Questions & Answers

What does one do for pain and fatigue from polio at age 3, numerous childhood surgeries to my leg to correct a curved spine, and now PPS, arthritis in spine, neck, and shoulders ?

Like knees making sounds example snapping, crunching, etc...
Joint stiffening, pain and/or giving way?
I am 58, in a few days 59, my orthopedic surgeon said need to be older seems likes even maybe decades...though now overweight due to had to stop exercising even changed to yogi fusion. Had to stop that as well. I am at my wits end with my OA, I need at least one knee replacement?

I’m so saddened by the nature of the medical community. 10 yrs ago I had a wonderful doctor that was the most caring, wonderful doctor and friend. He diagnosed me in 2000 with lupus and fibromyalgia and severe degenerative disc disease. I had spinal fusion, and two spinal implants. He passed away in 2011 and it’s been a nightmare ever since. My doctor I’ve had for the last 4 years decided yesterday that I need to go to a pain specialist dr. I can not afford a specialist. I’ve been on the same… read more

Have you ever been hooked up to the heart monitor at the hospital and going off showing you are in A-fib quite frequently then a few times showing you are in Vtach but they tell you it's not real? Well excuse me, but I feel this A-fib very much! They put me on metoprolol, flecainide, aspirin, and lipitor. I don't know why they put me on lipitor because my lipid panel was fine. They told me it wasn't my heart after doing an echo, which showed a trivial pericardial effusion, my tricuspid leaflets… read more

I am curious , a friend told me about EMDR and it helped her tremendesly with trauma from childhood and her trust in the future I wonder if its also useable for pain management and coping with the pain. Because i notice that when my mind is strong i can carry the pain better i suffer less and can stay positive. Can EMDR be helpful with carrying pain ?

Tingle, numbness, never stops. nuro..pathy?

My fiance suffers daily with osteoartritis near her thumb & wrist on her right hand. Her rheumatologist has prescribed hydrocodone acetaminophen which offers some but certainly not complete relief. We are seeking any answers to help deal with this affliction. It seems there is no cure but we pray there is some way of living more completely with it.