it does sound like one issue you<EE have, is Reynaud's. I base that on your statement that the skin is white. Pretty easy to google "Reynaud's" & "Images", and then you can see pictures, but it could look a bit different on someone else who suffers more or less blood flow to bigger or smaller areas than you. Until you get diagnosed, the dermatologist and another doc since then, said that for reynaud's, keep your core very warm, just as you should the feet and hands. What is best is to prevent the spasming of the blood vessels in the extremeties in the first place, so that your feet (and hands) never get in the situation of reduced blood flow in the first place. Easier to prevent than to reverse.
On another forum, we had a thread just asking how many had Reynauds. This was a fibro plus ME/CFS forum. Lot's of people had Reynauds. What I found interesting is that a lot of that Reynaud's group also had hypothyroidism. Just in case there is a connection to your problems, you may want to read symptom lists for hypothyroidism. your fatigue is the big red flag of hypothyroidism, as is getting cold, etc.
Hypothyroidism is also quite common in fibro, and since thyroid hormone literally instructs every cell on it's metabolism, if you think about
that, fuel use instruction can influence a heck of a lot of symptoms. In a hypothyroid state (too little thyroid hormone), everyone's body is going to distribute the limited thyroid hormones in different places, so the cascade of problems from having too little thyroid hormone will be different from one patient to the next. Even nerve cells need enuf fuel.
And if you should get tested for hypothyroidism, understand that running the TSH blood lab is a totally inadequate testing method. Three other tests should also be added. MOST doctors do not know this. And even if all four of the proper tests say to a doc "there's no hypothyroidism here", if the patient has the symptoms, then it's time to find another doc, if that doc isn't listening as regards to your hypothyroid symptoms. Blood work is not the be all and end all of diagnosing and treating hypothyroidism. It's too complicated for that concept to hold up.
For instance some people might have enuf hormone show on blood work, but that doesn't mean there isn't a transport problem. People with fibro, diabetes and a lower calorie diet were shown to have problems getting the hormone on to receptors. Even BPA's in plastics, absorbed by drinking something stored in a plastic bottle, or absorbed thru the skin (as from plastic furniture, or toys) can take up receptor spots and prevent hormone from getting on receptors.
Post Edited (Rockon) : 3/17/2014 4:12:41 PM (GMT-6)