For the last month, my right elbow has been very sensitive and at times, down right painful. It’s pretty dormant right now, but with inactivity, it becomes stiff and painful. Even to the touch.

The other day, my flip-flop blew and I crashed it into a doorframe. I felt my entire spinal cord light up with a terrible radiant pain. There were “aftershocks” for quite awhile.

I’m touching my elbow, and it doesn’t hurt, but it feels different.

I should add that I suffer from cardiomyopathy with a pretty intense med regiment.

Have others ever experience this type of discomfort, and what did Medical people tell you upon your examination?

I was all ready to say I fractured my elbow when I slammed into the door frame (tragedy it’s not on video), but then I remembered, it’s been with me since New Years, often very sore when I arise from bed.

Any ideas of what I’m dealing with?

Thanks for your input, and Happy Easter if you’re celebrating this weekend-otherwise, have a great weekend.

G.
Dear responders: Thanks for your input. I would like the first two responders to know

I did not give “thumbs down” on their information and certainly appreciate it. I only “thumbs down” when something smells foul.

Jared, you’ve been so helpful. Extremely interesting about the effects of atmospheric pressure. Today is wretched weather for Good Friday: cold and rainy. Barometer <29 bars, that sort of thing.

Hats off to ya all! G.
Dear responders: Thanks for your input. I would like the first two responders to know

I did not give “thumbs down” on their information and certainly appreciate it. I only “thumbs down” when something smells foul.

Jared, you’ve been so helpful. Extremely interesting about the effects of atmospheric pressure. Today is wretched weather for Good Friday: cold and rainy. Barometer <29 bars, that sort of thing.

Hats off to ya all! G.
Dear responders: Thanks for your input. I would like the first two responders to know

I did not give “thumbs down” on their information and certainly appreciate it. I only “thumbs down” when something smells foul.

Jared, you’ve been so helpful. Extremely interesting about the effects of atmospheric pressure. Today is wretched weather for Good Friday: cold and rainy. Barometer <29 bars, that sort of thing.

Hats off to ya all! G.
Dear responders: Thanks for your input. I would like the first two responders to know

I did not give “thumbs down” on their information and certainly appreciate it. I only “thumbs down” when something smells foul.

Jared, you’ve been so helpful. Extremely interesting about the effects of atmospheric pressure. Today is wretched weather for Good Friday: cold and rainy. Barometer <29 bars, that sort of thing.

Hats off to ya all! G.
Gosh! I hope I was able to make my point!

I have joint pain in my knees along with swelling and stiffness. My fingers are puffy, stiff and swollen.

My CRP is <3 (0-7) and rheumatoid factor IgM 9 (0-15). I have a positive ANA. All other blood tests have come back normal.

I have been given the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia, but my symptoms are not wide spread pain.
My GP thinks it might be Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease.
I do not have Diabetes and Lyme Disease is very very rare where I live (New Zealand) and I’ve only ever traveled to Australia and Samoa.

I have to wait 2 months to see a rheumatologist. I’ve had these symptoms for at least 6 months. They’ve been developing slowly but about 6 months ago they got worse.

Also, my joints click, pop and grind when I walk or stand up.
My pain is worse in the cold, up and down stairs or hills and in the morning.
Over the counter anti-inflammatories help the pain a lot. Nearly 80% of my knee pain goes when I take them.
I also have well managed Celiac Disease.

My other symptoms-
dry eyes, skin, nails and mouth.
Raynaud’s Disease.
Odd rashes.
Oral and nasal ulcers

I don’t have diabetes.
I’m 21 years old, normal weight, slightly low blood pressure, all other stats are normal.

Any ideas?

Natural Remedies would be good, because it’s probably not bad enough to get prescribed drugs. xx

I think this is a chronic problem exacerbated by my sleeping position, with my arms above my head nestling my pillow, while on my stomach.

Rotator cuff? Bursitis? Arthritis? IT HURTS! What do you know about such symptoms? How have you dealt with it?

Thanks.

He now suffers from severe headaches amd arthritis, which he believes is related to this accident, and his symptoms have progressively worsened over the years. Arthritis also runs in his family. The arthritis in his back even showed up in an x-ray that was done on him when he was in a car accident a few years ago.

He applied for disability, they sent him to a doctor, and all she did, other the regular checkup routine, was make him bend in odd positions, touch his toes, walk in a straight line with one foot in front of the other, etc. She had supposedly reviewed his medical records from the accident also.

A few weeks after that he got a letter saying he had been denied. What should be our next step? Would it be worth it to consult a lawyer?

Any input or advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

I feel achy. There are few days when I can say nothing hurts. Keep in mind I’m only 21. Lately my biggest ones have been my neck and side (my right side, the pain comes most often when I’m driving). The side pain and near constant neck pain is a fairly new issue compared to the others.

I sometimes get very bad abdominal pain. It usually happens 30 minutes to a few hours after eating. It lasts a few hours. It doesn’t happen every time. It seems to *sometimes* be worse after fatty, cheesy, or meaty foods, but it doesn’t happen every time I eat these foods. The more time that goes by, the more frequent this is becoming. It radiates and isn’t in a constant spot, but mostly centers about middle of my stomach, to my left (if someone were looking at me, it would be their right). It is so bad that I sometimes cry over it. Passing gas doesn’t provide relief.

When I stand up from a sitting positon, about 20% of the time my head goes “fuzzy”, my vision goes black and I fall down.

I have pretty frequent diarreah. It’s not all the time, or even every day, but it’s enough that I don’t think it’s a normal amount. The color is very dark brown (sorry for that info )

I sometimes have bouts of constipation. The consted feeling goes with the abdominal pain, but then later I get diarreah… in otherwords, it feels like I really have to “go” but I can’t until a few hours later when I have lots of diarreah.

I have had two episodes where there was blood in my stool.

In an average day I have a BM nearly every time I go to the restroom, but it is rarely “together”, usually soft pellet-like (sorry again for that information!).
I flush. It happens when I’m embarassed. It happens when I’m *cough* aroused. It happens when I drink (I don’t drink anymore). It happens sometimes for no apparant reason. The flushing is is big splotches, not all over. It is mostly on my neck/jaw and chest. Sometimes I get it on my cheeks. It’s very embarassing. I’ve been told by friends that maybe it’s rosacea, but it doesn’t look quite like the pictures I’m seeing.

My hands hurt. It feels like arthritis. It happens more in cold weather. My joints in my hands hurt. Sometimes it is so bad I can’t drive. It doesn’t happen all the time, it comes and goes.

I’ve struggled with depression for years.

It doesn’t happen as much now as it used to, but I get heart flutters. It feels like a panic attack, but only physically and for no apparant reason.

I’ve struggled with chest pain that comes out of the blue for seemingly no reason. I’ve been to the ER three times thinking I was having a heart attack, but they perform tests and never find anything.

I think those are the main ones.
I’ve been to the docs but they keep telling me it’s probably IBS, which I take as their way of saying, “We don’t know, so take a pill”. The pills don’t help. I’ve had a colonoscopy that didn’t find anything.

Someone help me. Throw out a condition that I can look up and see if it sounds like me so I can ask my doctors to test for something specific!