Someone being in constant pain generally causes weight loss...the move from one limb to the other, the swelling, the need to use a wheelchair...all really stood out to me as sounding like CRPS. Many...
There is something called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (or Dystrophy). What brought this to mind when reading your description is the condition began in 1 leg and then spread to the other leg: this...
I've just slept for a couple of hours, now I'm up again. Pain is what keeps me from sleep& what awakens me. I'm so used to it, I don't even consider it insomnia anymore or out of the ordinary...it's...
I get these quite frequently, and not just on my arms or hands or just 2 or 3 but all over my body and in huge quantities at times. I also get petichiae, which is different, so I know that this is...
I have always been told to avoid sprouts & champagne. I have recently gone gluten free and I feel much better in many respects, but did experience a horrible malar rash a few days ago. I take B12...
Hi Lauré: So kind of you to respond, so long after my original post, I've decided to take a moment to update. There came a point when I had become completely frustrated with "medicine". I had been...
Hi gjt: 1:80 is an elevated ana result, but it is not really high. Anything less than 1:40 is within normal range. From there, the figure doubles every time it increases (1:80, 1:160, 1:320, etc.)...
Something else caught my attention, Loni123. You implied that Ultram is not addictive. It is. I was Rx'd it once to give it a try. Did nothing for my pain. Could have been taking tic tacs. In the...
I did accupunture a couple of years ago. It worked for me for awhile, until it didn't. The accupuncturist had to do some things differently for me, as I could not lay flat on my back. She told me she...
We're in Los Angeles. I'm just really proud of my oldest, he's been training and has set a time goal of how fast he would to finish in. He says he's doing it because he can and because if his younger...
I haven't been here for awhile, it is a bit odd to take a step or 2 back and reflect on how certain areas of one's health have now improved and others are a work in progress. I have a very strong...
Dear Ann, Thank you so much! I'm trying so hard to remain optimistic about USC. I don't want to have to travel and leave my children just to find someone that knows what to do. It's not just a matter...
Dear AngMichelle, The last few days have been such ROUGH ones that I've been putting out the word to add my name to prayer circles. Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. The appt. turned...
I've not heard about it, but you can buy over the counter heavy metal chelation therapy products, so it really shouldn't be too great of an expense money or time wise. One product I have used is...
Dear AngMichelle, I was reading and following your thread...OF COURSE you pressed submit. Before my current condition I always had made every effort possible to avoid western medicine. I rarely if...
Ellen, I'd like to clarify. Did you mean that you had a a lump and a normal MAMMOGRAM? Cause you wrote biopsy. I have a lump that I've noticed has grown and changed, The mammogram and ultasound were...
Ok...here we go, I really hope I can help! I have 4 sons, all high risk pregnancies, each one far sicker than the one previous to it. It just amazes me the extent we will go to to procreate! I began...
Well, here's my story...it's a long one...so I'm goin to try to cut it down to the abridged version! I'd been told I had Lupus and Hashimoto's thyroiditis going back 13 years, but I honestly never...
Hi, Is there anyone familiar with cancer and a high ANA (antinuclear antibody) count? Thanks for any info. d....
Hi, I am taking Topamax for yet another reason altogether. I have tumors embedded in the nerve roots just beside my spinal cord of my neck. I can not lay down and pain was making sleep impossible. I...