My surgery was 6 days ago. I have had a lot of pain, both anteriiorly and exteriorly to the site. Now I have lost my appetite . My surgeon says he cleared out a lot of sludge from the common bile duct. and this sometimes causes a rebirth of pancreatitis. I am so sick of being sick! Am I to be at the mercy of my pancreas for the rest of my life? Does anyone know how long it should take before I start feeling better? What can I do to speed the process?
I should mention I also have severe arthritis of the spine, so I am on Pain Management. I pretty much am on my own as to how much pain medicatiion (oxycontin) to take in view of the additional post op pain. Currentlly I am taking one dose every 4 hrs while my normal is every 6 hours.
There is so much to sort out and I am over my head trying to balance the pain, the malaise, the lack of appetite, the low grade temp., not to mention bowel problems. Do I call my gastroenterologist or my surgeon? Help!

I’ve been to various doctors in my area, all trying different methods of treating me. My joints ache, my feet, ankles, knees, hips, wrists, and hands. My pain moves from joint to joint day to day or week to week, and is caused by exercise and humidity, as far as I can tell. They have apparently ruled out all forms of arthritis, fi-bro myalgia, strep infection, MS, lyme disease, and many of the more obvious syndromes, etc. They have done many blood tests, and have found nothing. I have been put on various anti-inflammatory medications and pain relievers, none of which do anything. The last doctor I went to told me I should do six hours of physical therapy a day, doing whatever hurts the most, to work through it. I opted not to do this, since it was exercise that initially brought this on, and I am still continuing to be active, it just SUCKS. Just to give you a full picture, I have also recently become allergic to my dog (I have lived with dogs my entire life), some horses (also around them all the time), the hair follicles on my legs have recently become allergic to any sort of skin product, lotion, shaving cream, or soap, and a last recent development of mine is that I cannot tan or burn. I am pretty white, as far as natural tone goes, and yet I can spend hours outside with minimal or no sun tan lotion and my skin will remain the same color. That is odd because I used to tan and burn. My family and I are now looking into a blood test for a vitamin D deficiency of some sort, but we do not yet know the test results. If ANYONE has any advice or if a doctor somewhere has a possible idea on what is wrong with me, your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!

I am having some blood tests done thursday for a few different options like rheumatoid arthritis and hypothyroid, but I was wondering what you think..
I am 25 and have an 18mo old.
Tired often
Sore muscles
Achy joints
Painful fingers and tingling hands (especially after sleep)
Lack of energy
Low to no sex drive
Super dry skin and hair
I basically feel like crap all the time. I am normally active and work on my feet at my coffee shop. I eat fairly healthy and don’t get sick. I am young so it makes it harder to understand. That is why I am being tested. Anyone have an opinion? Thanks!

Okay, So I get these “episodes” of HORRIBLE pain. The pain is ONLY in my joints, no where else. It hurts to pick up my cell phone, it hurts to type on the computer, to walk, even to just lay down. And its not just any specific joint, its all of them. All my fingers, my toes, my knees, elbows, etc.. About 8 months ago it was so bad I went to the ER twice in one weekend (this was my first real episode). The first night they sent me home, and the next day i returned cause it got even worse. They did some testing and told me my results came back negative for Lyme, Lupus and Juvinial Arthritis. I wasn’t in the hospital very long, and I thought this was very quick to get results back for any of these things. They released me, told me to follow up with my PCP, which I did but because the hospitals results came back neg. they haven’t tested me since.

I guess my question is, if the first test came back neg for Lyme does that usually mean its neg? Or does it take more than one test? I’m in the middle of an episode now and its killing me. I’m also switching PCP so hopefully I will get somewhere with that. I’m only 21 and I really don’t think I should be in this much pain from my joints.

**I have no idea if this is even what Lyme feels like, but when I describe it to people I work with and family they insist that it is Lyme**

Thank you for taking the time to read this and responding!

Hi there!

I’m 20 years old and was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis over the summer. I guess 15-20% with colitis get rally bad arthritis and joint pain, and unfortunately i’m that 15-20%. I’ve been on high dosage of steroids for almost 3 months to help with the inflammation which seems to be working but Prednisone is seriously RUINING MY LIFE. My face is HUGE i’ve gained 20 pounds, can’t sleep, night sweats, and i’m so depressed i’m actually crying right now I just need to know if i’ll start feeling better after i’m off the steroids. I feel like a fat piece of crap, and no one understands. I’m a waitress and I can’t work due to the joint pain so i’m so broke and I just feel so lost. I’m always SO happy but i’ve been a hermit lately, living in my room….my mom doesn’t understand and just thinks i’m depressed even though i tell her all of the side effects that prednisone creates. Has anyone gone through this? I need your stories to know i’m not alone…ANYTHING will help right now. please.

She’s had lupus since I was very little. She gets redness on her face, dry eyes, dry mouth, grastric problems, arthritis, and thyroid problems. I deeloped severe dry eyes when I was only 12yrs old. I’ve been dealing with it for 8yrs and it’s a real pain!! I recently started getting dry mouth and throat.. and sore throat..hoarness in my voice whenever i get sick and i have chronic fatigue jst like my mom. I’ve also started losing hair.. im worried!!! help..i neeed help.

I am diagnosed with arthritis and have been taking lortab 10mg for a couple of years now for pain. Apparently, my doctor is on some kind of medical emergency and I haven’t had my pain medication in a few weeks. I have researched and I believe my body is withdrawing which is almost as painful as the artritis itself? I take it as prescribed and researching the medication I realize that all people do not do that and have ulterior motives so to speak. What can I do? I am not an addict; however I do believe my body is somehow addicted.

So, for four years, I’ve been having weird symptoms and they will not go away. I’ve been to countless doctors and been on so many meds I’ve lost track.
It all started with just knee pain, in the joint. I was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. After trying every single medicine for arthritis, nothing worked. Over the years, my symptoms have gotten worse. Now, I have pain every single day all over my body. I have sores under my tongue and I can barely make it through a week of school because I randomly start feeling like I have the flu, with body aches, chills, and that overall not feeling well feeling. I am so tired I literally cannot get out of bed at least once every two weeks. Im always cold and my toes and fingers get pins and needles out of the blue. I also get thus weird rash behind my legs, and no matter what i try it wont.go away. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a disorder where your brain interprets pressure as pain. All the medicines im on now (lyrics, gabepentin, provigil to help.keep me awake, and amitriptiline) do nothing but make me tired or high strung and unable to concentrate. I’ve never heard of another teen with fibromyalgia, an I was just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and had any tips or anything? Thank you so much.

I’ve been getting severe stomach pain after I eat anything for about 6-7 months now. I’ve been to the doctor’s and he gave me Prilosec (2 aday) cause he thought it was heartburn. That was 3 months ago and nothing has changed.

I get a sicking feeling in my stomach about 5-15 minutes after I eat, it feels like I’ve been kicked in the stomach. And I get some sharp pains right under my left rib. Also in the same place I get the pains my stomach bulges out, I don’t know how else to explain it. It also makes me throw up quite abit.

I also get headaches alot, light headed, dizziness. I got what looks like a patch of dry skin on my right ankle, which I thought it was just from me sitting on it alot but sense I’ve stopped sitting on it so much it is still there, and sometimes it burns, and feels like it is cracking.

I don’t know if my knees would give any sign, but, I feel like I have arthritis in them sometimes. I’m also 19 years old so I kinda would find it strange to have arthritis so young.

I weighed 140lbz my 1st doctors app. then 2 weeks later I weighed 120lbz, and now I’m up to 125lbz but it never stays. I tryed not to be so active but the more I lay around, the more weight I lose it seems.

I get sharp pains threw my chest and sometimes it feels like I am in a room full of smoke, I figured this is because of my heart murmur, which I have had checked out afew months ago. And everything came back good.

I get constipation alot too.

I’ve been told that Celiac disease does not run the in the family but then I hear from alot of people that it does. I know this was alot to read and I wanna thank everyone for taking their time and giving me some input.