Re: A thought... what if something else was wrong... would I know????

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> I think sometimes that I would never know if I had somethig else

wrong instead of FM. I have so many symptoms with fibro that I would

probably chalk it all up to that. Alot of people here have chest

pain with fibro. They have numbness and tingling of various areas.

We have pain almost anywhere at anytime. We have bowel syptoms,

vision symptoms, and dizziness, weakness all over or in certain areas

such as our hands.

> Fibromyalgia is a cruel joke on us all. It is unseen by others

and ravages our lives to shreads. The really cruel joke is how it

makes us look like hypochondriacs.

> hugs,

> Debra V.

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Hi Debra, I really think that if we have many of the symptoms you described, we

shouldn't always just chalk them up to fibro. If you have chest pain or your

left arm goes numb or hurts with the chest pain or any of the other symptoms of

a heart attack you should still be checked out. With bowel symptoms, I have

IBS, but I still go for a colonoscopy to have it checked out, because caused by

fibro or not, it can still lead to other serious things.

The same goes for any other of our ailments. I had numbness and tingling in

my arms and hands for a while with fibro, but one day it got so that I couldn't

hold on to many things and I was dropping things, such as my purse or shopping

bag. I went to the neurologist and it turned out I had ruptured two discs in my

neck and needed surgery badly or I was going to lose the use of one of my arms

and hands. The surgery corrected the problem, but because of fibro I still get

some of the numbness and tingling like I had before the surgery.

Just now, around Christmas, I thought I had the fibro flu. Had all the

symptoms and so didn't go to the doctor. I just waited it out. When some

friends were visiting me one day they said I really looked sick and I replied

with my normal it just the fibro. They convinced me to call and make an appt

with my doctor who saw me right away. I had a sinus infection, bronchitis and

pneumonia in both lungs. I needed two bags of IV fluids and have been on

antibiotics ever since and am having a hard time trying to beat it. I'm really

sick and have to talk to the doctor every other day for him to determine if I

need to go to the hospital. I think mainly because I live alone. I really

don't want to go to the hospital. If I had gone in sooner I may have caught it

while it was still bronchitis or maybe not, but anyway I think we should all pay

attention to our bodies and have any symptom checked out that is new or even

ongoing like the IBS.

Because I think you are right that we would never know if we had something

else wrong if we don't go to the doctor for some things.

Take care of yourself,

Marti

I think sometimes that I would never know if I had something else

wrong instead of FM. I have so many symptoms with fibro that I would probably

chalk it all up to that. Alot of people here have chest pain with fibro. They

have numbness and tingling of various areas. We have pain almost anywhere at

anytime. We have bowel symptoms, vision symptoms, and dizziness, weakness all

over or in certain areas such as our hands.

Fibromyalgia is a cruel joke on us all. It is unseen by others and ravages our

lives to shreads. The really cruel joke is how it makes us look like

hypochondriacs.

hugs,

Debra V.

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