Take Two of These and Call Me In The Morning....

Had my review of lab work and second Dr's visit today with a very charming and compassionate rhumetologist. It's people like Dr Ganguli that make me wish I had gone into medicine... she's definatly a "whole picture" Dr. Her only downfall, she's in Germantown. Beggers cant be choosers I guess.

She has ruled out any auto-immune disorders like Lupus. My blood work came back just fine in that area. I am comfortable taking it off the table, in my mind, as well. She also felt that Fibromyalgia was a good diagnosis for me. That sucks, would liked to have gotten rid of that one as well. However my symptoms dont match up with FMS completly. So I think we're on a wait and see for any other helpful symptoms.

My bloodwork did reveal some inflamation of the muscles. Which is probably what is causing my chest issues. I read that it can effect the heart as well and therefore, is probably why my heart has started beating silly. Thankfully, all this can be treated with steriods. Yay...the fat pills. I will be put on a very low dose prednisone and a low dose non-steriodal anti-inflamatory. The predisone I will just take for about 6 weeks or so. I will start out at once a day for 2 weeks and then every other day for 3 weeks. Hopefully this will stop the chest pain and other various muscle pains.

She feels the reason I have not responded well to the FDA approved FMS drugs is because they target pain caused by neurological reasons. Where as I am experiancing actual inflamation of the muscles. So this is a different approach.

So what this means for the future, I really dont know. I am stil trying to let it all sink in and read up on what I can. I read it can be cured and I could never have another problem... or it can develop into a more auto-immune type issue and be recurring. I guess only time will tell.

I am so not happy about being on a steriod. I just have to remind myself that it's only short term and could fix this crap. I know weight gain is a big issue with most prednisone takers. Just what I need right?? Trying to lose weight and get put on the fat pill! Ugh.

Hopefully my diet will help me get through these next few weeks with some sanity. I guess it's a good thing I did what I did! Look for updates soon!