I was doing some reading and I came across that people with fibro have a lower pain threshold. This really clicked in for me , I now understand why I was in so much pain after my shoulder surgery. I had a rotator cuff repair and part of my collar bone remove. I was in so much pain after the surgery it was unbelievable to me. The morphine did not help. I couldn't understand this because I had six other surgeries and never had this problem. I have has a hysterectomy, hernia, appendix and cesarean sections. None of these compared to the last. And it was only day surgery , I wanted to stay, I didn't want to scare my husband or freak him out, but they sent me home anyways. I was crying all the time. Not like me at all. After I realized this I now have figured this is what started my flare. I have gone down hill since the surgery in November 2007. I was five months into physio and suddenly I was back to square one. Had to quit, I could no longer take it. I was getting very tired back then.
I was told that I need the other shoulder done and I am scared %6%7 to have it done. I never have cried out in pain before this.
Anybody else have a big event to trigger a major long lasting flare? Or just something that you wouldn't think of?
Jacqueline