That sounds great. I hope she will continue to get better so she can start enjoying her life....
BigLucy, I'm sorry for what you've been through. I can imagine you're sick of all that. Is there anything you can eat or something rich in calories you can drink? I was just thinking that it's...
She's been to a doctor who tested her blood. She will know more on Thursday....
Frances, I'm so sorry to hear your story. Some of it really sounds familiar. My problem with psychologists here is that they interpret everything in a negative way and turn anything into an illness....
Thanks, retiredmom and Dani, and sorry Frances. Admittedly, I'm very sensitive to suggestions that I should see a psychologist since mostly during the past years, they came within the context of:...
Hi, I'm new here, but have been on the Chronic Pain forum for a while. I'm 25 and live in Northern Germany. Since I was 12, my kneecaps have been slipping out of their position regularly. Since the...
My sister who has EDS and certainly enough problems, called me on the weekend. She is experiencing symptoms similar to those I had when I had hyperthyroidism which eventually changed to...
Hi Flower, I tend to sometimes have problems falling back asleep, too. I usually get out of bed and sit down in the living room for a while and read a bit. I've found that going into a different room...
Thanks for all your replies. I haven't written anything because I got a cold, but I found a very good GP so I'm feeling a lot better. Frances, I do have osteoarthritis, that has been diagnosed. It's...
Mm, you expressed some of the feelings I'm having today and I haven't ever asked for medication. I wish other people onderstood a bit better. I makes me furious sometimes and sometimes desperate, not...
Sorry to hear about the surgery, hopegirl. I hope you recover quickly. Sending you best wishes!...
Heather, I remember you too. I'm glad you have a diagnosis now... and sorry, I have to ask, what does RA and OA stand for? Sorry about your mother, that must be quite hard. I hope that things will...
Welcome, Kate. Sorry to hear about the chronic pain. I hope we can give you a bit of encouragement when you need it. :-)...
Welcome, Amy. I haven't been here for long myself, but this really is a good place. I hope you'll feel good here....
Hi Nurse, this is a bit late, but I can understand how you're feeling. Right now, I'm not well either, so all I can do is send you a big virtual hug. Btw, I don't have a husband, but a poor boyfriend...
Hey, I know I'm not here very often, it's a bit of a time problem, but I'm really desperate today. Here in Germany, I just don't know where to turn. Right now I'm feeling like I'm fighting and it's...
Zac, I found one link here. http://www.medsolution.de/en/Shoulder-Arm-Syndrome/Indikationen/Orthopaedics-/-sports-medicine/Shoulder-Arm-Syndrome.html Found more links, but they're German so I guess...
Hi Zac, what you wrote sounded a bit familliar to me. I had pain in my shoulders, mostly the left, from age 15 to age 24. Nobody ever found anything, but then I read about shoulder arm syndrome. The...
Dani, I admire you so much. You still always manage to sound positive in some way and apparently, you're working really hard. And you're so brave. I just wish you weren't in so much pain, though. I...
Nick Vujcic inspried me, as well as Joni Eareckson Tada, but also many people who I know who aren't famous. My dad has been living with chronic pain and health problems for so long and he still does...
Hey, all! Been wanting to reply to some threads before, but have been quite busy. Sunday I spent in the countryside with my bf and our swordfencing group for an amateur folm of 4 minutes which our...
Actually, it shocks me that people steal meds. I don't have anything strong, just have to get Ibuprofen myself 400, at times 600, plus allergy meds, but I can't imagine anyone who would take them...
Hi Perle, sorry to hear what you're going through. That must be horrible. Can you get physiotherapy? A former teacher I had when I was still going to school had some disease when she was pregnant and...
So sorry to hear that, MM. I can imagine this is hard. My dad can't work anymore and hates to watch my mother bring home the money and getting stressed-out. I wish I could just give you a hug right...
Thanks for those nice replies. Dani, I'm actually getting over the loss of some friends and I've become a better person without them, so I am feeling better about it than I used to. As for my family,...
Wow, thanks for these stories, that's really amazing. My boyfriend's mother is in her mid-seventies and she has two artificial hips and one (might be two by now) artificial shoulder. Last January,...
Thanks for your replies. I felt better after swordfencing last night. Being really active usually helps. My boyfriend and I do talk on the phone every night, but we aren't really phone people, so the...
My boyfriend has been gone for 8 days now and it's going to be another 4 days before I will see him again. We've never been apart for that long, but he is travelling with a theater group and can't...
Hi Morning Joy, am a little late with my reply, but still wanted to welcome you here. I only joined recently and it's amazing how nice people are here. By the way, sorry to ask, but what is RA? I...
I remember how they treated my mother after she had crushed her knee and had a complicated surgery. They didn't even wipe the desinfectants from her lower body and that stuff is so agressive that,...
Heather, I know about being worried when going to the doctor, but I think it would be better to give the doctor all the information. Might be very important for the doctor to really understand....
Sometimes I wonder if it's a money thing, but this is horrible. Sounds a lot like some of the doctors i knew and some of my dad's doctors....
*shakes head* Gosh, Bill, I find it impossible, though unfortunately not surprising how they just shift responsibilities and let you suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, I don't have any advice,...
The pain is still there, but not as bad as it was on Monday. I even went swordfencing today, but was careful. My teacher suggested I try gemstones which are said to have certain effects on the body....
Nurse2, I'm so sorry. Sometimes, insurance companies just suck. Mine pays for a general rehabilitation programme where I'm going to be thrown in a room with people who had heart attacks, with people...
Gosh, Dani, you seem to be getting so much information. Sounds confusing and I hope you understand more of it than I do. :wink: But I find it amazing how you still manage to see positive things....
Thank you so much for your answers. Can a knee get inflamated at all if the cartilage is damaged? In the end, I didn't go. I wanted to, but I just didn't manage to even get out of the house. I have...
That's a nice story, mama6. And yes, I do like the site....
Sorry to hear that. I can imagine it must be awful when you're having fun doing something and then someone else tells everyone you're overworking yourself. I think mothers are genereally very...
Kids... That's so typical. I'm glad you kept your sense of humour....
My knees sometimes hurt more, sometimes less. For the past two days, they've been hurting more, a lot more. Yesterday, I went with my bf to help him at work. He's building the stage and they moved...
Sorry you had such a bad weekend, Suzane. I hope that they will find what's wrong with you soon....
How many kids do you have? I hope it's better today and that you will be able to sleep well tonight. :-)...
Thanks to all of you for your kindness! It feels good to be welcome here! And sorry for all the spelling mistakes I made when writing my first entry, it was still quite early morning (for a...
Hi, I'm a 25-year old student from Germany and have been suffering from chronic pain more or less since I was 16. First, it was a shoulder-arm-syndrome which slowly disappeared when I started doig...