Originally Posted by kaykwilts
Originally Posted by mommafank
Those of you with FM----are you by chance nurses? There is a theory that it is more common among nurses and could be caused by a virus. Any comments?
My fibro specialists says fibro brain fog is a common problem not only with us who suffer with fibro (and Chemo as mentioned earlier) but is also common to those withthe Epstein-Barr virus :-(
OH NO! You didn't just say that!
I have BOTH fibro and EB, so I'm doubly cursed. No wonder I tend to forget things. I'm also getting older. So a TRIPLE blow!
It's why we start to make lists, and do things always in a routine, we do things in stages, taking breaks, then more and more breaks.
I was not a nurse. But some years ago had several severe illnesses all at the same time. It can happen if you start with a cold and then push through getting things done without resting and getting well. Your sick immune system just cannot fight off any other viruses that you come in contact with so you get them as well. I got a cold, and was moving both my mom and myself and everyone around me didn't believe me when I said I was really sick and needed more help. They all thought I just had a simple common cold. Got the cold, then bronchitus, then pneumonia, then CMV virus, then EB virus, then fibro. They wanted me in the hospital but I had just brought my mom home from 3 1/2 month hospital stay.
Pam M