Posted by Sef on January 16, 2001, at 16:56:04
In reply to Re: HELP...IS This really what I have?/Quilter, posted by Sef on January 15, 2001, at 11:39:48
> On a recent visit to a Neurologist, she told me she suspects I have fibromyalgia, but wants to look over previous test results from an MRI and EMG that I had.
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> I was hit in the rear by a semi in 1991 while sitting at a stop light waiting for it to change, the semi lost his brakes.
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> Since, I have endured severe neck pain...which radiates into my hands and arms and also causes numbness and tingling sensations.
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> I have also had mental ramifications such as depression and severe anxiety, which at times is litterally paralyzing.
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> I am currently on Social Security Disability...I feel very guilty collecting this money and have made several attempts to work.
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> The most recent was starting my own faux finishing company...you know decorative painting in residential homes.
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> Within a few months of starting the buisiness I had problems...
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> 1)the normal stress of working was causing severe muscle spasms in my neck..resulting in pain in my arms, hands
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> 2)I was having bouts with feeling paralyzed, having trouble just getting myself into the shower
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> 3)A strange lump began to form on my right hand index knuckle
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> I finally went to my MD who had my hand xrayed. They told me I had a Sessile Osteochondroma, which is a bone tumor.
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> I then went to a hand surgeon, who said it was not a tumor, rather it was my normal bone, but it looked large because the muscles in my hand had recessed due to pinched nerves in my neck.
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> That is what brought me to the neurologist, who agreed with the previous diagnosis of a tumor, and suspects fibromyalgia.I feel that the only symptoms I have in common with fibromyalgia are days of extreme fatigue, and muscle pain. I don't have any tender spots, or trigger points, that hurt when they are touched. My pain is almost always a direct result from stress, or sitting for extended periods of time.
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I would appreciate any input...does anyone think the fibromyalgia diagnosis is bogus?
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> Sef
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