Background:Fibromyalgia-Constant tendonitis (in one area or another)
-Random shooting, stabbing, aching, throbbing pains
(Hips, Knees, Chest, Elbows, Shoulders, Hands...)
-Joints are sensitive and weak; especially after exertion (running, etc)
Walking increases pressure on hips/knees and the connective tissue/muscle feels paper thin as though I might tear it with the slightest move
-Sporadic muscle spasms/twitching
(Restless leg syndrome)
-Frequently suffer from
headaches/migraines
-Dizziness/Lightheadedness upon standing
-Fatigued/extremely drained all the time
JUNE 08: I was beaten by multiple men-Face & chest punched repeatedly
-Head slammed into concrete several times
Trip to ER 1 week later resulted in the diagnosis of bruised ribs & possible cheekbone fracture
No x-rays were done (advised against it by the nurse because of the risks)
End of JUNE-JULY-EXTEMELY ILL, with no idea of the causation
-Could breathe in only to a certain extent without intense lung (?)
pain-
Nauseus, but without throwing up (I described as feeling sea-sick)
Could not eat or drink ANYTHING but water without feeling ill
-Shaking/
Fevers-Throat was sore and gradually got worse and worse until I ended up in ER because I could no longer swallow even water
(UNBEARABLE
pain)
Diagnosed with
Mononucleosis after being hooked up to an IV for fluids and drugs.
Given Hycodan for
pain, along with advised bedrest (no work) for 7 days
Visited ER again after a week, because medicine was not helping and
pain was getting worse.
Received another IV for fluids/drugs & steroid pills were given
-Throat issue gradually went away
-Weakness and fatigue (associated with mono) persisted
-Panick attacks/constant crying and
depression for no known reason
-Huge trouble sleeping/insomnia
[*]One night I stayed awake in bed for HOURS, eyes open, dreaming; practically hallucinating.
Another night I literally found it IMPOSSIBLE to sleep.
My body and mind would not let me, yet this was far from a typical case of "I can't get to sleep"; something I know well.
AUGUST-Onset of
chest pain-Sharp, stabbing
pain beneath left breastbone
-Feel inflammation between ribs and breast bone on both sides (more so on the left)
-Severe
pain in shoulders (much more prominent in left)
-Off and on aching
pain in neck (both sides)
-
Pain in upper arms
-Slight
pain in back of head
I saw a doctor because of these symptoms, but failed to mention a lot of them, not necessarily thinking they were connected at the time.
Settled on the idea that it was inflammation in the chest from the mono and would go away soon.
Blood test revealed
anemia/low red blood cells (I was told to take vitamins, even though I had already been doing so for awhile, in case of iron-deficiency)
Chest x-rays showed nothing abnormal
-Went to lie down one night and was shocked by a thousand needles splintering all over in my chest; Sat up immediately and did not go to bed for fear of what might happen
-Indulged in some fried rice one day, and while eating, experienced sharp, intense pains in center of chest
-Recently laughed a little too hard at work with a friend and scared her with my sudden reaction to a sharp stabbing
pain under left breastbone; scared the hell out of me and I had to pause for a few moments to breathe and recover
-Possible heart palpitations (I feel it flutter or it seems to stop for a moment or skip a beat and I'm afraid it will give up altogether).
I would only have to assume, however, that if anything were wrong, a doctor would have picked up on it after listening with a stethescope.
I do have a friend (with a heart murmur) who listened to my chest once, only to tell me he thought I had a heart murmur, as well (of course he's not exactly a doctor...)
Doctor's visit was two weeks ago, and the
pain is not going away, even with motrin or excedrin.
It hurts just as badly as it did before, if not worse.
I have this overwheelming feeling that something is wrong.
It could be something harmless, but I need to know.
I feel helpless, and I have an all-around feeling of ILLNESS.
I can't secape the sense of disease in my core; it's frightening and bothersome.
It scares me most, because this is unlike anything I've ever experienced before, DESPITE the fact that I am used to large amounts of
pain from the
fibromyalgia.
YESTERDAYI hadn't had alcohol in a couple months because of the mono/high levels of enzymes in liver.
Decided to drink with a friend last night: two glasses of white wine, and a glass of bailey's irish cream a little later.
I woke up to a ton of facial
pain, around the jaw.
Told her my face hurt, and she laughed.
Entire body feels TERRIBLE and my mind is in a fog.
Much more so than a regular hangover, though, I promise.
I don't drink too often, and this has happened before; I don't have to have much.
Just now realizing it might not be normal.
I mention it to people and they act as though I must have had a TON to drink.
It lasts for at least an entire day, sometimes a few, and makes me rethink whether I should drink at ALL; even a glass.
It's not worth the
pain, or empty, deathly feeling in my gut.
Please....help?
I am seeing another doctor soon, but in the meantime all of this is driving me absolutely crazy.
I feel as though it is one thing after another.
While these things may or may not be related, I thought it was important to include everything, in order to make a more accurate diagnosis.
The fact that some symptoms overlap, leads to confusion, and makes doctor visits a bit more complicated.
