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Could any of you tell me your story please. As I have been suffering for so long now and kinda stumbled on this. But it's just me! The heel pain, the fact that my hips aNd bones feel like they are going to come through me skin. Pain in my shoulder that wakes me.
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popeye62 heidi46330
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Hello heidI at last a fellow heel sufferer,I hate this as you walk and pay for it all night hip,heel,ankle inner thigh.do you get the neck pain where you carnt look without turning like a robot.p's .had mine for over 6 years now.
heidi46330 popeye62
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Hiya yes and it make me dizzy. I'm going to the docs next week but I'm worried about suggesting that this is what I have. I have been in pain for yrs and am only now pricing things together.
Poddy heidi46330
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please don't worry about suggesting 'things' you have researched to your doctor.... they are after all 'General Practioners', they are not expert on every medical subject known to man. I have been fortunate enough to have GP's that have actually said this to me, and it can help them to either diagnose or refer for indications. If you are polite and not pushy, I'm pretty sure most GP's will listen carefull to what you have to say.... at the end of the day, you are the one person who can relate your symptoms specifically to you... we are all different and conditions/diseases can present in different ways, according to the individual. I've been suffering with chronic joint/neuropathic pain for nearly ten years with spinal stenosis treatment, carpal tunnels to be done in two weeks, MRI awaiting for shocking pain down my arm and bloody 'benign' fasciculation syndrome to boot.... Don't give up! stay strong and present your symptoms as accurately as you can and hopefully you will get an answer that can help you move forward x
dani_91330 Poddy
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I'm so sorry to hear about all that you have been through. But I have to warn you about carpal tunnel surgery.
My sister had it 15 years ago and came out in a wheel chair because she got RSD from it and it spread to her legs too. It's called CRPS now. Pain is listed as worse than amputation.
I know most people will be fine but apparently there is a 5% chance of this they don't tell you about. The consent form mentions only chronic pain.
Talk to your doctor and ask him about the chance of RSD/CRPS occurring before your surgery.
Studies have been done that show taking large amounts of vitamin C can prevent its occurrence. You can google it.
So if you do have the surgery be sure to take vitamin C before and after. I wish you luck.
gloria55119 Poddy
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Can I just add to your post by suggesting that if our doctors don't seem to understand this disease....find a good site on the net..and print out the contents of the site and take it to the Doctors...I did this early on in my illness and my neurologist was really grateful for the information as she knew so little about AS....it might help with a diagnosis and also maybe help other patients that may present with similar symptoms....G
maureen61742 Poddy
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I was Miss diagnosed for many years with polymyalgia and GCA. I have recently been diagnosed by an expert in AS, who tells me my head pains etc are doe to inflammation around the neck. You mention fasciculations!? I get them in the tongue keeping me awake all night. Do you also get them in the tongue?. Can't find anyone else who suffers with this, even oral medicine consultant is confused. 😏
Poddy dani_91330
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sorry to hear about your sister, sounds dire.... too late for talking now, I'm booked in next week. I'll take my chance as I can't live with CTS anymore anyway. Thanks for the tip with the vitamin C :-)
Poddy maureen61742
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I've had them in my tongue, but they are so random jumping from one place to the next, all day everyday...... twitch twitch, twitch twitch..... sorry to hear it keeps you awake. I'm on 3 different med's for neuropathic pains etc and the Amitriptyline helps me to sleep.
maureen61742 Poddy
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Hi Poddy, I'm also in Amitriptyline and Pregabalin. My nights of twitching seem to coincide with my reducing steroids even by 1mg, so I definitely feel it's related to inflammation. It must be really annoying to have twitching every day. I currently have twitching in my left eyelid, my GP says that's usually caused by lack of sleep. 😏. Thanks for replying 😃
popeye62 heidi46330
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gloria55119 popeye62
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I did the same as you did...after the "run around" for years. I found a wonderful doctor who actually took me to the lab and then on the Xrays and an MRI..he was with me the whole time..learning and understanding more every time. He still phones me to find out how I'm going. However he has since left the area and is now committed to bigger and better things...but I count him as a friend and value that so much. I know I can email or phone him sometimes....he is so special.
jjn80 heidi46330
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heidi46330 jjn80
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No I haven't. I have made an app this Fri
I have been treated for yrs for neuromas in my feet. Only to be told I haven't got any more but the pain is worse and I have it in other places (which I have had for yrs but just thought I was throwing my body out walking fumny). So if I don't have any what's all the pain? And I startEd putting things together. So I don't know if this is what I have, I grabbing at straws. But the pain sites and the tummy trouble just woke something in me xx
jjn80 heidi46330
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TreatMeGently heidi46330
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