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“The PIT ’’......My Story
Welcome to the podcast Fibromyalgia Real Solutions with Amanda Love. You are listening to episode 2. By the way, you can listen to this podcast wherever you are in the world and at any time that you wish. I always include show notes for those with “ brain fog” so you don’t have to take notes. If you missed my previous episode on what to expect from my podcast you may want to listen to it before this one.
I do believe that there is a lot of information both good and bad out there about fibromyalgia. As an educator who specializes in this area, I think it is my job to point out to you that the good information can be organized in a fashion that will guide you to take some action steps that will start you on the path to recovery.
My name is Amanda Elise Love and I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 9 years ago which influenced my decision to enter the field of nutrition and now I am a Registered Holistic Nutritionist who works with those who are suffering from fibromyalgia.
The Long Slide into the Pit Throughout my infancy to the age of 20 I was very ill. For 8 to 10 days at a time, my temperature would elevate to over 104 degrees. I was toxic and the pediatricians and other medical professionals did not know why. I would recover only to be struck down again every 4 to 6 weeks later. My daily struggle to overcome this mysterious illness was beyond comprehension. I was distraught and my family was distraught as I fought this mysterious illness over and over again. Then, it happened !!!! I fell into “The Pit “. Now a new round of specialists became involved. These included a Rheumatologist, Physical therapist, Chiropractor, ENT, wellness facilities, pain center, and acupuncturist. After all of these consultations, I had no answers and I felt no better. Eventually, the Rheumatologist decided that I had fibromyalgia. The only recommendations she made included taking Cymbalta and going to physical therapy. The Cymbalta made me feel so terrible and nauseated and did nothing for the pain. I had weeks of physical therapy and deep muscle injections at the pain center which were excruciating and neither of these helped. A year went by and I’m still looking for answers that would help my extreme pain and fatigue. “I was definitely in the pit!” The pit of frustration, pain, exhaustion, discouragement, anxiety, depression and so on. It was dark and lonely in this pit but I had some renewed hope one day when I found a broken ladder in the pit. The rungs in the ladder were all there too so I tried to match them to the rails but the ends of the rungs where all different, some were round, some square, some triangular. I tried so hard to fit the rungs but I couldn’t. I started calling out hoping that someone would hear my cries. Someone did. She said, “ I could give you some pain medication that would help you get out of this pit.” Someone also said “I have some massage oil that would help relieve your pain. It is the latest thing.” Another person said, “you have to try the immune-boosting diet that will give you more strength.” And so it went and so it went.
For the rest of the show, notes click on this website-http://amandaeliselove.com/the-pit-my-story-show-notes/
