New here and struggling

Becca1982
Becca1982 Member Posts: 2
edited 28. Nov 2023, 14:09 in Living with arthritis

Hi, I’m new here so thought I would write a little about my story.

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and ME nearly 8 years ago. I knew it was wrong but initially all health professionals told me everything that was wrong was linked to my fibromyalgia. From eye pain to swollen pitted ankles.

i gave in recently and went to a private doctor who instantly said it’s not fibromyalgia and everything points to inflammatory arthritis. I was so relieved someone finally listened to me without butting in and was genuinely interested.

I now have a diagnosis of Bursitis and an immanent diagnosis of inflammatory Arthritis. I am living in constant pain, my mind is forever thinking about the pain, no meds reduce it, no treatments touch it. It’s got so much worse over the last few years I can’t see how I will be walking within a year. I’m 40 and I can’t put my own socks on!

i need to ask a few questions- firstly how to you explain to your partner how it feels? I try to tell my partner and I just get huffs and puffs with “what’s new”. I try to keep up with the house and the businesses but everything suffers!

How do you cope with being intimate? I have a partner with a high sd and he’s constantly angry I am in pain during and I turn him down. I try and explain but just get told I’m a let down.

I feel like I can not cope anymore, I’m angry about my life, I’m angry about my health and I’m angry I can’t even walk my dogs anymore.

sorry for this terrible hello post 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m not having the best day 🙋🏼‍♀️

Thank you for reading this xx

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