Guest guest Posted June 16, 2002 Report Share Posted June 16, 2002 Sorry to hear you are having such a difficult time. Glad you found something that works for you. Sleep seems to be a common demominator with fibro. Sounds like you were in a growing spurt and needed rest. With your immune system compromised, our body is very sensitive. Hope you will visit my new site with phenomenal stories and uplifting poetry about life's experiences and living courageously. My Journey tells about my difficulties and reaching within to find courage and strength. Stop and visit and send me your story to share with others to help them along their journey. Peace and God Bless, www.emergingcourageous.com m.pfanstiel@... --- ruth gorka ginger48315@...> wrote: > 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 > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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