Re: Lichen planus

[Guest guest]

Hi Fliss. I have terrible knee pain and also my thighs sometimes

hurt. Recently I noticed if I drink some ensure within a couple of

hours my body aches go away. I don't know if it's related or not.

Tammy

[Guest guest]

I too suffer from skin rashes and have had terrible knee pain.

I went to the dermatologist back last summer before I had the pump

put in and the stupid Dr. told me I took too many showers, my

husband and I both busted out laughing at the time I was lucky if I

could get a bath or shower once every 7-10 days. I was practically

bed fast at the time. He would not do the testing for HP, I still

have the rash, it is just not as bad. I did have a problem with my

knees swelling so bad that they took the fluid off several times and

it returned the next day, now my knees have such bad crepitus

(crunching sound) my husband acts like he is sprinkling salt on them

and says " I like salt on my pop corn " to me it sounds like potatoe

chips (crunch) any time I move, although I only have pain in them

when I take the stairs. There was a time that I had to have a wheel

chair and or a walker to get about, it was because of the pancreatic

pain and my legs. I also had terrible swelling of the feet, they

were so big I usually wear a size 8 shoe I was wearing an 10.5- 11

Atwell LPN

[Guest guest]

Dear Fliss,

We lost our power this evening from 7 pm until 11pm so I'm very

late to get to your message. My husband and I sat in the living

room and talked our hearts out by candlelight. It was really quite

refreshing and enjoyable to not have any other distractions

pulling us away, not even the phone. I might " schedule " monthly

power outages just so we can have this quiet time together. A bit

of music would have been nice, though, don't you think?

The only negative to this was that when the lights suddenly

popped back on, we saw the remaining three minutes of some

wonderful concert program paying tribute to on,

with all of his friends and popular performers of his genre

performing. I am sorry that we had to miss that and it would

have been the perfect accompaniment to our conversation.

Well, to get back on topic and onward to your question, though,

this 50 something friend is inclined to think perhaps that your

aching may be attributed to your age. I have found that the older I

get, the more the little joint aches seem to be big joint aches.

Feet, knees, hips and hands seem to be most suseptable. I

was diagnosed about 10 years ago with rheumatoid arthritis,

and had quite a few problems with it for a few years. Then it

disappeared completely for several years, only reappearing this

past year in my hands and my hips, with my hands aching so

badly sometimes that I cannot grip anything, open bottles or

even twist open a plastic top of a soft drink bottle. And holding a

pen and writing can bring agony.

Have you had a full regular check up recently with a bone density

test? We are also at the age where we need to be on the lookout

for osteoporosis problems. I had mine done in '03 and found

that I do have osteophenia, unfortunately, which is the beginning

stages of osteoporosis. My intern said that my chronic

pancreatitis only helped to make the discomfort more

obvious....gee, thanks, Doc!

Why don't you speak with your regular doctor, what we call an

intern or a PCP, and see what they say? Often there are simple

exercises or OTC medicines that can help reduce the

inflamation and symptoms to some degree. I hope this helps.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI, Intl.

http://www.pancassociation.org/anthology.htm#Heidi

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

should not be

substituted for professional medical consultation.