... I have the EXACT same thing. I have been eating ibruprophen like candy. It never completely goes away. I thought it was how I was sleeping or maybe sitting at work, but no matter what I change it is still there. ... (5 replies)
... bottom of my neck...almost my shoulders but not quite. It's the worst on my left side. ... (5 replies)
... I have a lot of pain in my neck and shoulders. ... (5 replies)
... So my appointment with the Rheumy is March 13th, and I have been keeping a pain journal since the end of May. I have just started adding other odd things that may or may not be relevent. ... (2 replies)
... I'm glad you mentioned the urinalysis because this is one thing that has been in the back of my mind, wondering why the dr. hasn't tested my urine since this all began. ... (4 replies)
... C started backing out of everything. Denying I got hurt at work at all. ... (2 replies)
... My RF is 90 and has been holding there the last 3 times they checked my blood. My sed rate is 30 which is I guess above normal and I am not sure of the number of my ANA but doc says slightly elevated. The rash that I get, I have gotten it twice, looks like red tiny water blisters. ... (13 replies)
... Thanks SO much to both of you. It's amazing how much it helps just having feedback from others who have experienced this nightmare of "mystery" health problems. ... (6 replies)
... I have had a rough go of it for a while as some of you know... I have SLE, they said scleroderma diffuse. Overlap sydrome... whatever that means!!! lol.. They throw this drug at you and that one. ... (9 replies)
... my health insurance for about 5 months. Anyway, my issues are as follows. First of all, my mother has lupus, which, in conjunction with the symptoms I am experiencing, concerns me. ... (1 replies)
... Thank you Vee. Sorry I didn't get back to posting earlier, but things are crazy around here on the weekends not to mention being the caretaker of my autistic son...it can get so time consuming. ... (11 replies)
... By Saturday evening, I had a pain between my shoulder blades or at the bottom of my neck that hurt so bad that I couldn't sleep. It lasted until yesterday, although it wasn't as severe Sunday eve. ... (12 replies)
... and the doctors are stumped. At first, the surges began in the evening, with pounding heartbeat, shakiness, breaking out in sweat, anxious feeling, and the need to have a bowel movement. ... (121 replies)
... First off, to all of you here who have been with me all this time, thank you. ... (7 replies)
... When I did 3 loads of wash in one day, I felt ok. ... (8 replies)
... The best I can describe it is my palms look blue. My veins are more visible. They are not bulging. I will say these 2 things. The veins do bulge in the inside of my wrist. You know your vein going straight up the inside of your arm? ... (2 replies)