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Posted 5/26/2015 10:04 PM (GMT 0)
Grrrr. I have been diagnosed with fibro since 2004, and have learned to manage as well as I can. Good days and bad days,but I have not let this condition be an excuse for not doing something I want to do. I do not know if I am stubborn or just not too bright.

I was diagnosed with enteropathic arthritis about 4 years ago, due to my UC/Crohns. It's when the inflammation from the IBD hits the joints (knees,ankles,wrists,shoulders, elbows, spine.) My ankles have always ached and so this new diagnosis made sense. For a while, my rheumie had me on anti-inflammatories but even with precautions, they caused an ulcer to flare in the intestine. So, I had to go back to alternate painkillers which were less effective.

Recently, I have been having BIG pain in my elbows and wrists, for no apparent reason. My left arm is mostly affected, just the wrist and the elbow. My ankles are throbbing and so are my knees. I have really noticed a problem in the past month. Grrrr.

This is just me whining,BTW. I am already doing what I can to minimize the aches. I just hurt tonight.
Posted 5/26/2015 10:20 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry to hear you have new pains.

We just never know how we might be affected next..

Maybe it should be called the invisible / surprise disease..: )

Hope tomorrow is much better..
Posted 5/26/2015 11:26 PM (GMT 0)
(((((((((Hugs)))))))

I just love these new suprises, too.....not.

Hang in there and baby yourself for awhile.
Posted 5/27/2015 1:22 AM (GMT 0)
I have the arthritis from Crohns also but not too bad. But my elbows have been hurting lately and this is what happened when Fibro hit me originally. The pain shot down into my hands. My wrists will hurt sometimes and it like a,touch of carpal tunnel going on. Do your fingers tingle? If you have some carpal tunnel going on, your thumb, index finger, middle finger, and the inside of your ring finger will feel either some tingling or slight numbness. This is what is happening for me right now. Mit comes and goes...just like Fibro waxes and wanes. Fun, huh?

I have gotten bleeding ulcers from ibuprofen twice in 28 years. My doctor put me on a medication three years that helps prevent ulcers from forming and so far so good. Ibuprofen is like a wonder drug for me.

I hope this new pain goes away soon and you are feeling better.

Sherrine
Posted 5/28/2015 11:22 AM (GMT 0)
My left arm elbow and wrist hurt more in the summer than in the winter, along with my knees and ankles. This year my surprise is my hips and back. But I believe they hurt more because I'm doing more and not pacing myself.
Posted 5/28/2015 4:26 PM (GMT 0)
I have been having really sharp pain in my elbows, too, just the last few months. The right one's especially bad, and comes and goes. Sometimes I'll plop my elbow on the desk and find myself yelling!

And my left knee - it now hurts when I walk "too far," brand-new.

Ain't we got fun?!

Debbie
Posted 5/28/2015 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
So sorry to read of your flare up of pain. Does ice help you any when the pain first appears? I try so many things ice, heat, soaking in the tub with Epsom salt. I have carpal tunnel. I do some exercise for my wrists and fingers too. Only my right elbow causes pain still sometimes. It is from a bad fall a couple years ago. I think I injured nerves.

Glad that you are taking steps to bring the pain down some. We all have times where we do too much. Try to remember to take rest breaks when you need them.

Loring

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