>Doesn't sound like the typical adhesion problems and pains which are
>usually abdominal/pelvic.
>However some people do get pain in their hips and legs "in addition to"
>abdominal/pelvic pains stemming from the abdominal/pelvic problems if
>they have ARD.
>You haven't said that you have abdominal/pelvic pains or problems or had
>abdominal/pelvic surgery so personally I wouldn't suspect adhesions as
>the problem.
>
>Have they considered or checked you for RSD or Rheumatoid Arthritis?
>They both create pains & swelling in the areas you mentioned. I know
>people who have both and live on medications to relieve the symptoms.
>Your symptoms sound more "joint related" than adhesion related.
>
>She is right Celebrex is for joint pain and swelling and that is
>probably why they gave that to you.
>I had been on it but it didn't help my bone related problems either and
>gave me rectal bleeding.
>I also tried Vioxx which didn't help either, just made me very sick.
>I do know of some people with boner problems who it did help though.
>JEAN (from PA)
>
>At Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Janine Love wrote:
>>
>>Just a note; my pain management doctor told me that Celebrex is for
>>joint pain only and will not help me with my adhesions. He prescrible
>>Ultram for the adhesion pain, and celebrex for my lower back pain which
>>he thinks may be joint related. Now I'm taking this word from this one
>>doctor, but you may wish to question your doctor. Also your pain sounds
>>different than most. You should probably be checked out by an internal
>>medicine doctor, if you haven't already done so.
>>
>>>--
>>>have pain that is bad that some days i can't sit stand or lay. they gave
me celeberx
>>>but it is not helping cause the pain is getting worse. the doctors here
so there is nothing
>>>wrong with me but the pain just gets worse. starts in the shoulders and
legs. like some
>>>one is pulling me in 2. shoulder to my hands and they sweell up to the
point that
>>>if i try to use them the pain gets worse. legs start in the hip and go to
my feet.
>>> that some days i can even wear my shoes. sandles even hurt on my feet. i
all so
>>>take advil to help with the pain. just don't understand why at my age of
42 i
>>>have this trouble. i have had this prblem for over 3 years. some days the
pain gets so bad that i
>>>can't even eat. but i force my self to at least eat a little bit so that
i don't
>>>throw it up. can't even hold my 4 year old grandaughter. doing my house
work is hard
>>>to do to. i have been told that it is not fibermaga. could it be some
type of
>>>arthise? today sitting here askng you what is wrong is hard to do. i have
to stop
>>>and rub my hands to go on. looking for some relef with this. i get scared
some
>>>times that it will cribble me. thank you for listening to me.
>>>
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