Re: Muscle spasms and freezing! Help!

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First of all, if you are already scheduled for an appointment tomorrow,

don't make any changes until afterwards. You should have labs first, too.

Back spasms could be caused by many things, and being freezing can be caused

among other things, by the flu coming on. I often get something like muscle

spasms when I'm getting sick, so I wonder if that's the case for you.

For the back spasms, you should try a few things: first, try an Advil or the

like. It might ease the pain a bit. Second, if you have an acupuncturist,

that is the quickest way to deal with back pain like that. It works for me,

every time. If they are really bad, I get acupuncture first, then see my

chiropractor when the spasms have eased a bit, to get things in order.

Massage can also help. So can hot baths with some bath salts (Whole Foods

has a bulk bath salt, it's green and wonderfully soothing). Hot baths also

help if you're feeling freezing, so doubly good.

Bottom line is, it's a mistake to assume, after 5 weeks of taking tap and no

lab report, that you would suddenly be hypo. But amazing good luck that you

have a doctor's appt. tomorrow. Did your doctor order labs in advance of the

appointment, so you will have more information when you see him?

Terry

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> Reply-To: graves_support

> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 01:56:14 -0000

> To: graves_support

> Subject: Muscle spasms and freezing! Help!

>

> I have been on tap for about 5 weeks, suddenly 3 days ago, I started

> experiencing excruciating back spasms, which have now wrapped around

> to my side. Tonight I started to freeze.

>

> Is there anyone out there that has experienced this combo? of course

> I am wondering if I'm going hypo.

>

> don't have a dr appoitment until tomorrow pm, tempted to stop taking

> the tap. Any thoughts out there?

>

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