Ok, to all the wise ones out there, I have a question.

About ten days ago I fell outside and landed my knee on a rock and bent my toe back. The pain was so intense that it took me a good while laying on the ground before the pain was at a level that I could crawl back to my wheelchair. I thought I had surely broken my knee, but within an hour the pain subsided and although it swelled a bit, I considered myself lucky.  But since then my knee pops out often and the pain is again, intense. So I went to the doctor and had the knee and the toe x-rayed. My doctor came in and told me that nothing showed on the x-rays and that it was "just part of the progression of fibromyalgia."  I told him, "But I have tried very hard to walk around everyday so that my legs do not atrophy. I vacuume the house and pull weeds." He said that I was probably making it worse by doing these things. "That is how you got injured and it takes a very long time to heal. So I suggest you stop doing it."

First, is it now definitely a "progressive" disease?  I heard rumors to that, but does my doctor know something I don't know?

Secondly, if it is progressive, what do I have to look forward to in the way of progression?

Thirdly, should I now contact Social Security and tell them I need help around the house and yard? Let me know what you think.

Crinkle