Re: Digest Number 734

[Guest guest]

This is to Joe who is suffering with the leg pains.

I am new and do not even know how bad I am yet, only know that I do have ACM

1 and that I have MANY, MANY symptoms. My legs and feet are constantly

giving me problems. Besides the weakness and unsteadiness, they ache and

throb almost non-stop! This is very painful and nothing seems to help much

except when my husband rubs ( and rubs & rubs) them. I have little knots all

down both legs which my doctor says are trigger points. When my husband rubs

directly on one of these spots, I could go through the roof! It is really

bad. In addition to all the rubbing, I have to keep mine elevated. Also, my

feet and heels are bad areas for me. They also ache and I am no longer able

to wear shoes as my feet swell, burn and hurt so bad I can't walk. I have to

wear sandals, slippers, or just bare feet. Socks are also a problem and cause

my legs and ankles to swell. I have tried soaking which felt ok at the time,

but didn't do anything past feeling good.

I understand what you are going through and I sympathize with you.

Hope you get some relief.

Teri (in florida)

[Guest guest]

This post is to All!

I have a couple of questions that I am wondering about.

First, does anyone sleep on a waterbed...the free-flow kind? This has been

the only bed that I have been able to get a half-way decent night's sleep

on....that is when I sleep. I think it might be good cause of the warmth of

the water and because the bed conforms to me and whatever position I sleep

in. I absolutely cannot sleep on a hard mattress and have not been able to

find anything comfortable except the waterbed. I am wondering though, if it

could be making my neck pain and facial swelling worse. Just a thought.

My next question is : I have a terrible time with what I refer to as

" brain-fog " .

(I used to refer to it as Fibro-Fog as I was first dx with fibromyalgia)

I do the strangest things like put the wrong things in the wrong places and I

forget things ALL the time! I will ask the same question 3 times and still

not know the right answer. My husband is used to me , but my kids are not

finding the situation very funny at all. They are really afraid that I am

going crazy or getting Alzheimers.

Just wondering about these things. Hope everyone is having a decent day and

hope y'all get a good night's sleep. ( This is near impossible for me)

Will check back soon,

Teri