Re: Am I alone on this? Nash

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Hi Nash:

No, you are not alone in this. I experience that sort

of pain too. When I am in a " flare " my skin will feel

as if it has been sunburned, very sensitive to touch,

almost to the point of any slight breeze going across

my body will cause increase in the sensitivity. I

don't want to be touched at such times because it

hurts. Anything pressing on my body hurts. I also

get very achy and flu-like, in fact that is exactly

how I am feeling today. Just hurt everywhere and feel

generally yucky, just feel sick. I have Fibro as well

as RA, and today is one of those days where it is all

blending together, muscles and joints, and severe

fatigue. I could fall asleep sitting here at the

computer lol.

Kathe in CA

--- Bridget Hiskins <nashirafae@...> wrote:

> Greetings,

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> I was wondering if by any chance any one may have

> heard of this. I went to see the pain doctor on

> Thursday and I told them about the " skin pain " I

> get. Now I think I have said that the doctors still

> do not know if I have fibro or RA I am still waiting

> to hear on test results. I told the pain doctor

> about my pinky. About a week ago I had some pretty

> nasty pains in my right hand. I took a pain pill and

> eventually my pinky ended up " relaxing " .

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> Now when it does it crosses under my ring finger. I

> have to force it to stay in place. I also have this

> feeling in my skin like a serious irritation. The

> pain can get to the extreme of my not wanting to put

> on clothes or lie under a blanket because it hurts

> so much.

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> My PCP said it was just an extension of the pain in

> my joints but the pain doctor said something else.

> This is the bit that has me confused. She mentioned

> some word that I cannot recall to save my life. She

> told me that my brain has been putting up with so

> much pain that it has just given up. It is now just

> sending out pain signals all over my body. It does

> not matter if there is actually a reason for it. So

> I guess its " phantom pains " ..I think anyway. She was

> not really clear about it. I am not sure if it is

> phantom pains or really a problem.

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> My mother in law told me that she experiences pain

> like this and that it is normal for her with her

> arthritis. I am all sorts of confused by all of

> this. Has any one else ever felt it?

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> The best way I can describe it is it feels almost

> like the flu. I don't have the fever or any of the

> other stuff that goes along with having a flu just

> the extreme body aches. Has any one else experienced

> this?

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> Nash

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Kathe in CA

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