New to the group and I have some questions.

December 12, 2005

Hi everyone, I am a 61 year old female from Michigan.

I have had fibromyalgia for many years, but was

recently diagnosed with a Auto Immune Disease, it was

based on bloodtests. My Dr explained all of the

possibilites (medicine wise) but most were scarey and

sounded like chemo drugs, one was shots but he said If

I took them and got a serious bug I could die because

it would wipe out my immune system. He then ask me if

I wanted to go see a rhumatologist and I said NO , not

if you can treat this, (that was because the $$$$)

would have been hard for me to come up with to see a

specialist. My Dr is a internist. After hearing about

the drug choices I ask for the one with the " LEAST "

side affects first so he is giving me 2,400 mgs of

ibuprofen a day. Do any of you think that will help?

I sure am in a lot of pain. I have major surgery

coming up in about 3-4 weeks, I have a benigh tumor in

my left side so I am not sure about any strong drugs

since I have to have that done. I am waiting for

cardiac clearence before it can be scheduled. I have

been having chest pain and I'm not sure what the heck

that is, the fibro, the immune system or my heart. I

am getting so discouraged, I just dont know where to

turn. I need all of your thoughts on this darn

disease!!!!!!! My Dr was not able to tell me which of

the auto immune diseases I had, he just knows I have

one based on blood tests, he found that out when he

was checking me for Lupus. Thanks, Shirley

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