Well my doctor felt that 67 is very high and considering that a normal is 0-20 and it has gone up significantly I think it's pretty high and it's closer to 100 that not...
No, I have no other health issues or anything autoimmune that I am aware of ...
My sed rate is moer than elevated. In June it was 48 and now it's 67. A normal sed rate is 0-20...
Well I'm seeing a rheumatologyst specialist so hopefully she will schedule a bone scan. As long as it's not a full body MRI I can do it. Would a high sed rate indicate osteo or just RA?...
It is an indication marker of inflammation in your body. Google it because I can't really describe how it is calculated. ...
Hi Ginny and thanks for the post. What does a full body bone scan entail? My doctor thinks the high sed rate could be RA even though I have been tested before and did not have it. She thinks it might...
My doctor refuses to believe that my high sed rate is from the fibro. All articles I have read also say this is not an indicator of fibro. I "think" I read previously on this site that there were...
Oh yes I have travelling pain. I will get this incredible isolated pain in let's say my middle finger and then in 5 minutes it's gone and then it will be the same pain in my left knee or right elbow...
I'm just getting over a bad cold with no fever this time. But I was wondering if this happens to any of you. Several months ago I got sick while at work, I could tell I had a fever and I felt like I...
I have sort of diagnosed myself along with my PCP but I'd like to see a specialist. Does anyone know of any doctor that specializes in Fibro or what to enter into Google to find one. Thanks so much....
Fantastic post tyno3. Yes it's not like I haven't earned the disability for all the years that I worked and was able to work. It would be great if I would be approved. But if I'm not, then I will...
Hi VaVoa, Well I also have arthritis along with the fibro so I'm telling them about that as well. Yes I'm also aware that I will probably get denied 1 or maybe 2 times but I'm going to fight it tooth...
Thanks Sherrine, when my mother applied for SSDI many years ago they sent her to a therapyst as well so maybe here in MA it is standard. Hopefully I'll receive some more responses to this question...
I already had a doctor tell me that my fibro could be depression whcih also causes body pain. I now know what it feels like to have a doctor think it's in my head...which it is not. I am not...
Breath, thanks for your story, it wasn't long at all. I am 45 and also have worked since 7th grade, 1978. I know that social security is not a gov't handout...like you said it is something I worked...
Hi Piercings and thanks for your input. My concern, and that of my doctor's is that these narcotics are addictive and I do not want to get addicted to them so I am careful about taking them and when...
Speppy and Karen, you 2 sounds just like me and there is some comfort in knowing that I am not alone with this. I'm also happy to hear that your are taking a controled substance like viocodin because...
I have decided to postpone my SSDI interview which was supposed to be this morning for Sept 2nd which will be after my appointment with my new Rheum. Dr. I figure they are going to have to get my...
Thanks all. I will fight to get disability even if I get refused a few times, I will just keep appealing. I truly cannot work a full day anymore and if I manage to, I am completely useless to my 9...
Hi everyone, I'm hoping to join a support/discussion group with the same condition as I have so I don't feel so all alone. I have fibro, pretty much diagnosed it myself from all my symptoms and my...