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Hi.I have fibromyalgia and have had a sleep disorder

since I was a child, sleeping for days or up to a week

at a time, getting up only to drink and go to the

bathroom.

I was diagnosed with fibro in 1991. I have had mono

at age 19. But I have also had 4 knee operations, and

viral meningitus (spelling?). I felt like I had the

flu and it never went away when I came " down " with

fibro.

I was able to find a good rhumatologist who gives me

trigger point injections monthly. I some times get up

to twenty injections. The medicine dose in each area

is about 1 cc. Every third month I get cortizone.

What I wanted to tell you about is Emla cream. I was

at the skin doc and complained about my pain and that

I couldn't get any more cortizone to help with the

pain, and he gave me a rx for Emla cream.

It is generally used for minor skin operations. It is

put on thickly and covered with a patch three hours

before surgery. It numbs the skin.

I use it wherever my worst pain is when I just can't

take it anymore. I cover it with gauze or a bandaid

if I can, but if it is on a part of my body that is

covered by clothes I just let my clothes cover the

spot.

Just remember to keep the air off of the area where

the Emla cream is applied.

I hope you can try this. It costs about 35 dollars a

tube but it is worth every penny. I hope it works for

all of you.

Ginger

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