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I just feel like crying today! My daughter has a really bad ear infection in her right ear and has awaken me every four hours for the past several nights. As soon as the Tylenol wears off she is standing at my bedside crying. This is not doing wonders for my Fibro. And my heart breaks b/c I cannot relieve her of this pain for more than 4 hours at a time.

I am so miserable today I can't stand it. I am not achey but I have a headache. And I think it is from the simple touch of my shirt on my neck. I am at work and cannot disrobe, but I really want to rip this shirt off. You can't imagine how much pain a simple touch of a shirt on a neck can cause (well some of you can). I also have a spot above right above my tush on my back that is so tender I swear there should be a HUGE bruise there but there is nothing there. It is making it impossible to sit in the chair. My headache is causing nausea and I feel I may have an attack of D luming. I am burping like a world champ burper. I want to go home but I can't b/c I am the only one in the office today and have to answer the phones.

My daughter has been to the doctor's again this morning and they gave her even more prescriptions and nothing seems to help so I am looking forward to another sleepless night. And I was talking to my MIL on the phone and she asked if I was alright lately b/c I look really bad. She said I look really tired (Duh!) and I look like I have lost weight. I do think I have lost weight b/c my pants are starting to bag. I can't afford to lose weight. I am 28 years old 5' 7" tall and weigh 135lbs. I look thin but not unhealthy but if I lose weight I will start to look unhealthy. I know b/c it took me forever to get to a healthy weight. I was 90 lbs. for years and outsiders thought I was anorexic. They didn't know that everything I ate came out the other end so I wasn't gaining much weight. It took having my first child at 21 years old to get me to 113lbs. And then I was still unhealthy looking. And after my second child at 23 years old I went up to 120 lbs. and looked normal for once in my life and didn't get disapproving looks everywhere I went. Then finally at age 25 I suddenly gained weight and came to my current weight of 135 lbs. And people actually told me for the first time in my life that I looked good instead of too thin.

I think it is the IBS diet (which really helps my tummy) causing the weight loss b/c it is low-fat. How do you maintain weight on this diet? Anyone have any suggestions? I don't want to gain or lose any weight but just maintain my weight. For me this is my perfect weight and my GP has confirmed that I am right where I should be finally.

Thanks for listening to my whining!

I know I could have it much worse. My sister struggles with an overweight problem and I know in our society that is looked upon disapprovingly. You can be waif model thin but not overweight. So I am thankful I don't have that struggle b/c I see how painful it is for my sister. And I do have Fibro and IBS but I am thankful that I do not have some horrible terminal disease. It's just that some days are harder than others. Thanks for your support ladies (and Gents).

Christie

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Christie
~Hoping and Praying for Sleep!~

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