Many thanks to everyone that replied. The nasty mid back pain decided to move more to my left shoulder blade and of course I work and aggravate it more. I am more or less just dealing with it now....
Hi, it has been awhile since I have posted on this forum. Have been doing fairly well for two years but was hit on New years day with diverticulitis and was put on two different antibiotics and then...
Hi, I'm back again! I had chronic rib pain for 9 months and went to physical therapy and lo and behold the pain disappeared and I was virtually pain free for 4 months and then whamo!!!! the pain...
He prescribed Planquenil I don't think I spelled that right but he said it was to treat osteoarthritis which never showed up in blood work for arthritis. I showed up positive for RA which Rheumy...
:mad: Well it has been awhile since I have posted here. Since I had tested positive twice for RA in my blood tests primary doctor sent me to a Rheumatologist. He ordered X-rays and blood work and I...
What I have done to help my chronic pain is continue to do all the activities I always have done like go to yard sales - I love them and am sad they will be ending soon, I also work part-time and I...
Angel - I wouldn't be so upset with all the medical bills from alll the tests I have been getting, but I just buried my husband in January and he was sick for a year and had lots of bills also. We...
:cry: So after suffering for seven months with rib and upper back pain, I have tested twice for RA so my primary doctor scheduled me an appointment with a Rhemy. Got lucky and got into see him last...
Hi, I'm back again with a new problem. I have been dealing with a headache for a week now bothers me in the front area mostly around the left eye. I have been taking only 1 1/2 vicodin every day...
My chest pain seems to be every day with shooting pains through my breast and both ribs. Have had mammogram and ultrasound and they never found any cancer. I will be seeing my Doctor tomorrow and...
I am so sorry for the loss of your precious kitty. I just recently had a scare with my precious whiskey kitty. Was very sick and took her to the vet but she recovered. I guess she had a bad virus. It...
I have been taking Cymbalta for two weeks now and just recently developed a frontal headache. It is not a very bad headache but it is something I never had before. Anyone taking Cymbalta ever had...
Well still having the same rib pain that also shoots into my left breast that has lasted approximately 6 months. Doctor started me on Cymbalta 5 days ago but I guess it hasn't had time to work yet....
Hi Getting by, I just got it yesterday and wore it for a little while and it seemed to help with bending over to change litter boxes. Takes the stress off the ribs cause I usually had some pain when...
Hi, just checking in to let all you fibromites know that my doctor is trying me on Cymbalta again 30 mg. It has helped me in the past but did not help me in January of this year, but maybe will this...
And why is it when you are really needing time alone, you get a gazillion phone calls from well meaning friends that are lucky to have a cramp in their tiny toe or whatever and also get a phone call...
Even when you are having more pain than usual how many out there try to do tasks and work through the pain? I know that some have full time jobs. I have a part time job and it is all I can do to make...
Well my new doctor is very attentive and I hope that he will help me more than the other one did. I asked for a couple of tests to rule out multiple myeloma and low and behold he scheduled them for...
Today I will be going to a new doctor to get his views on my condition and to see is he also diagnosis me with costochondritis. The anti-inflammatory pills are not helping that much and I am hoping...
Yes, I think I demand way too much from my poor body and expect to be able to do everything and also take care of my elderly Mother also. She just expects so much from me because I have always did...
Yes, it hurt me terribly for him to say this to me. He said just because there are so many other people your age and younger dying everyday, you have got this in your head that you are going to die...
Well as I go on with my painful journey that has now lasted almost 6 months, I have been to several doctors and gotten a colonoscopy which showed I had diverticulitis but I have now gotten it under...
Thank you for all the replies and the advice. My doctor is getting very old and to tell you the truth I believe that the only patients he wants to see right now are the easy ones, you know the ones...
I just wonder why I don't hardly have any pain when I am lying down. It starts as soon as I get up and start moving around. Does Costo act like this? Just curious...
I just went to my doctor last week because I had been having some digestive issues along with the continuous pain in my ribs. When I had gone to him before he acted like the rib cage pain was coming...
Well I am fairly new to this forum but not new to Fibro. I am a 66 year old lady and had been in remission from this disease for a while when I suffered a terrible flare when my husband of 46 years...
Does stress waiting for diagnostic tests make fibro worse. I have had lots of stress lately and to top it off my doctor found a lump on left side of neck and sent me to have an ultrasound. Seemed...
Hi, I am new to this forum but not new to fibromyalgia. I was actually diagnosed in my 20's before it was actually considered a disease. I suffered off and on at that time for about 5 years and after...