Oh wow! I have such similar symptoms!! It took me YEARS of my symptoms getting worse, doctors just shoving bags of drugs at me and/or telling me or at least looking at me like I was making it all up, it was all in my head, I was just depressed, or shrugging their shoulders with nothing to tell me except “well, keep a health diary and let’s go from there”. After years of ups and downs and very hard pregnancies… finally, last year at age 31 (I’m 32 now), I started to find some answers. On my own, with the advice of a friend and with my own research and trial and error treatments.

I highly suggest that Veronica research the following things – and tell her doctor to test her for them (doctors don’t like to test for these things, because it’s not a simple blood test, and/or they aren’t familiar enough with them)…
1. gluten intolerance/celiac disease (for the headaches and stomach problems!!! I can totally avoid migraines and usually avoid other types of headaches for the first time in my teenage/adult life!)
2. fibromyalgia and chronic myofascial pain (fibromyalgia can mimic CFS, but it’s not the same thing, and from all her joint and pain issues – I am guessing she has the above two things – not CFS).

Please, please, please – ask me any questions if you guys decide to start researching any of these things – I have learned so much in the past almost-year, and would love to pass on the information to someone who could use it. I also, along with a gluten intolerance, have a chemical sensitivity, so have gone fairly ‘green’ which has helped many symptoms as well. If you need links to symptoms and how to diagnose any of the above mentioned items, let me know and I’ll send those along as well.

I’ll copy this comment onto Veronica’s blog as well. I HOPE this info can help you – I WISH someone had told me about these things years ago – I could have avoided so much pain and fatigue. I was finally getting to where I had energy, was feeling good, and was on a regular and actual difficult exercise regimen when I found out I was pregnant again. The pregnancy has exacerbated my symptoms so I can’t fight the diseases I have as well, but I do know enough that this pregnancy isn’t as bad as my last one.

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And you are so right, pregnancy is really not all that fun. I was so miserable the last couple of months (hobbit feet, out-of-whack back, pounding headaches) I finally understood while mothers screamed “Get this thing out of me” before they lovingly cradled their babe in their arms . . .

Take care, you . . .

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I find when I am feeling at my worst, I get the most compliments that I look good !!!!

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While it is not the same, the HT has affected me in such a way that I have a better understanding of what you mean than if I didn’t have it. They can’t actually treat the HT (the antibodies attacking my thyroid and making me feel miserable) but they can treat a damaged thyroid. Oh, wait, one that is damaged ENOUGH. After diagnosis (FINALLY) years ago, the doctor basically said, “When it’s really, really bad, we can help you. Right now it’s not bad ENOUGH, so there’s nothing we can do for you. But we need to keep doing regular tests and scans. Bye.”

It’s also an auto-immune disorder – a large part of my “immunity army” is too busy beating the shit out of my thyroid to work on ACTUAL invaders. *sigh*

I’ll bet you are ready for that baby to come out so that yu can at least eat more reliably… though sleep is what you really need, too, eh? Gahhhhhhh.

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Due to surgeries for 2 breast cancers I too have problems raising my arms for any length of time so, if DH isn’t around to peg out the washing, I usually just arrange it on a clothes-horse on the verandah. The other option is to take the little step-set out and stand on that. Worth a try?