melissa_whitener
Fibromyalgia pain is making it increasingly difficult but...
Mar 06, 2012
I refuse to give in to it and stop working. My job is not hard. I sit at a table in an adjustable chair. I look at small pieces of plastic tubing. I take and write down measurements of the tubing. I get up, walk around, and sit back down. I lift things that weigh less than a can of soup. Why then, is my body screaming with pain every night when I have hours yet to work? Simple, really, I have the bad luck to have fibromyalgia, also known as the mystery illness that nobody really knows squat about. I have been working this job for about a month and a half now, and my pathetic muscles continue to cramp and spasm.The small, somewhat repetitive motions that are involved in my job should not be enough to cause anyone pain, and a normal person would find this job restful, even! You get to sit, but not for too long, and there are a variety of tasks to perform so I can stand up and walk around fairly often. There's no extended period of standing, and only a little computer time involved.
I like my coworkers. This is a big thing, since stress makes fibromyalgia pain so much worse. I am fairly relaxed as I perform my various tasks, and I can take a break, roll my shoulders, stretch and walk around as often as I need to. This is the ideal job for someone who can't stand to sit still for too long, or who can't stay on her feet all night. It seems so crazy that I am having so much pain when this is a great job for me!
Every evening before work I get the heating pad out and sit with it against my back, then take a hot shower and have my husband rub my back down with Ben Gay. Every morning when I get home I immediately get back on the heating pad to try to get my knotted muscles to relax. I called my doctor earlier this week requesting something to take at bedtime to help the muscles relax, no call back, no prescription. I keep thinking that my body will eventually get used to the job and the tasks that I am performing and this will stop. There is no reason why I cannot have a full time job. Really. Who am I trying to convince?
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