Count me in, too. I was dx at age 24, but I think I had endo ever since my first period. I have had 5 surgeries to remove adhesions and endo. I ended up with a bowel obstruction because of the endo...
Hi Missy! I take amitriptyline and it did WONDERS for my fibro! It was like a miracle for me when I started it. I had been struggling for months with flu-like pain and fatigue. Within 2 days after I...
Hi Splash! Check your email....I might be able to help you with the boys clothes problem! /community/emoticons/wink.gif ((hugs)) Jenny B...
Hello....I hate to hear about situations like yours. I have been there....when the specialists say that you "aren't in enough pain" for stronger meds, or "you only have one bulging disc", or your...
Thank you all!! I am feeling better today, just really sore. I have to be careful how I move....if I move just the right way, I get the ice pick in the back again, but at least I can breathe! Whew! I...
I was having severe back pain like I have never had before. It went on for 5 hours and I finally broke down and went to the ER. It felt like I had been stabbed in the back with an ice pick! It was...
Hi Joie. It sounds to me like you could really benefit from an extended relief pain medication. Not just a Vicodan here and there, but 'round the clock medicine. I was on Percoset for the...
Andrea, I wasn't diagnosed for a long time because I don't have the classic tender points, either. I went thru 5 different specialists and was about to go to Mayo Clinic for a DX . I finally saw a...
For me it is like a balloon with a small leak in it most days. I can wake up and feel ok....but over the course of the day my balloon is getting less and less air in it. Sometimes I am completely...
Hi Infinite! I went thru a period where I was going to the ER every week for 5 weeks!! I had an undiagnosed bowel obstruction and nobody seemed to know why I was in so much pain! They did CT scans,...
Go with your gut (no pun intended).......can you get a second opinion? Like I said before, I would not consider this a test that would conclusively diagnose IBS. I think your doctor (and nurse) are...
Good greif, you have been thru the ringer! What is strange to me is that the pain you are describing is constant, not cramp-like as it is with IBS. Have any of your doctors suspected gallbladder...
Hmmmm...this test is very new and not even approved by the FDA. It has a sensitivity/specificity of roughly 50%, which is not even close to being a conclusive diagnostic tool for IBS. It is...
Hi! I have been wondering how you were doing. Are you sure your doctor was not testing you for IBD (inflamatory bowel disease)? Seriously, I am a medical technologist (the people who actually work in...
Hi AW! Yep....my lower back is where I hurt the most. I have had several MRI's and I do have some disc disease at L5/S1, but nothing that the spine surgeon thinks is causing me so much pain. I do...
Hi Chicky! When they diagnosed you with Crohns, what were the findings? It does seem odd that you have not had diarrhea or bloody stools. Did they see areas of inflamation in your colon? If you do...
Hello, and welcome. A few things stuck out to me when I read your post: 1. Your abdominal/ribcage pain improved after the first intercostal nerve block, correct? Even if it was only for a few weeks,...
Thanks for your response, Chutzie! I origionally posted this on the Fibro board and had 23 views with no responses so I thought I would fit in better over here. I copied and pasted my post so that is...
I have finally found a med combo that works for me. Unfortunately for me, there is so much stigma about long-term narcotic usage that I am afraid I won't be able to be on it much longer. I take 30...
I have been doing really well for about 10 days...then I woke up this morning feeling like I have been hit by a truck. It is so frustrating! Good thing I didn't make any plans for this weekend. I...
Hi Sarah! Would it be possible to find a new doc? My primary care doctor manages my pain meds because the pain clinic refused to prescribe narcotics. Thank God for her because she has saved my life!...