Questions

Hi everyone. I'm 32 years old, and I'm wondering if I should go to the Dr with my complaints. OR, just suck it up and just face the fact this is the way it is?Normally, I go to the dr. with a complaint & nothing is wrong, its just the way it is.

For several years, at least 6-7 years I have had knee pain. It just seems to get worse. If I sit for as long as 5 minutes, I try to get up & can't straighten my legs out all the way. I have to limp around until I get my feeling back. My legs feel stiff and I have this pain that goes behind my knee on the back side of my leg, and my knees hurt. My legs and feet fall asleep really easily. My hips hurt so bad. I lose sleep at night over my hips hurting because I can't get comfortable. My back hurts all the time. I feel exhausted. I go go go & just keep truckin trying to keep up with exercise, and being a mother and a wife and trying to help out with our business & the things I want/need to do. By 8pm I am so ready for bed.

I keep thinking in the back of my mind there is something wrong or something that can be done. I just really can't handle being told that I feel this way for no reason. But, i don't no how much longer I can put up with this either!

Thanks for any info or advice, I'm really lost here!

It really sounds like you could have fibromyalgia. Generally they rule everything else out before they give you a dianosis. You might want to try a different doctor. Look for one who believes in fibro.

I am familiar with the hip pain at night, and the exhaustion. I sleep on my right side and after a while my right hip is killing me. So I am constantly changing positions at night. Makes hard to get sleep.

Check out the thread called fibro101. There is a thread on that called "what else could it be?". I think that would give you some insight on what is going on.

Welcome to the forum by the way. I hope that you stay with us. You will find that there are a lot of wonderful, understanding members here.

Take care and I wish for you a painfree day.

Hugs, Karen

Thanks to the both of you!Yes, I toss & turn way to much at night. Trying to find relief from the pain in my hips and back. Then if I get comfortable, I notice I'm laying on my arm and it feels like its all cramped up and in knots! I wake up in the morning & just feel like I have been ran over by a truck!I just don't feel good 1/2 time. I'm always complaining about SOMETHING. I get so tired of it, I couldn't imagine how my husband must feel HAHA having to listen to me!I was looking at the whole list of symptoms under the fibro 101. I think it's just crazy what the other sites DON'T mention. The other sites I have come across the symptoms are so simple, you no?Like you have pain here or there, and if you don't then you prolly don't have fibromyalgia!I didn't realize there was much more to it!

It makes it difficult because I don't have insurance. Hopefully within the next year we will have something!I go to a clinic now, and if it doesn't show up on blood test or xray, then it probably isn't so!!

Thanks so much for responding

Thanks to everyone for replies!I'm going to have to get to the Dr. sometime soon. I would much rather wait until I have insurance ARGH. That may be a year, hopefully sooner than later HAHA.

I just feel sick all the time. Like, so ran down, tired & to the point of exhausted. Sometimes I think I'm over doing things, but when I slow down, I still feel like Im doing too much?

Thanks so much for your time