

later all,

Benny

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Sat, 31/05/2008 - 9:20pm — Abbey

Not alone :)

Hi Benny,

I only just located your post, I'm not sure how it ended up where it did but I've moved it over to the main section so more people can find it Smiling

You are not alone, although you are right, I know far fewer guys with FM than I do women with FM. Dan, one of my good friends and the IT guru and general fixit guy for the society has Fibromyalgia. I'll give him a yell and get him to pop in and say hi Eye-wink

Mon, 21/07/2008 - 9:02am — rich

thier doesn't seem to be many males

Hi Benny,
my wife who is also my fulltime carer found this site and saw your comment.
i only talked to one other guy and he was in england but have lost contact with him
i have been bad since 1999 and have had my ups and downs i can count the days on one hand that i haven,t had pain.
getting up each day well ! thats hard i have had days were i wish i didn,t but i have a beautiful family and thats the only reason i do. i have had cycles of this deasease,condition whatever it is since i was 8 it was only server for 12 to 18 months at a time when i was 8,14,26, but it hasn,t eased since 1999 this time and at the moment has flared up agian. i know the pain can become unbearable at times even the meds don,t get rid of it ,i submerse myself into my xbox games or computer games.
just a few questions how long have you had it
doyou take any meds for thse pain.
i have fribromyalgia , chronic fatigue ,and hasimotos thyroiditis
i live in a small country town on the nsw,qld border
any way if you want to chat send a message
live life as well as you can
Rich

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