Fibromyalgia makes me feel old before my time
Even others comment that I am like a 90 year old
Thanks to the stiffness, the pain and the fatigue
Every time someone mentions it, it only worries me more
Its not a nice thought to know how much I’m already suffering
How will I be when I am older if my body is already old?
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I struggle to climb the stairs more than my grandma
I can’t sit on the floor as there is no way I’m getting back up
I have the talent to hurt myself from a sneeze or a cough
My brain functions as though I’m getting senile
Forgetting absolutely everything and getting things mixed up
The lack of energy that makes even the simplest task seem impossible
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Its hard to think of the future when I already feel old
How will I cope when I’m more weaker and frailer?
I’m already in agony, how much worse can it get?
I just try to focus on myself a day at a time
On how to get through each day as best as I can
And I continue to hope for a way to feel better
Hello Fibro Blog 
I know how you feel. I’m 57 I dread living the next 30-40 years in this condition.
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I thought I was the only one who thought this
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I am 51 and can’t think of living old age.
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Somehow we will get through it 💜
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My heart goes out to you to be so young and incapacitated by such an insidious illness. I’m 67 and have deteriorated dramatically in the last year. I can’t imagine living another twenty years like this. God bless you and all that have been dealt with this.
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I also know the feeling 49 😢 Im a shame when I see my older mother of 82 is doing so great ….
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Hi Bethan, I just found your blog for the first time through Pinterest. I am 25 and feel exactly the same way! I look like I’m 18 but bc of Fibro and CFS I feel like I’m ancient. It’s hard to live our young years not feeling young and able. I’ll pray for you. Hopefully before we are really old there will be some treatment for this disease!
Ani
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I’m so sorry you’re going through a similar journey to me. It really isn’t easy but we are stronger than our illness. We can and will keep going no matter what life throws at us 💜
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I am 71 and have suffered with fibro for 25 years. Aside from all the pain, the attitude of others is horrible. They do not understand that some that the disease is crippling. I finally decided to ignore them and do what I can when I can without regard for any of their opinions.
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Bless your heart!
I know exactly how you feel but you’re way too young! Many spoons and gentle hugs for you my dear!
Love
Jackie
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Thanks so much for your kind words! X
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I’m so pleased to be 65, not 25. I believed I was doing quite well alternatively living with and fighting against the fibro, when I managed to do a dramatic dive in my own front room and snapped my right humerus. Nearly a year ago, still painful but not as bad; I’m left fighting the tripled power of gravity pulling me head downwards, and all the fibro symptoms on high beam. Thank heavens for a supportive flatmate, and for this rather sympathetic blog and commenters.
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I know exactly how you feel. I’ve been struggling with fibromyalgia for quite a few years now & it is just so tough & depressing. To not be able to live normal & every day be such a struggle is just so heartbreaking. I feel so much older than I am but I’m young at heart. I want to do so much but my body just want let me most of the time. I pray for you & all that are suffering from chronic illnesses. I pray for a cure for this evil illness that has taken over my life & so many others.
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I completely understand where you’re coming from. I’ve been dealing with fibro for about 25 yrs now. Diagnosed when I was still in my teens. I just live each day and pray it’ll be alright.
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