Re: joint pain/flu like symptoms
From: Peggy (pklippe1@nycap.rr.com)
Sat Nov 27 09:38:02 1999
At Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Jessica wrote:
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>Hi!! Hope everyone is having a "good" day today! I am wondering if
>anyone else is or has experienced joint pain/ flu like symptoms? For the
>past month I have felt like I have run a marathon. I had my last
>surgery, a hysterectomy, in May but I still have my ovaries. I felt
>better for about 3 months (even though the pain on my lower left abdomen
>returned after 3 days!) Then about September I started feeling very
>fatigued with pain in my wrists, knees, ankles and feet. Sometimes my
>elbows too. It comes and goes on a daily basis, and when my adhesion
>pain is worse the joints feel better. I still go to work everyday but
>some days I have to drag myself through everything and when I get home I
>just flop in a chair. I had xrays done (hope I don't get cancer from
>all these xrays) and they showed no arthritis. The doctor is running
>blood tests on my thyroid and an ANa test under my insistance. He
>thinks it's stress! But I am not under any more stress than normal (I
>teach autistic children and have a teenager and a preschooler) and
>besides that I know how my body reacts to stress and this is not it!! I
>was just wondering if anyone else experiences these symptoms and if this
>is just another reaction to the adhesions? My prayers to all. "Friends
>that stick together", Jessica
Hi Jessica,I would like to mention a couple of things that are simalar
to my symptoms. I too have had joint pain and the last blood work that
I had showed some imflamation but nothing was really mentioned about
what could cause this . By any chance do you have nausea ? I started
having nausea about 1 month ago . I just had surgery on Monday and I
have been diagnosed with having endometriosis .After a hysterectomy in
April 1998.A laporoscopy in October 1998 ,April 1999 and the recent one
November 22nd .Although with the hysterectomy the right ovary and tube
were not taken.The Dr. did remove them this time. I did have an
endometriom cyst removed from my c-section scar back in 1994 but the
endo was missed up until now. Maybe you want to question your Dr. on
this .Hope you are feeling better and please let me know how you are
doing .
"FRIENDS THAT STICK TOGETHER" Peggy