Hello!

[lovebristol]

Hi, I'm female and live in Bristol and after a few years of suffering with many fibro symptoms after an injury, my chiropracter has told me she thinks I have it and that I need to get my doctor onboard to get a formal diagnosis. I'm in my late 20s, used to do a lot of sport and miss it so my main aim at the moment is to find exercise that I can do (that's cheap and/or free) and find other things to spend my time on. Also looking to use the forum to help me in the process of getting a diagnosis so that whatever diagnosis I get, it's more likely to be the right one.

Looking forward to using the forum and getting to know people

[loubie]

hi

to the mad house
have a good look through the forum
you will find lots of answers to a lot of your questions
and if not just ask!
someone will always answer you and try and help

[denys]

Hi Lovebristol and to the forum glad yo've found us and look forward to getting to know you too.

[budda]

to the forum lovebristol

[shazq]

to the forum.
Any questions just ask.

[lovebristol]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone

Well I saw my chiro again yesterday and she's agreed to write a letter to my GP, I just hope she's on board with investigating it.

I think the main thing that I will be trying to find out is ways of managing it. Depression's better, GP looking to get me off the prozac after the winter which is great. Also slowly learning what not to eat - creamy cocktails last night were NOT a good idea, my stomach only seems to like skimmed/low fat dairy products (rubbish ). So it's mainly the physical stuff I need to get to grips with.

Are there any people out there who used to be really sporty who've manage to get back to a tolerable level of activity? If I don't go for a kick around on the downs in the next 12 months I fear I may go mad!