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7months post Shoulder surgery and Fibromyalgia for ten years !!

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pollmadoll64
pollmadoll64

I am now 7months post shoulder surgery  after having had frozen shoulder for 4years  and have had Fibromyalgia for ten years. My question is does Fibromyalgia delay the healing process. I have not worked at all since the surgery and have had to seriously battle with both ESA AND PIPS ie the DWP .( I won in the end )during my healing process which has caused terrible stress to me and my family . I still cannot lift anything heavy and have pain everyday . Just wondering if anyone else out there has the same problem. As I am a cook and was a housekeeper ,live in a very rural village in Wiltshire I am finding it  very hard to find  non manual work. I only restarted driving a month ago and that is still very painful. Is there light at the end of this dark tunnel.I am also a single mother with two young sons who do not help as much as they should!

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  • tina46759
    tina46759 pollmadoll64

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    Hi I had new big toe joints one in January the second in February I like you have had crippling pain to the point that walking on my right ankle was like walking in Brocken bones my rheumatologist said had no one explained the effects of surgery with fibromyalgia the answer was no he said the pain in my ankle and increased pain throughout my body was fibromiagia reacting to the op I've been off work and am still off luckily I was awarded PIP first time but work are now looking to retire me early through ill health I'm 52 the whole process has caused a great deal of stress and anxiety I've felt very unsupported by my work place school setting and still can't see an end to this nightmare so I send you a big hug and can empathise with you xx
  • kaz_40
    kaz_40 pollmadoll64

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    Hi pollmadoll64 I have found that since having fibro, when we are ill with something else it takes alot longer to get over, fibro seems to make things worse.fibro I have found that  does seem to delay the healing process.I have a 19 year old son that doesnt want to help?????.You will get their things will get better but it will take time unfortunatly. take care
  • linda18441
    linda18441 pollmadoll64

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    I have had surgery for different things but have always been told it takes twice as long to recover from any illnesses or operations because I have fibromyalgia and M E. I hope you start to feel better soon being in pain constantly is very debilitating take care and take it day by day x
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