I haven't posted here for awhile, mostly because I just wasn't up to it. A lot has gone on in the last three weeks and I won't bore you with all the details except some of the highlights that lead to today.
The symptoms were getting worse and I saw my doctor the Monday after my last post. It came out that because of my symptoms, I was unable to manage my chronic pain (Fibromyalgia, 17 yr old back fracture, my knee and osteoarthritis) as I normally do. So, she tried a new non narcotic pain med. Within hours of taking it I started to feel better.
Within a few days my feet started to "swell" more than normal. At times they were over 4 times their normal size and I was starting to feel horrible all over.
In the next two weeks I lowered the dose and then stopped the pain killer to no avail.
Yesterday I was rushed to the doctor who was horrified at what she saw (and my feet were actually not bad then) She said it was retained fluid and sent me for a barrage of tests to rule out congestive heart failure and other goodies.
I just got the call and everything is normal. My doctor believes that it was a side affect of the pain med and thanks to another pill I lost 8 pounds of fluid last night and am still going. There are still a couple of tests to go to make sure there is no heart damage from it, but I am feeling much better (and lost 8 pounds overnight .
But we still have to wait on the Neurolgist and MRI for the original symptoms but I am just so happy that this latest ordeal is over with.
Thanks for all of your kind wishes and support. I love you guys!