Possible Fibromyalgia?

I went back to the doctors today for my follow up appointment after 3 weeks of trying the Ibuprofen to see if that made a difference to the pain. It didn't!

When I got there the doctor went through all of my blood test results, again, and informed me again that they were all fine. He then suggested that I go away and just take the Ibuprofen when I was feeling really bad and just use it intermittently. By this point I was starting to get cross. That is not a solution to a long term problem, I want to know what is wrong with me! I have been in pain throughout my entire body for over two years now and I want to know why!! 

I then told the doctor that my mother had been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia a few years ago and was that a heredity disorder and could there be a link at all? He then got all excited (like I had just done his job for him) and started printing me off lots of information about Fibro and gave me a bundle of stuff to go home and read. He told me to read though it all and if I felt that it could be that to come back and discuss it.

So here I am back at home reading through my leaflets, thinking that it sounds just like how I feel. Now I suppose I make yet another appointment and go back and say yes it sounds like this, what now? 

If he mentions Ibuprofen again I think I might scream!

The Ibuprofen Trial Weeks

So it has been 2 weeks and 3 days since I last went to the doctor and he 'prescribed' me ibuprofen for my constant pain! 

The question now is, do I feel any better for it?

Well the last two days I have been in more pain than I have ever been in. The pain in my legs is the worst yet and the Ibuprofen isn't even touching the sides. It hurts to walk or stand and they still hurt when I lay down. I would have loved to of spent the last two days in bed resting but because I am a mum and have two little ones to look after that is impossible.

The pain feels like a dull achy kind of pain and my legs feel really heavy. The pain is more pronounced around my knees and hips. It almost feels like I need to put my legs up in the air and stretch them out to relieve the pain.

I haven't done anything different this week to normal, yoga on Tuesday and swimming on Wednesday and the pain started on Thursday. I do however have a cold so maybe my immune system is weakened which is causing the pain? 

I have an appointment next Wednesday to discuss whether the Ibuprofen has helped at all, I think I know the answer to that. Now I suppose I just have to wait and see what he says next. I just want to know what's wrong with me!

A Road To Better Health- The Beginning

There is something wrong with me and has been for over two years now, it is progressively getting worse and is now starting to effect my ability to look after my children... This cannot happen!

I wake up every morning feeling like I have been hit by a bus. Every muscle in my body aches and I feel exhausted. I never go to bed very late and don't get up to early and both of the children sleep though the night. There is no reason why I should wake up feeling like this. The only way I can describe the pain is like when you have flu and all of your muscles, joints and glands ache and hurt. 

If I do any kind of psychical activitiy then the next day I find it hard to even get out of bed and my legs throb all that evening. Even hanging washing on the line hurts and my arms feel like lead weights. I find it hard to carry my youngest around as it's painful to do so.

Two weeks ago I went to the doctor and told him that I have had enough and I have to get this sorted, it can't go on. I'm am only 27 and I shouldn't be feeling like this. 

He said we'd start with doing some blood tests to see what, if anything, shows up. He seemed very good and explain that the bloods probably won't show up anything but it's best to rule stuff out first. I went away feeling quite positive about the whole thing and that he might actually be able to help me. 

A week later I went back and had my blood tests, still feeling positive. Another week after that I went back to the doctors to discuss the results. As he predicted the bloods didn't show anything, apart from I had the lowest cholesterol score he's ever seen (that's something good then). He did mention that my anemia score was on the low side but nothing to worry about, we would just keep monitoring it.  

So nothing new there then, so I asked him what next and he just kind of looked at me almost expecting me to come up with something?! He said well we could try you with two weeks of ibuprofen and see how you are after that! I felt like crying, what the hell was that going to achieve. I actually believed that this new doctor might be able to help me, I was obviously wrong. Ibuprofen might well help with the pain but it doesn't help with extreme tiredness and it's not a long term option. I want to know why I feel like this not just take drugs for the rest if my life!!

I will do what he says though and in two weeks I'll go back and see what he says next. I feel this is going to be a long process and having already felt like this for over two years now I just want an answer!