Pat
Hi BeeZee It was great hearing from someone who is upbeat. After awhile you get use to living with fms knowing that a cure will not come in my lifetime & I have shed years of tears. I find exercise to be a great help, I too have spent 2 yrs in physical therapy. I do wear the patch it helps alot with aching & enables me to walk especially just getting up which is always the worse. What did it make you feel like? So far no problems with it. I also take vitamins & have found SAMe 200 helps with the depression along with medication although it is rather expensive. I was very fortunate not to be operated on although I almost went that route. I have a wonderful rhumatologist who speaks all over regarding fibro. But before I found him I went to Neuro's in Jersey and Phila. who couldn't give me any diagnosis. I was receiving injections in my back for spasms & hated it! Now I find when the spasms start I take a tranquilizer and it controls the spasms. Great huh...I feel like a walking medicine chest. May 15th has been designated Fibro day hopefully with more awareness of this dreadful disease it will be taken more seriously & more funding will be given to help people who suffer like we do. We can only hope. Take care and don't give up Pat