Re: visit to derm./fibromyalgia

December 30, 2001

Hi all!

hope you all had a nice painfree christmas!

Just a few days before christmas I had my first visit with a derm.

He has about 200 pasients with Pa witch is quite alot for Oslo area.

He's excpecially intrested in this deasease, and he has started a

resurch on the connection between PA, and fibromyalgia.

I had to answer a lot of questions, like if I have had any troubble

with my sight at night, any infections/trouble with my ovaries(like

cystes---spelling?)and other parts of this area (sorry,cant remember

the english words, hope you all understand!), how often I went to

urinate in 24 hours, and if I had problems with reflux.

There were a few more questions, but more of a kind I would expect

from a derm.

He told me that he hoped to be able to " kill " the fibromyalgia-

diagnoses, cause he (and others) mean that there is allways an other

deasease behind fibromyalgia.

Yes, the pain and problems are there, but in his opinion fibrom. is a

part of another deasease, and not a diagnoses to just put everybody

who dosent fitt in other deaseases. In other words, they all have a

kind of reumatic illness. What do you all think?? Curios, Hege

January 2, 2002

Hege - I'm interesting in knowing why your derm. is asking about urinary habits

in association with PA and/or fibro. My PA all flared up when I also had attack

after attack of kidney stones. If your derm. has a theory on some connection

between PA and the urinary system, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep me informed. Right

now, my kidney stones are at rest, but I know I still have a big one in my left

kidney. Strangely enough, the PA seems to be at rest as well. Weird that there

would be a connection, but in my case, maybe there is?

January 2, 2002

-This would not surprise me as I have the PA but the rhuematologist

said the fibromyalgia is first in her mind then the PA because the

fibro HAS to get under control first. She said THE MOST IMPORTANT

THING IS SLEEP. Without that none of the meds will work at all. Hope

you do better thank I have so far. A

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