Re: joint pain/flu like symptoms
From: susan Lylyk (slylyk@aol.com)
Fri Oct 18 21:49:32 2002
At Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Jessica wrote:
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>Hi!! Hope everyone is having a "good" day today! I am wondering if
>anyone else is or has experienced joint pain/ flu like symptoms? For the
>past month I have felt like I have run a marathon. I had my last
>surgery, a hysterectomy, in May but I still have my ovaries. I felt
>better for about 3 months (even though the pain on my lower left abdomen
>returned after 3 days!) Then about September I started feeling very
>fatigued with pain in my wrists, knees, ankles and feet. Sometimes my
>elbows too. It comes and goes on a daily basis, and when my adhesion
>pain is worse the joints feel better. I still go to work everyday but
>some days I have to drag myself through everything and when I get home I
>just flop in a chair. I had xrays done (hope I don't get cancer from
>all these xrays) and they showed no arthritis. The doctor is running
>blood tests on my thyroid and an ANa test under my insistance. He
>thinks it's stress! But I am not under any more stress than normal (I
>teach autistic children and have a teenager and a preschooler) and
>besides that I know how my body reacts to stress and this is not it!! I
>was just wondering if anyone else experiences these symptoms and if this
>is just another reaction to the adhesions? My prayers to all. "Friends
>that stick together", Jessica
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I had a total hysterectomy the end of June 2002, shortly after my surgery I expereinced pain in my shoulder blades, then stiffness in my feet, now for the past two weeks my hands and wrists just hurt and ache. It seems like all my bones are aching. I feel I have aged since my surgery, I have difficulty sleeping and I am so exhausted in the morning. I have not yet seen a physician about my pain. I have begun taking vitamins and making sure I exercise and eat healthy. When will I feel better!