Hi hopeathene~
Nice to meet you! You raise some interesting questions about
a disorder that is yet to be fully understood. I would be surprised if you found a fibro doc in an ER but it sure would be nice. I agree with fibro having 'wide ranging affects' on the body but 'what are they', 'what are the limits' and 'what can we do about
it' are all part of the same scenario.
Any time we have an 'insult' to our body the fibro reminds us that it's in charge of the pain and it's going to be worse. My guess is that having something like a kidney stone or fluid on the lung is enough of an insult to hike your pain levels. I can't see any reason why the fluid would be related to fibro, though. (I'm not a doctor nor would I pretend to be but I'm just sharing my experiences and ideas from reading and listening.)
Research done at major medical/teaching hospitals and university sites are just beginning to
open the door to fibro and get a tiny peek inside as to what or where the pain may be coming from. Currently it's felt that fibro is part of the central nervous system that amplifies pain to way more than is reasonable. If I merely bump my hand on the door jamb I feel like someone has sliced it
open with a knife. I can drop something on my foot and where it might be uncomfortable for a 'normal' person, to me it feels like I've just dropped a 200# brick on my toes. With so many systems in our bodies doing this and that and this darn 'fibro thing' doing it's demon work in there, we get sensations of pain that would disable the strongest athlete on the planet.
I haven't answered your question as satisfactorily as I wished but I just don't have the answer. Boy do I wish I did or some researcher did. We'd all be headed for pain free lives. But until that time I'll remain here trying to help my fellow fibromite. It's the best we can do for now.
Warm hugs,
Chutz
ps...glad the pain is gone now and hope it never returns!
