Questions.....trying NOT to freak out!
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| Mon, 10-10-2005 - 9:51am |
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Okay, for several weeks i have had a low- to mid- back ache. in the past week it's gotten a lot more noticeable.
i'm also fatigued for the most part.
now, i know these symptoms by themselves could be about a million things. but my dad and his parents all died of various types of cancer....lung, breast/bone, and larynx. as a smoker and a female, i naturally jump to the first two i listed.
with all that said, i did some research on the computer and the symptoms also fit that of the fibro that many of you suffer from. only my symptoms aren't as bad as what you all describe. and it also answers the knee and elbow stiffness that i've just been trying to ignore.
other than the back pain, there's nothing (through self exam) and i'm not coughing up blood or anything. but the back pain is getting worse and i think that's what has me freaked out. i'm going to the doctor on wednesday - soonest she could see me, but i've got to get this out. i can't tell my kids cause they'll freak worse than me and holding it in is making me more of a basket case than usual.
thanks for listening. sorry if i talked in circles. if any of you have any input on fibro i'd really appreciate it.
hugs & love,
traci



Hugs....Could it be a bladder/kidney infection? Just an idea.
Missy
where in your back is the pain?
God could not be everywhere, so
it may be. i know my mind just goes straight to the "big C" when weird things happen like this. things i can't explain.
my 15 yo dd bought me a gift card two years ago for a massage and i'm finally getting around to using it. i'm really hoping that will get everything back to "normal" at least physically anyway. i'm just scared that it won't.
when i hit a depressive cycle, i am more apt to go straight to the worst case scenario. but at least i have a doctor's appointment set for wednesday. i just hope i don't drive myself nuts between now and then.
well, more nuts than i already am anyway.
thanks for listening and i will ask the doc about that possibility.
hugs,
traci
i think the location of the pain is what freaked me the most. it started in my low back, which for me is pretty much an everyday thing. something as a bus driver i've gotten used to. but it's working it's way up my back so now its running from the small of my back to the mid-back. i don't know. my shoulder is acting up again and i just finished physical therapy for that. both my knees are giving me fits all of the sudden. i had arthroscopy done on both of them over the course of the past 8 years.
right now i feel like i'm trapped in the body of an 80 year old. but it scares me with my family history. and my mind automatically goes straight to the worst thing it could be.
thanks again.
hugs,
traci
Traci,
Missy may be right--bladder or kidney infections always give me back aches that spread like that.