So after digesting the information from my morning session with the psychiatrist, I am going to try 5-htp for a week before considering an anti-depressant. His experience was that 5-HPT can be quite...
Hi Fyrfli, I am really sorry to hear that things have been particularly difficult for you lately. I can relate to shutting yourself off. I spent most of the winter by myself and I am typically a very...
Hi Jennie, Chronic Pain is new to me and I am new to Healing Well. I have been suffering from pain for almost a year now because I have frozen shoulder in 2 shoulders. They told me that the pain will...
Thanks Everyone, I see the psychiatrist this morning. I am going to present him with the suggestions from the nautropath and see if there is not some way to combine the 2 theories. I hate to admit...
Thanks Everyone for your words of wisdom and kindness. I live in Canada and apparently they don't do the MUA or arthroscopy until you have had the condition for at least 2 years. The doctor said that...
Hi Everyone, I am feeling a lot of mixed feelings today. I saw my naturopath and my physiotherapist today and I see my psychiatrist tomorrow. When I saw my psychiatrist last week he was adamant that...
Mrs Dani - you are delightful! I am glad you do these fun things to help us focus on more than just our pain! My next door neighbour's kids tried to burn down the neighbourhood this weekend. I saw...
In Canada they used (still do?) teach that you had to have 1 food from each food group at every meal for optimal health. Although that may work for most people, I don't find that it works for me. I...
I also find this a dilemma from time to time. Almost all medications say not to mix them with alcohol. Some are hard on your liver and some interfere with the drug action and some cause bleeding. You...
Hi Dani, Thanks for your thoughtfulness. The dose of my tramadol is 37.5mg and I am suppose to take 1-2 before bed as needed. I always take 2. I take celebrex in the morning. That is all that has...
I googled TOS it sounds very painful. There are some similarities between TOS what I experience, but I don't have tingling, bluish skin, swollen arms etc. My pain is pretty classic frozen shoulder....
Thanks Shannon! It seems like a great community so far. I am typically a positive, up-beat person, but the pain and lack of sleep are taking a toll. I feel like I have tried everything. I was doing...
that was not a bad word!...
That sounds awful. I think that is what my shiatsu therapist thought I had. He thought that or frozen shoulder but said i was too young for frozen shoulder. I guess he didn't know about the link...
I have tendinitis and bursitis in both shoulders as well as adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder). My tendinitis and bursitis is apparently "mild", so I am not sure if it was the cause. Frozen...
My insulin pump changed my life!!! I know that everyone has a different experiences - amazing, liberating, life changing freedom was mine. For the first 23 years with diabetes I was pretty difficult...
Hi billyf27, Apparently we are the anomaly! 2 frozen shoulders at the same time is suppose to be quite rare. I had cortisone injections. It felt good for a day or two, but likely only because the...
Hi Mark, I have been taking insulin for 26 years for type 1 diabetes. I test before and 2 hours after my meals. Tomas is right that you have to be careful if you are taking a corrective dose at the 2...
Hi Chutz and cogito, Thanks for your messages. Its really nice to know I am not alone. I am not an unsympathetic person, but I don't think I really understood chronic pain before now. I just thought...
Hi Marbug, I have type 1 diabetes and frozen shoulder. Some of the procedures/treatments that I have had for the shoulder pain involved steroids and it did a number on my BS control (in addition to...
Hi Sera, I was prescribed metformin for type 1 diabetes. After I went on the pump and my control tightened up, I started to gain weight. My doctor prescribed it to increase my sensitivity to insulin,...
Is anyone out there who understands??? I have had frozen shoulder in my left arm since May 2010, but it was undiagnosed until October 2010. At that time I had also developed tendinitis and bursitis...
Hi Everyone, This is my first post! I have had diabetes for 26 years. I always struggled with the Dawn Phenomenon until I got an insulin pump. I use Medtronics. They have a sensor that I used in the...