According to what I have read out on the internet, I have many Fibromyalgia symptoms. A woman out here (who otherwise gave a very intelligent answer to a question that I asked) told me that she didn't think that I have Fibromyalgia because you have to have had symptoms for 3 months in order to be diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. All that means is that (for me) it hasn't yet been 3 months! I would rather have Fibromyalgia than to be dying of or afflicted with some other aweful disease (like Cancer or MS), but don't want to have Fibromyalgia. I want my life to go back to the way it was before this injury/illnes/whatever struck me down. The pain started in my right hamstring muscle (2 months ago), but the pain soon spread to my whole leg-foot and butt-then to the other whole leg and foot. The pain has not gotten any better. It has stayed the same or gotten worse.
From what I have read, I have a lot of tests and blood-work to look forward to, right?-tests to rule out whether I have a different disease with symptoms similiar to Fibromyalgia symptoms. I just NEED to know what is wrong with me-before I lose what little sanity I have left. After seeing 2 doctors on two different occasions-I'm not any closer to the truth! (It puts me in terrible pain to sit and type different questions out here for very long, but Y/A people have helped me tremendously-even via email-so I endure the pain.)







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to find a doc truly knowledgable about FMS
email kindness@fibrobetsy.com
many docs diagnose ANY pain as FMS--but it is a specific condition (believed to be a disorder of the central nervous system)
most docs including the majority of rheumatologist are NOT competant to assess FMS
Since you can ID a starting point-you need a good work up for possible injury/illness to your right hamstring--
an injury to one part of the body can cause the rest of thebody to overcompensate--causing the otehr parts of the body to hurt-
the pain itslef can be distratcing and causing fatigue..
by the time you get all the rule out tests done--it will be long enough to make diagnosis of FMS if that is what it is.
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