Hi.
I am on this forum to hopefully find some
information that can help my wife's health
problem. I love her and need to do what I
can to help her resolve the problem.
Basically her problem is one of pain from
about her breast area to just above her
belly button. Has been there for about
4-6 months in varying amounts from about a
3 to some days of 10+ level.
Has had variety of tests done (scans,
mris, blood work, bone biopsy, etc.
Etc.). Her primary doctor at this point
believes it most likely is some variation
of fibromyalgia that she was diagnosed as
having before. Another doctor she saw few
days ago (followup for ulcerated esophagus
problem), basically said might be a
chronic pain problem...... Need to pursue
pain management/alternative medicine path.
Last few days since then she has been in
pain, and depressed.
....... This whole thing started with her
having giant hives back in march, which
finally were resolved when she took
prednisone which cleared up the hives but
left her bloated, and soon after the pain
in her chest-abdomen started...... Never
did find the cause of the hives.
Her current list of medicine includes:
effexor, nadolol, protonix, ambien,
levothyroxine, clonazepam, neurotin and
hydrocod for pain. Was taking percaset?
Before for pain...... Neither seem to
help much. She also just stopped taking
diazepam (replaces valium) to help her
sleep.
Please give me your input.............
Thx.
Bob
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 11-06-04 23:45pm
Information & knowledge = power, so
use the web to search (via google etc) for
information on all the areas you listed
& any others also on side effects
& effects of using so many meds
together as perhaps the problem is even if
only in part caused by interractions
between some/all of he meds you
mentioned??
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bob6831
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 5
Posted: 11-17-04 14:03pm
Thx purple........... But wish it were
that easy!
Have searched and have not come up with
the answer...........
Any other input would be appreciated.
Thx.
Bob
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bob6831
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 5
Posted: 11-17-04 14:03pm
Thx purple........... But wish it were
that easy!
Have searched and have not come up with
the answer...........
Any other input would be appreciated.
Thx.
Bob
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 11-17-04 21:36pm
I assume then that you've checked out
fibromyalgia & chronic pain symptoms
& causes on the net??
Have you also checked auto-immune
diseases?? The things I think of are
irritable bowel syndrome (my daughter has
this & her pain is often quite high up
- not necessarily in the bowel area!!)
& thyroid issues??
Also keep a strict record of what your
wife eats, does (not merely exercise but
also housework e.G washing, hanging out
clothes, washing dishes, ironing, making
bed etc etc) when she slleeps & for
how long also the times & length of
times of all these things & then
overlay this with information as to when
& how severe the pain is. This may
all be useless but it is something a dr
could ask so it would be useful for that
if nothing else but it would in any case
tell you if anything was showing up as
cause or even just as making it worse.
One other thing just occurred pain &
people are sometimes quite bizarre - is
your wife stressed (other than about
this!!) - aside from the hives did anythng
happen just before all this started that
may be worrying her (trauma, stressor,
anxiety, anything)??
The hives could they have been
shingles???? Check this out too.
Sorry i'm saying check this & this
& this but it seems the only way.
Good luck
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bob6831
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 5
Posted: 11-18-04 19:29pm
Thx purple.
Linda, my wife, does have an underactive
thyroid, takes levothyroxine for it.
Don't believe it is/was shingles........
Her primary doctor believes is some
manifestation of fibromyalgia, since she
was diagnosed with that before (also had
lyme before the fibro).
And yes, I am logging a lot of things.
Stress and moderate to heavy exercise does
seem to increase the pain.
Nothing major happened stress wise when
all this started, but living with me can
be stressful at times, and she has had a
few other stressful situations over last
couple of years, with some of them
continuous for longer periods of time.
Bob
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bob6831
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 5
Posted: 11-18-04 19:29pm
Thx purple.
Linda, my wife, does have an underactive
thyroid, takes levothyroxine for it.
Don't believe it is/was shingles........
Her primary doctor believes is some
manifestation of fibromyalgia, since she
was diagnosed with that before (also had
lyme before the fibro).
And yes, I am logging a lot of things.
Stress and moderate to heavy exercise does
seem to increase the pain.
Nothing major happened stress wise when
all this started, but living with me can
be stressful at times, and she has had a
few other stressful situations over last
couple of years, with some of them
continuous for longer periods of time.
Bob
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 11-22-04 00:47am
Remember trauma/stress etc can come about
from things that happened in our past
which just surface because of a trigger or
just because. Also remember that drs do
get it wrong so just because a dr says
it's not "x" check "x" etc out for
yoursleves & see if they seem to
fit.
