I was reading this and busting up laughing out loud, I can so relate and I love the name. I am so easily amused:
Fibromyalgia Pain: Knife in the Voodoo Doll
Sometimes, out of nowhere, I'll get an intense stabbing pain that seems to cut through my body. I've also described this as a fireplace poker in the ribs or being impaled on a spear.
For me, the voodoo doll pain is often my body's early warning system -- it tells me that I need to stop what I'm doing and rest. Other times, I have no idea why it strikes. I generally get this pain in my chest or abdomen, but some people say they get it in other parts of the body. It can be so intense that it can double me over and make it hurt to breathe. It usually goes away as after a few minutes. I have no idea how to prevent this type of pain, other than by pacing myself. (If only I could find that darned doll....)
Maybe some of you aren't amused but that is the way I'm gonna start describing it to the doctor so she can give me that crazy look......
She had some other ones on the site that she had names for, like the Sparkler Burns.... 