Re: Re:*****LYN*****Throat spasms

[Guest guest]

No I said that the pain from the swelling of the muscles around the ribs hurt

10 times worse than pleurisy, but I have no clue what it is that Lyn has.

She needs to not worry about going to her doctor when she is in pain. A

doctor that understands Fibro will understand that she will need to see him a

lot for pain issues that come up until they are able to get it under control

with meds. LYN: Give the doc a call tell him you need an appointment. Some

doctors leave time in their schedule to see people that need to see him right

away. I would not wait, Call him first thing in the morning and get them to

work you in. No one should have to live with that pain.

Joan

[Guest guest]

Is this pleurisy? I have had this a couple of times and it is very painful.

Sincerely, Pamela Rauch

Re:*****LYN*****Throat spasms

Lyn:

About 2 years ago I got this pain in my chest, I could have sworn I was

having a heart attack. My chest wall hurt like hell and I could hardly

breath. I did go to the doctor and he told me that it was all part of the

fibro. He told me that I had severe swelling of the muscles around the rib

cage. That is why it felt like my heart. I had forgotten about that pain

until you brought it up. I have had it 2 or 3 more times since then and each

time because it caused such pain and I felt like I could not breath he put me

on prednisone. (sp?) My doc rarely puts me on the steroids but he felt like

it would be most effective for the level of pain I was in. (he also gave me

pain killers as well) He put me on a course of 5 for 5 days 4 for 4 days 3

for 3 and so on. It improved a great deal in about 3 days and was gone when

I was on my 2 day cycle. You have to finish those meds, I am not sure why I

was just told it was a really bad thing to just stop taking them when you

feel better. If anyone has ever had pleurisy you know that pain... well

multiply that pain by 10 and this is the pain lyn is talking about. Talk to

your doctor, it will not go away very fast on its own, and I know how bad

that pain can feel. It seems even worse added with the breathing problem.

It hurts when you move and there is no way not to move your rib cage, hell

you have to breath!

Joan