i am a 29 yo female. Since the age of 4
I have had gnawing bone pain in my femurs.
Sometimes it wakes me up at night. At
that time my pediatrician thought it might
be cancer, but when the tests came back
negative he told my parents they were
growing pains and to ignore it. I came
to the realization that I am fully done
growing and went to another doctor last
year and wanted something done about it.
He ordered a bone scan. The technologist
told me she saw unusual "bone spots" in my
femur (where it hurts) and that she would
mention it to the doctor. The doctor
said it was fine. My blood tests came
back mostly normal, but my iron was low
even though I am not a vegetarian and take
a vitamin every day. The doctor wrote me
a prescription for iron. The other item
I noticed was that my white blood cells
had decreased by 67% in one year, but the
doctor said it was fine.
The other health problem I have is that
the nerves in my face and bottom of legs
are numb and tingly all the time. If I
smile really hard such as for posing for
pictures, my cheek will start to shake.
This has been present since middle
childhood. Ms was ruled out early on by
periodic mris; an eeg and nerve conduction
tests did not show abnormalities, so the
cause has not been further pursued. The
skin on the bottom of my legs where it is
numb all the time also looks strangly
shiny. I don't know if these nerve
problems can be related to my bone pain.
My first instinct as a layperson was to
ask for a bone marrow biopsy, but the
orthopedist said he didn't want to order
it since it would be at another facility
besides his. Does anyone know what could
be wrong and why my leg bones hurt, or
what I should ask to have done?
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