and I must say, I am not at all impressed or overly happy with his course of so called treatment! I spent 3 hours yesterday typing out my medical history and questions. Biggest complaints right now are pain, especially in hips, back, knees, wrists, hands and feet-my hands and feet are super swollen-memory problems-continued iritis-did I mention PAIN-generally feeling like crap. He seems to think its all fibro and its all caused by lack of rem sleep. I take Xanax and two ambein at night time and snore like a champ according to my hubby but the dr says I'm not getting enough restorative sleep and thats what is causing all my pain??!!! He prescribe a drug called zanaflex, its a muscle relaxant that I'm supposed to take an hour before bedtime in addition to the sleeping pills. The dr asked if I had restless leg syndrome and I told him no. Will says though that my legs do twicth and jump a lot in the night.
He said that he doesn't think I have connective tissue disease but I may have rheumatoid arthritis because of the swelling. He x-rayed my hands and feet and I got another 8 vials of blood drawn and got to wee in a cup. He says he doesn't see any reason for the miscarriages although he admitted it all very well could be connected but that they just can't find the connection.
I begged him to do something else for the pain. I told him its pretty darned hard to get a good nights sleep when I can't lay down because my hips hurt so bad! I've been sleeping in the recliner a lot of nights. My hands are so swollen and hurt so bad, I can hardly type and can't make a fist at all. He then said that a lot of my pain is probably caused by my depression??!!! I told him if he was in so much pain, he'd be depressed too!! Not to mention that I just lost twins a month again! I told him I was seeing a shrink but that this pain started BEFORE I even got pregnant this last time. He just kept saying try this Zanaflex and come back in a month! I was crying when I left his office. The first time I saw this dr, last November, I really liked him. Don't know if he was having an off day or what but I feel like I was handed a cookie, patted on the head and sent out the door!
Linz and other fibromites, have you heard of this drug? Was I expecting too much? Is there something else he can do and isn't? I asked him about placquenil and he said I don't have Lupus so don't need it. Argh.
-------------------- Taking it one day at a time.....
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Saw the Rheumy dr today
I spent 3 hours yesterday typing out my medical history and questions. Biggest complaints right now are pain, especially in hips, back, knees, wrists, hands and feet-my hands and feet are super swollen-memory problems-continued iritis-did I mention PAIN-generally feeling like crap. He seems to think its all fibro and its all caused by lack of rem sleep. I take Xanax and two ambein at night time and snore like a champ according to my hubby but the dr says I'm not getting enough restorative sleep and thats what is causing all my pain??!!! He prescribe a drug called zanaflex, its a muscle relaxant that I'm supposed to take an hour before bedtime in addition to the sleeping pills. The dr asked if I had restless leg syndrome and I told him no. Will says though that my legs do twicth and jump a lot in the night.
