Re: adhesion/scar tissue and fibromyalgia connection ?
From: toni welsh (twelsh1@webtv.net)
Wed Jul 21 20:30:07 1999
At Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Sherry wrote:
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>Toni, When you go to your Dr. appointment ask hom if he is familiar
>with fibromyalgia and its symptoms. FS has been around for a long time,
>but just recently is recognized as a distinct medical condition. FS can
>be diagnosed without performing extensive and expensive tests. The main
>finding on physical examination is the presence of tender points that
>are in characteristic locations. According to the American College of
>Rheumatology criteria, FS is diagnosed when an individual has a history
>of widespread pain for at least three months, and at least 11 of 18
>specific tender points. This pain is considered widespread when all of
>the following are present: pain in both sides of the body, pain above
>and below the waist and pain along the spine. If pressing a certain
>tender area causes pain, numbness or tingling to radiate to distant
>areas, the painful spot is called a trigger point. Keep in mind that
>adhesive disease and FS are two different conditions. In some studies
>it appears that people with FS, Epstein-Barr, Chronic Fatigue, etc. seem
>to have their scar tissue/adhesions response amplified many times. Some
>important info. if you are faced with an undiagnosed illness is: keep a
>medical journal with a list of questions, believe in yourself, if you're
>not satisfied with your Dr., go elsewhere, do your own research, find
>people with similar symptoms and don't accept that "it's all in your
>head". Sherry
sherri, I called my referring dr to pain center, and I did not get to
tak to him today, he is my gyn. he is going to call me tomorrow, all i
have done is cry all day, so i called the pain center my sister said she
talked to a pharacist, and he said that trazadone and neurotin could be
causing the things going on, so they want to see me tomorrow morning,
and my pcp wants me to come in tomorrow just for blood work to see if
there is any inflamation going on in the joints, and he will see me
friday, so that is what is going on, I only hope I sleep tonight, I told
my husband and he knows I was never one to complain, and that I only
want to enjoy life again, I think the pain center is going to weene me
off of neurotin, she said that is for leg pain, makes no sense. I guess
my family thinks that the meds may be causing this, I guess I will have
tofind out soon.
all my faith is in my gyn, and if tey stop all the meds things may get
worse again, but i will be better off than feeling like this, unless
someone would mention FS like the GI dr did. hate to try to self
diagnose, agter all they arethe drs, and this is all a new pian
problem,and boy has it been hard on me, I will let you know what goes
on. toni