Guest guest Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Cindi: I'm sorry I didn't see your initial message. I am so sorry you are feeling badly. I can't be much help in the area of RA. I have fibromyalgia, but your condition sounds terrible. [ ] DANNO HELLO, MY NAME IS CINDI,I WILL TRY AND ANSWER A FEW OF YOUR QUESTIONS, I SEE THAT YOU WROTE YESTERDAY AND NO ONE HAS ANSWERED THAT I CAN TELL. I AM ALSO NOT DOING WELL TODAY AND I DID EXPENT SOME PRECIOUS ENERGY EARLIER. MY FIRST SYPTOMS WHERE INCREDIBLE FATIGUE AND DEEP PAIN IN MY JOINTS AND A VERY GENERAL - I DO NOT FEEL WELL ! IT GOT WORSE QUICKLY FOR ME, FOR SOME WITH RA IT IS SLOWER, I QUICKLY WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN THAT I COULD NOT WALK WITHOUT LIMPING AND I COULD NOT FINISH MY WORK. I EVENTUALLY WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN I COULD NOT SLEEP OR WORK. I WENT TO MY GENERAL PRACTIONER, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS WRONG, AND I WAS, TO TELL THE TRUTH, VERY AFRAID. BLOOD TESTS BROUGHT ON THE THOUGHT OF LUPUS, I WAS READY TO WRITE MY WILL OUT....UPON FUTHER INVESTIGATION AND SEEING A RHUEMATOLOGIST IT WAS DISCOVERED TO BE RA...THIS TOOK SOME TIME, ALOT OF DOCTOR VISITS AND PATIENCE. I DID CONTINUE TO DECLINE. SORE NECK AND SHOULDER, ALL THE PRESSURE POINTS OF FIBROMYALGIA. I HAD FURTHER PROBLEMS STARTING, SEARING, BURNING, FIRE AND NEEDLE PAIN IN MY FEET TO MY ANKLES AND HAD TO SEE A NEUROLOGIST. I HAVE NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN MY FEET, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TREAT OR BRING UNDER CONTROL WITH REGULAR MEDS, NOT WANTING TO RESORT TO OPIODS. SO IT STARTED WITH ACHES AND PAINS AND TIRED, AND IT ESCALATED QUICKLY. I HOPE THIS HAS HELPED YOU, DANN, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? WHAT IS YOUR AGE, PLEASE, IF YOU DO NOT MIND.? I DO NOT USE THE CHAT ROOM, I DO NOT POST OFTEN, ONLY WHEN SOMETHING REALLY MOVES ME. I SHOULD START USING THE CHATROOM. I WILL CHECK INTO WHEN THE DATES AND TIMES ARE. I WOULD ALSO NOT MIND IF YOU ANSWERED MY POST PERSONALLY OFF THE GROUP. SINCERELY, CINDI HEIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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