Thank you for the replies. Screaming Eagle: Yes my dr is leaving me haning. When the nurse told me that my sedimentation rate is 60, she did not seem to want me to get another appointment with dr to...
My dr does not know what is causing my sedimentation rate to elevate that high. All I know is that my joints have been sore for 4 weeks now. I have good days where the pain is not too bad, and bad...
Any ideas? Cassie...
My sedimentation rate on the blood work results were elevated. I got the paper in that explained it a little. I called my dr and the nurse said the average sedimentation rate is 0-20 and mine was 60....
Thank you for replying. I went to the drs last Wednesday and got bloodwork. It showed my CRP levels are elevated but the dr does not know why. I am achy all over, including my wrists and back. I...
Thank you for replying. My whole spine hurts and I cannot turn my head side to side or touch my chin to my chest still. I also have a pimple like red sore on top of my gum in the back of my mouth....
I don't know where to post this. But my neck has been sore for the past couple weeks and have been dealing with a cold too. I cannot touch my chin to my chest without pain. I did not injure my neck...
Since the itchiness got worse, I decided to go to the dr and she prescribed me hydrocortisone cream. I am going tomorrow to the drs again cause the cream is not working. Cassie...
Well, anyone have any advice or not? Cassie...
It has been two weeks and I am still itchy with my rash. I wake up too alot during the night and my skin is very itchy. I have dots on my chest and small dots on my left arm and on my hips. I have...
I have a rash is spreading on my face, neck, chest, arms, and back. I also have chest pain and pressure. It is not poison ivy either. There is something that might be giving me a rash. I did not...
Thank you for replying. With my three leaky heart valves, I notice something else. I still do some jogging just to get out and try to enjoy the weather, but my chest bothers me more when I go jogging...
Thank you for replying. My blood pressure is usually in the normal range. I had 90/60 twice. The last time I went to my doctor it was also 90/60. All they said was it was kind of low....
Thank you for replying. I have another question though. One morning when I went for my follow-up appointment in the morning, my blood pressure was 90/60 and then when I went for my other follow-up...
Thank you for replying. I had my appointment with the Cardiologist and I found out I have heart problems. The Cardiologist read over the results of the echocardiogram with me. He did other testing as...
I have been getting chest and jaw pain for quite some time now. I also have pain in both my arms and shoulders, but I feel it more in my left arm and shoulder, and at times I feel the pain in the...
Thank you for replying. I went to the doctor and he found the heart murmur by listening to my heart from the stethoscope. Also, the tests thry did showed up as well. Can a heart murmur eventually...
Thank you for replying. I also get rapid heart beats with my Costochondritis. I also have trouble breathing and tightness in my chest at times. Should I go to the hospital? Cassie...
I am diagnosed with Costochondritis and I get very bad chest pains, with pains in my upper ribs and up to my jaw. Everything came out normal EKG, bloodwork, chest x-ray, etc. I am on pain medications...
Thank you for replying. I have been dizzy for most of the day and it started today. I still have the chest and jaw pain that stayed the same. Are these signs of something serious? Cassie...
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I have been getting chest and jaw pain for about two weeks now. I also have been sharp pain on the left part of my chest where my heart is. A couple days ago, I had pressure in my chest, sweating and...
I saw my ankle surgeon a couple of weeks ago and I had just found out that I have a bone spur on the top of my right foot (the same foot and ankle that I had surgery on in April 2008). He told me to...
Thank you for repying. I also have a small bump to the right of the injection site. Do you know what this could be? It is over three weeks since I got the cortisone injection and the symptoms from...
Thank you for replying. I called my PCP about the injection and I talked to the nurse and she said that they don't take care of cortisone injections. So what do I do now? Shoiuld I call the...
Thank you for replying. I did call last week and talked to the nurse and she talked to the physicians assistant and he just prescribed prescript ion pain pills which gave me wicked headaches and had...
Thank you for replying. My ankle is still sore from the cortisone injection. The injection site is still discolored and large. There is still bruising around it and to the right of it. This had been...
Thank you for replying. I called my doctor regarding the cortisone injection and he gave me prescript ion pain pills and he told me to ice it. If that does't work, then I would need to go back and...
Thank you for replying. The reason why I got a cortisone injection is because I had ankle surgery over a year ago and it was starting to bother me recently and my ankle surgeon thought it was...
Thank you for replying. The cortisone injection site on my ankle got bigger it seems and it is still discolored. The bruising is still around it and there is also bruising to the right of it. It is...
Thank you for replying. I called my doctor's nurse and she asked the doctor and he said to take some prescript[b] ion medication and ice it and if that doesn't work in a few days, then I will make...
Thank you for replying. The cortisone injection site is dark colored with bruising around it. It does feel warm to the touch on the area where it is bruised. Should I be worried? Cassie...
Thank you for replying. I noticed the discoloration at the injection site a couple of days after I got my cortisone injection. My ankle also looks like it is a little bruised near the injection site....
Thank you for replying. I got my cortisone injjection last Friday and tt is still sore from it. My doctor said it will take from a couple of days to a week to feel better. It was bleeding during the...
Thank you for replying. If the cortisone injection doesn't work in about a week or so, then I would have to go back and see him. I had ankle surgery last April (2008), and I started feeling pain...
Thank you for replying. Hardware was used in my ankle during surgery. So maybe that is one reason why it is still sore. Do you think the surgeon might have missed something during surgery? My ankle...
Thank you for replying. What I still don't understand is why am I still feeling the pain over a year after my ankle surgery? The reason for the cortisone injection is to decrease inflammation in my...
Thank you for replying. I got a cortisone injection in my ankle today and it was painful. It can take from a couple of days to a week for the injection to start working and bring down the...
Thank you for replying. I called my ankle surgeon and he said it could be inflammation and I would need a cortisone shot. I am getting it this Friday. He said that it is normal to have pain long...
I had surgery on my right ankle over a year ago and it still bothers me. Something is also clicking in my foot. It hurts at times and is stiff at times as well. My knee also bothers me especially...
I have another question. I am sorry that I am not understanding the Cotisone shot still. It is my first one and I have not gotton any before that. My diagnosis is: hairline fracture and a partially...
I know I will need surgery but what I don't understand is why the doctor gave me a Cortisone shot if it doesn't repair anything? Cass...
Thanks for replying. They did the injection on the top of my wrist near my hand. Will the Cortisone shot help heal the torn ligament and the hairline fracture? I may have to get surgery if that is...
Thank you for replying. I went to a hand specialist and got a cortisone shot. He said if that doesn't work than I will need surgery. The cortisone shot made the pain worse and I can hardly move my...
I did hurt it back in May. When I posted here to get some advice, I posted it a few months ago. As the pain didn't go away, I am up to four months where it is sore and not healing so I wanted to get...
My left hand, wrist, and thumb are still sore from when I fell in the shower on the outstretched hand. It has been four months and it is still swollen and sore. I got referred to a hand specialist...
I fell in the shower nine weeks ago and my wrist, hand, and thumb are still sore. I fell on an outstretched hand. I got soap in my eyes and as I tried to turn around I slipped while I had both hands...