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Posted 3/29/2012 5:38 PM (GMT 0)
shocked  Hi everyone,

I am experiencing new symptoms. Swelling!  My ankle on one leg is swelling and my knee on the other. Now I've noticed my hands are falling asleep while sleeping, which they have done that before but now it's while typing like this or holding the phone to talk. I'm just feeling miserably bloated. Pain seems to be intensifying and in new areas. In my right shoulder blade, elbows and knees..I called and made an appt with pcp. My dad had conjestive heart failure and I remember they were always having to drain fluid off his body. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Thanks for any info, I appreciate it!!!

Hugs,

FibroNana/Jerrie

Posted 3/29/2012 6:16 PM (GMT 0)
Jerrie,

I'm glad you made the appointment. It is kind of disconcerting to have fluid buildup. I've had it recently with my sciatica, and even though it went down some after my spinal surgery, it wasn't completely gone. So I had to get an ultrasound of my leg, because they were concerned about blood clots. Luckily they didn't find one.

Now I'm the only one who can tell it's not quite back to its normal size yet. And it still hurts and feels numb. Baby steps, I guess....

It's always something, isn't it? :( I hope you can see what's going on soon, and don't have too much pain. Have you ever had it at all before?

Debbie
Posted 3/29/2012 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
My pcp just gave me a script for water pills I'm a little hesitant in taking them though because they can deplete potassium
Posted 3/30/2012 12:58 AM (GMT 0)
achebody,
Have fluid retnetion before? NO, what is weird is all I drink is water...I had blood clots in my early 20s..I'm 53 now.

It seems the pain has just intensified so much lately...I am just miserable...I know it will pass...it always gets a little better..you just get to the point sometimes that well it just feels like there is no soft place to land...
Posted 3/30/2012 3:03 AM (GMT 0)
FibroNana, I'm no doctor, but your swelling doesn't sound like the kind that comes from congestive heart failure...I hope you get answers soon.  When is your appointment?
Posted 3/30/2012 8:41 AM (GMT 0)
Hello all I am new to this site and i've read some of the posting about Fibromyalgia as well as Lupus. I do have Lupus but my PCP is ruling out the Fibromyalgia but so of the signs that I've been having is the pain in my neck, shoulder, knees, swelling of my ankles, as well as my wrist. Could so of these symptoms possible be Fibromyalgia?
Posted 3/30/2012 9:07 AM (GMT 0)
Welcome to the fibro foum leanie. Sounds like you have a good Dr. Checking you out. Have they done the tender point test yet? As you can see by having lupus how some of the symptoms are alike with fibro. The pain you describe is it feel like you been beat with a bat? I don't get the swelling, but I have heard others do. I don't have lupus, but I know others on this forum have both. Maybe they can give you better input on figuring it out.
Posted 3/30/2012 9:29 AM (GMT 0)
the tender point test is that when they apply pressure to your knees, elbows or inner thighs? if so then yes I have. I have even been put on different meds that made the pain better but they had some side affects so I was taken off of them. I just know that living a life with these conditions are very hard and stressful..
Posted 3/30/2012 12:31 PM (GMT 0)
kimliz59, I made my appt for Monday...So we shall find out something then..

hope everyone has a wonderful pain free weekend!

FibroNana/Jerrie
Posted 3/30/2012 2:03 PM (GMT 0)
FibroNana, good luck at your appointment on Monday, and be sure to post the results. 

Just thought of something...my grandma and my mom had congestive heart failure, and they were told to weigh themselves when the fluid retention was under control, and then to weigh themselves daily after that.  If they saw a weight gain of three pounds or more in a twenty-four hour period, they were to contact their physician, who would increase their "water pill"/diuretic dosage.

The reason I don't think your swelling sounds like what you get with CHF is because that normally starts at the ankles and works its way up from there...you wouldn't have one unswollen ankle, but yet the knee would be swollen.

Again, I'm not a doctor, but I want to put your mind at ease.  Be sure to post the outcome of your appointment, and have a good weekend! 

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