Whattya know

24. February 2009 by Bex.

Diagnosis: rheumatoid arthritis with fibromyalgia.  Thankfully still a mild case of it.  Treatment?  Not a whole lot of options until I’m ready to be on some drugs for a while.

I asked my doctor if fibromyalgia is real.  She said it is definitely real but it is not an affliction of the joints or muscles even though that’s often where the pain resides.  However it is more likely to be a problem with the nerves communicating with the brain.  People with fibro are apparently hyper sensitive to pain and simple stimuli cause very painful signals to the brain.  Well, I can buy that.  I’ve thought for a long time that I had a really poor pain threshold.

I’m so tired out right now that I can hardly think straight.  At least I know now I’m not crazy.  At least not about this.

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