Hello all,
I was hoping you all could give me a little advice/info. I am 27 and have not been diagnosed with fibro yet but I'm trying to get in with my doctor to speak with him about it. I have a lot of symptoms of fibro but i'm not sure if that's what it is or not. Let me give you a little of my medical background and maybe you guys can tell me if you think it could be fibro related.
2006 was a very stressful year for me. I got pregnant with my first child in April, my granny got sick in July and was in and out of the hospital, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August and we were told she would have between 3 months and a year left and she died in September, 12 days before my son was born 10 weeks premature. He was in the hospital for one month, during which I was having horrible gallbladder attacks. I had my gallbladder removed in November, 2 days after we brought him home from the hospital. After that everything was pretty good, except for the stress of caring for a new baby and grief. In 2008 I had my wisdom teeth pulled, and I'm not sure if it really effects anything but it was after that that my health seemed to go downhill. In June 2009 I had knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus as well as some other issues that had been going on for a while. My knee had been swollen for over a year but I didn't have insurance so I couldn't do anything about it, luckily I got insurance at the beginning of 2009. I overworked the knee after surgery and tore the meniscus again in the same place resulting in another surgery in January 2010. Around June of 2010 I went to the ER thinking I had a kidney stone and found out I had an ovarian cyst. Follow up with my gyno indicated I may have endometriosis. Had lap surgery for endo in September of 2010 confirming that diagnosis. Felt better immediately after surgery as far as abdominal and pelvic pain went. Doc told me to do lupron shots for 6 months but I was unable to afford them even with insurance. She also told me I would probably be having a hysterectomy in 5 to 8 years for my endo. Then at the end of 2010 I had carpal tunnel release surgery on my right hand. At that point I decided 2011 was going to be my healthy year with no surgeries! Unfortunately I was laid off in June of this year. I thought that it would be good for me to have some time to rest and spend the summer with my son having fun. I had hoped all my aches and pains that I thought were from being a working mom and just doing a lot would go away. That has not been the case at all. I hurt everyday in my back, neck, shoulders, hips, and thighs and sciatica pain. Its better some days than others. I have always suffered from migraines but they went away when I was pregnant and started coming back around the time I had my first knee surgery. I now have 2 or more a month. I'm also so tired all the time. I can't get enough energy to play with my son the way I want to, let alone do housework. I also have TMJ. My husband has commented several times on my hearing and memory problems. It has caused me to feel very depressed, like I'm a bad mother and wife because of all these issues. I feel like my body is just wore out. I had talked to a previous doctor about my back pain last year and she did some blood tests and mentioned fibro. She put me on Savella which didn't help at all. Then she said I didn't have fibro because my blood test didn't show inflamation. She didn't check tender points. I saw my current doctor a couple months ago about helping me lose weight and at the time had a horrible tmj headache and was waiting on my tmj splint to come in. He gave me a free sample of Nucynta to try. He said it was a narcotic pain med but it wasn't like Vicodin or percoset. It made me feel like a normal person again. When I found out I was getting laid off I called him and asked for a refill prescription for it since it's a name brand and not a generic and I wanted to get it filled before I lost my insurance, which he did. I am amazed at how much I can get done when I take that medicine! I know I've rambled and given you guys a lot of info about me but I would like to know if you think that I may have fibro, if the fibro could have been caused by the stress of the last few years and the physical impact of having all the surgeries in a short time, and if any of you have tried nucynta for fibro and how it worked for you. Would I be wrong to ask my doctor to prescribe it to me again? It's supposed to be a strong medicine but it's not as strong as percoset in my opinion and it doesn't make me sleepy. I just don't want him to think I just want pain medicine. My hubby is a cop so that's not even an issue. I just want to be able to be the mom and wife my family deserves and I don't feel like I am right now. Another issue I have is that I don't have any medical insurance right now so I can't really afford a bunch of tests and expensive meds. Again, I'm sorry to ramble on so much but I'd appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks a bunch!