RE: Need advice or input please/Tigger

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Oh Tigger - manipulate a rib? That sounds painful. And I'm so sorry about

the frozen shoulder. I had shoulder surgery is '03 for a torn rotator cuff,

bone spur and a SLAP tear, which is the bicep ligament gets ripped from

where it attaches to the shoulder. That in itself was painful enough and

they kept warning me about not getting a frozen shoulder. Luckily I didn't.

From what I understand they can be very intense. Thinking good thoughts for

you.

Teri (central Wisconsin)

Re: Need advice or input please

I have had rib pain too before. I guess it is the costochondritis or just

one of fibro's wierd little tricks. I just don't think doctors know what to

do with us. I mean sometimes it can be a dislocated rib. Sometimes it can be

something else. But I say it is fibro especially since yours comes and goes

just like the other pain with fibro moves around our body.

Hope you feel better.

hugs,

Debra V.

Teri Wallner <terenia58 (AT) hughes (DOT) <mailto:terenia58%40hughes.net> net> wrote:

Hi all - having some difficulty with pain in my rib area.

I'm kind of frustrated because over the last 2 years I've had 3 different

doctors diagnose me with 3 different things. I have a sharp, burning pain

right below my left breast on my lower ribs. When I push against it, it

hurts worse. There are days when it's really, really bad like yesterday -

had to take an extra dose of pain meds and applied heat all day long. Then

there are other days when it's not there at all.

Wearing a bra hurts - so I generally don't.

The frustration is that the three docs said three different things:

pleurisy (and gave me antibiotics) - a possible ulcer (and prescribed

prevacid) and costochondroits (anti-inflammatories).

I am leaning toward the costo from all the reading I've been doing. I know

others have experienced this too and would appreciate any opinions or

feedback.

Thanks,

Teri (central Wisconsin)

[Guest guest]

Oh Tigger - manipulate a rib? That sounds painful. And I'm so sorry about

the frozen shoulder. I had shoulder surgery is '03 for a torn rotator cuff,

bone spur and a SLAP tear, which is the bicep ligament gets ripped from

where it attaches to the shoulder. That in itself was painful enough and

they kept warning me about not getting a frozen shoulder. Luckily I didn't.

From what I understand they can be very intense. Thinking good thoughts for

you.

Teri (central Wisconsin)

Re: Need advice or input please

I have had rib pain too before. I guess it is the costochondritis or just

one of fibro's wierd little tricks. I just don't think doctors know what to

do with us. I mean sometimes it can be a dislocated rib. Sometimes it can be

something else. But I say it is fibro especially since yours comes and goes

just like the other pain with fibro moves around our body.

Hope you feel better.

hugs,

Debra V.

Teri Wallner <terenia58 (AT) hughes (DOT) <mailto:terenia58%40hughes.net> net> wrote:

Hi all - having some difficulty with pain in my rib area.

I'm kind of frustrated because over the last 2 years I've had 3 different

doctors diagnose me with 3 different things. I have a sharp, burning pain

right below my left breast on my lower ribs. When I push against it, it

hurts worse. There are days when it's really, really bad like yesterday -

had to take an extra dose of pain meds and applied heat all day long. Then

there are other days when it's not there at all.

Wearing a bra hurts - so I generally don't.

The frustration is that the three docs said three different things:

pleurisy (and gave me antibiotics) - a possible ulcer (and prescribed

prevacid) and costochondroits (anti-inflammatories).

I am leaning toward the costo from all the reading I've been doing. I know

others have experienced this too and would appreciate any opinions or

feedback.

Thanks,

Teri (central Wisconsin)

[Guest guest]

> Tigger, I have never tried to manupulate a rib, but I have had

painful knots that seem to push up between two of my lower ribs on

the left side! All I can do when that happens, is sit back, push on

the tissue, grimace and wait for the pain to go away!! As to those

good ole frozen shoulders, both of mine have been. I got a shot of

whatever it is they give the ball players in the right shoulder, did

physcial therapy and finally with the right shoulder, the ortho doc

had to do an outpatient procedure on me --- and if you don't want to

know how they do that, then don't read the rest of this posting!

I was given a general anesthetic, they wheeled me in to the surgical

room and he apparently just took that right arm and rotated it

manually as far back as he could!!!! While I was still in the

recovery room, he called my husband and said, that, the longer he had

been doing that procedure, the more cautious he had become, so that

when he felt some real resistance, he stopped!!! But that spring and

summer I had two cousins who also had frozen shoulders. The oldest

of the two brother's is the more practical one and he also got

physical therapy. The one who is my age and thinks he knows

everything (Well, I guess that could be true, we do remember more

than anyone else in the extended family --- his brother has shortened

the time frame for our memories from years and now it is several

months prior to our births! but we are entitled to that, we were

born in a very important year in the history of the 20th century --

1945!) Anyway, Mr. Smarty, I know it all, did not like the young

wipersnapper so he change ortho docs and saw the father!! Of course,

the treatment was pretty much the same but Jeff asked for the easiest

and fastest way --- couldn't mess up his golfing for long --- so,

being the cheapskate, he bought a pulley, installed it somewhere and

just did so many of those up and down movements every day!! But I

do have to say that we were all three very fortunate that we only had

one frozen shoulder that year as their sister had had both of her's

frozen at one time. And after having had the one frozen one, I

recognized very early that the range of motion in the left one was

getting shorter so I went to the doctor right away and got PT almost

immediately.

I just think it is not so nice getting older (mind you, I did NOT say

old! yet!)

Good luck Tigger with those ribs and other damages from the fall.

>

> Re: Need advice or input please

>

> I have had rib pain too before. I guess it is the costochondritis

or just

> one of fibro's wierd little tricks. I just don't think doctors know

what to

> do with us. I mean sometimes it can be a dislocated rib. Sometimes

it can be

> something else. But I say it is fibro especially since yours comes

and goes

> just like the other pain with fibro moves around our body.

> Hope you feel better.

> hugs,

> Debra V.

>

> Teri Wallner <terenia58 (AT) hughes (DOT) <mailto:terenia58%40hughes.net>

net> wrote:

> Hi all - having some difficulty with pain in my rib area.

>

> I'm kind of frustrated because over the last 2 years I've had 3

different

> doctors diagnose me with 3 different things. I have a sharp,

burning pain

> right below my left breast on my lower ribs. When I push against

it, it

> hurts worse. There are days when it's really, really bad like

yesterday -

> had to take an extra dose of pain meds and applied heat all day

long. Then

> there are other days when it's not there at all.

>

> Wearing a bra hurts - so I generally don't.

>

> The frustration is that the three docs said three different things:

> pleurisy (and gave me antibiotics) - a possible ulcer (and

prescribed

> prevacid) and costochondroits (anti-inflammatories).

>

> I am leaning toward the costo from all the reading I've been doing.

I know

> others have experienced this too and would appreciate any opinions

or

> feedback.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Teri (central Wisconsin)

>

>