Re: New GP / Terri/ Fibro etc - for Trudy!

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Trudy,Except for the actual things that you are doing on the weekends, (the turkey hunting and the visit to Bass Pro Shop... city girl here) you are describing me. The pain, the exhaustion, everything. I just had a rough weekend with craziness starting Friday morning with a phone call

from someone that wanted the world on a silver platter by today (not happening) and a house guest from Atlanta for the weekend (just got her on a plane back home a few hours ago) and 2 events at my house. I can barely drag myself around the house at this point. The pain is unbearable EVERYWHERE. My skin even hurts right now. And probably my hair hurts too!.. (Don... stop it... I know what you're thinking! But I can't contact aliens and I think my hair does hurt!) I feel like somebody just beat me up with a tire iron. I often describe feeling like someone hit me in the liver with a baseball bat. It gets real sensitive too and when it's hurting the nausea that goes with it just blows. Gabapentin is actually a drug that they use for Fibro pain as well. I have some here. It blocks the nerves and therefore should help with the pain. It does. No big side effects from it, at

least for me. Still thinking that with the connection between HCV and Fibromyalgia you probably have Fibro instead of MS... but the docs are going to want to rule everything out before they make a diagnosis. But I wouldn't worry so much about it being MS, more than likely it's not. Hang on and hang in.... We're here to help!Teri in ChicagoFrom: Trudy <trudykinsey@...>Hcv < >Sent: Sun, April 18, 2010 1:05:46 PMSubject: [ ] New GP / Terri/ Fibro etc.

When I interviewed this doc , I spoke at legnth with his PA & one of my first questions was if he believed & diagnosised Fibro. Next day by mutual agreement WE decided it would be a good match... Dr & me.

I researched MS ( mayo clinic , MSfoundation) and there are 4 types or stages... But it does sound similar to fibro in all but last two( progessive) stages. I can see why doc would think of MS. But I too still lean more towards Fibro.

Friday, was busy as Fridays for me usually are... Ending with dinner in Tulsa with friends & Hubby shopping at Bass Pro. My blood sugar crashed hard in afternoon but other than that I managed Friday quite well. Then got up EARLY sat morning( dark-thirty) aftr only 1 hr sleep. Went turkey hunting with Hubby in lite rain. Felt fine and was fun! Ate lunch on way home... And then all hell broke loose! Immediate Naseau, diarrhea,( prolly lost 10 pounds!)and PAIN ! Of course by evening was dehydrated & had MOST horrible leg cramps ever! Skipped another social event( crawfish boil uggh! with Hubby's Boss)did I say that weekends wear me out?? That I spend Mon's resting?? Now it's noon Sunday and still PAIN. I think my back is gonna break, hips, and leg muscles feel like flu! But this is how I feel Often ! Tired! And fixin to bake bread for the upcoming week... ( Dearest Hubby is spoiled LoL)

New Doc gave me a presc for( generic) Gabapentin 300 mg. For seizures- blocks brain receptors from recognizing and sending pain signals. To take at bedtime... It's scarey cause it's so strong and is a depressant. Will take first one tonite.

So, yes, I still think Fibro... but if Doc believes in Fibro, knows about Hcv & fibro & thought of MS instead....I' m confused again. So hard to know what to think and when " proffesionals" are misleading or actually onto something !

Sorry about this Novel but I am jus' really confused...

Hugs & ( not so much) Humor,

From Trudy from my iPhone