Anne-marie

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glory be and halleujah!!!!!!!!!! oops spelling... you're alive, girl

you're alive. So sorry you've been hurting a lot. Here's a question I

ask on behalf of a friend of mine. Do your hands hurt you a great

deal? She has seen a 2nd rheumy who thinks she has fibro and not

polymyalgia rheumatica, her first DX. She is in tremendous pain and

has to nap a couple times a day right now and is so depressed. The

Soma sounds like a good drug to me! Glad at least you are able to

sleep, coma or not. All the season's blessings to you and the

sisters!

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Dear ,

When I was first diagnosed, my hands killed me. In fact, that was the

reason I got a refferal to the rheumatologist. I thought I was beginning

RA. It was so bad in the morning that they looked like claws

(matched the rest of my Godzilla-like visage--Godzilla is my " code name " at

school) and hurt so much I could barely turn off the alarm. I was told that

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (my " technical " diagnosis)

usually affects the hands first. Maybe your friend is starting MCTD?

I will keep her in prayer. Merry, Merry, !!!

Love,

Ann-Marie

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[Guest guest]

..... I also had terrible hand pain before I was diagnosed. It got

to the point I could hardly move my thumbs and fingers. Of course the

first thing Dr. Nit Wit thought was Carpel Tunnel...

Ann-Marie might be right in saying that your friend could be starting

MCTD. Does she know of a Rheumy she can see? What a terrible time for

this to be happening to her. I'll keep her in my prayers.

Merry Christmas Everyone...

Vicki