Posted 9/8/2010 11:43 PM (GMT 0)
I don't really have any great answers, unfortunately, but am very curious to see what others have to say. It sure seems like it would be...things seem to inflame and flare up for me from one day to the next. I have no clue what NORMAL is when it comes to fibro...or which pain and ache may be something else. I do have the chest pain that gets worse from time to time and my dr thinks that is part of it for sure. She asked me which pains just don't seem to make sense to me. Some of them do b'cuz of known problems such as neck, hands, shoulder, foot, low back and such. The ones that didn't make sense to me were the chest, ribs, and outter hip pain. To her these were very normal and almost seemed to be the final convincer for her when doing the fibro diagnosis. I would think blood tests couldn't hurt. They did mine to rule out the others b'cuz the symptoms are so similar. Can I ask...what are "tias"?? I have seen this term a couple times today. My dr seems to think that the fibro will continue to show itself in random wierd ways, and will be different from one day to the next. It is kinda scary for me b'cuz how do you know when something else is going on or do things just go untreated while I assume it all the fibro. I know they say it does not cause the pain but amplifies the pain...it all seems confusing to me...and that is scary cuz I am lost and confused more often than I am confortable with these days. Best of luck to you...I hope someone has some answers that we can both learn from.