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Okee dokee...so I see this Rhuemy doc that I could tell by the diplomas on his wall was about my age....First time I have ever seen a doctor look completely stunned at the number of illnesses I have had (I told him at the end when he suggested a specific antidepressant for the pain, I couldn't take it b/c of weight gain and type II diabetes...he almost fell off his seat) Anyway, so he does the doctor physical poke prod, ask questions...the usual...Said my RA factor was very high but my symptoms were atypical. The he proceeded to poke his fingers in various spots all over my body which produced instant "ouch" reflexes and "quit its, please"...then a 20 min discussion re: my sleep habits (very bad.) He did more involved labs but is almost positive I have Fibromyalgia and a massively bad case of tennis elbow. (I got a cortisone shot for that complaint...I reallllly hate those.
) The only thing that really bothers my physical therapist and my counselor (who is trained in chronic pain) is that usually tennis elbow comes on after repetitive use...been a very long time since I've thrown a softball...(Varsity softball team, 1983) 
And my PT did a thorough strength eval today and it was apparent I knew how to use weights, she didn't have to tell me how to sit or use correct posture or breath...but I was incredibly weak. So, I have some work a head of me. (To get better) Funny, mention the IC and the doc is like "isn't that some sort of bladder thing and you have to pee alot?" Then "YOURE on disability for that?" I just smiled and said "glad you're not my uro"....He's not a very smiley man...ahem. 
jeez, get a life. He asked if I wanted something for pain and I think he was testing me. I told him no Thanks...I had a contract with a doc ,that worked fine. (guess he figured I was scamming the system with my social security, now see if he can catch me wanting narcotics.)
Maybe I'm paranoid. He did do a good job explaining the sleep, pain cycle. Since my car accident in November I have not slept well at all, and I can't get into a deep sleep. I wake every hour. Have to pee. Then go back to bed and do it again. Bad dreams wake me. Pain wakes me. My counselor now wants me to write my dreams down.......
So...get this..(I'm a psychology major but also majored in Biology so this has always a little too Freudian and funky for me) I told him today about the recurrent dreams...one is that I keep get lost on airplanes and in airports (i haven't flown in a plane for 5 years) The other is that I get on freeways and get lost...freeways that go nowhere, usually raining and dark (like they are here in the winter and like my accident) and I am often driving in the passenger seat (so I can't reach the wheel or pedals) on the wrong side of the freeway driving backwards....HELLOOO...too much Oxy those days I think. But his theory is I'm lost in my purpose in life. Which is true.
Sorry to blab..I'm just happy it doesn't look like RA. Isn't that funny? I'm excited because I have a syndrome many would consider debilitating. I consider this one a challenge because I can fight this one. It just hurts like the devil right now.
You are all so great, thanks so much! Moonie: I wish I could give you some help, be a pair of hands under your shoulders to get you up and a foot to punt those boys..(always easier to do someone elses kid I learned as a teacher...you can be much more objective) Take care all...and I am seeing my pain doc soon so I am keeping the Complex Regional Pain sydrome in mind as well, although it sounds like it sucks completelY. (Can't I just pick what I want and don't want anymore?)
Tracey
) The only thing that really bothers my physical therapist and my counselor (who is trained in chronic pain) is that usually tennis elbow comes on after repetitive use...been a very long time since I've thrown a softball...(Varsity softball team, 1983) And my PT did a thorough strength eval today and it was apparent I knew how to use weights, she didn't have to tell me how to sit or use correct posture or breath...but I was incredibly weak. So, I have some work a head of me. (To get better) Funny, mention the IC and the doc is like "isn't that some sort of bladder thing and you have to pee alot?" Then "YOURE on disability for that?" I just smiled and said "glad you're not my uro"....He's not a very smiley man...ahem. jeez, get a life. He asked if I wanted something for pain and I think he was testing me. I told him no Thanks...I had a contract with a doc ,that worked fine. (guess he figured I was scamming the system with my social security, now see if he can catch me wanting narcotics.) Maybe I'm paranoid. He did do a good job explaining the sleep, pain cycle. Since my car accident in November I have not slept well at all, and I can't get into a deep sleep. I wake every hour. Have to pee. Then go back to bed and do it again. Bad dreams wake me. Pain wakes me. My counselor now wants me to write my dreams down.......
So...get this..(I'm a psychology major but also majored in Biology so this has always a little too Freudian and funky for me) I told him today about the recurrent dreams...one is that I keep get lost on airplanes and in airports (i haven't flown in a plane for 5 years) The other is that I get on freeways and get lost...freeways that go nowhere, usually raining and dark (like they are here in the winter and like my accident) and I am often driving in the passenger seat (so I can't reach the wheel or pedals) on the wrong side of the freeway driving backwards....HELLOOO...too much Oxy those days I think. But his theory is I'm lost in my purpose in life. Which is true. Sorry to blab..I'm just happy it doesn't look like RA. Isn't that funny? I'm excited because I have a syndrome many would consider debilitating. I consider this one a challenge because I can fight this one. It just hurts like the devil right now.
You are all so great, thanks so much! Moonie: I wish I could give you some help, be a pair of hands under your shoulders to get you up and a foot to punt those boys..(always easier to do someone elses kid I learned as a teacher...you can be much more objective) Take care all...and I am seeing my pain doc soon so I am keeping the Complex Regional Pain sydrome in mind as well, although it sounds like it sucks completelY. (Can't I just pick what I want and don't want anymore?)
Tracey
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