As you guys might've read, I felt horrible today, all day. I didn't go to class or anything, and I spent most of the day sleeping, crying, having a horrible migraine, being really sore everywhere, throwing up, and coughing. I still am feeling kinda cruddy, but I've finally got my 102 fever down to normal, and now I'm not coughing as much, and haven't thrown up in a few hours...

I think I had a touch of the flu or something. It was just weird that I felt absolutely fine last night, then I woke up so sick I felt like dying. I am just glad I started feeling better with enough time to study some. I have 3 exams tomorrow, and 1 on Friday.

I also had one yesterday (on Tuesday) so at least I felt good enough before that exam. Anyway, I am not too worried about my exams tomorrow, but I am kinda stressed just that I had all 5 exams crammed into this week. And I have 4 hours between my morning class which I studied for quite a bit for already, and my 2 other classes which I have exams in tomorrow. So I will have 4 hours to study for the other 2 exams after I take the first one at 11am.

Also today someone from my PM doc's office called to set up my appointment for my injections, which I thought were going to be done in November, but apparently, I'm having them done I believe I had scheduled them on October 20th or something like that. I have to call back again and let her know it will work for me.

I'm having it done at 8:30am that day, so I just wanted to let you guys know that I don't actually have to wait until November for the injections... I'm really hoping they will help with my pain.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know that I'm feeling better, and hopefully will still feel okay enough tomorrow so that I can take my exams at least mostly clear headed.

I'm on my way to bed now, but just wanted to update everyone.

Much http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/heart.gif to all of my dear friends here..
Crystal

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-21 year old chronic pain patient..
-Have a transitional vertebrae @ s1.
-Slight bulges in disks L4-L5 and L5-S1.
-adhesions from years of not knowing gallbladder was bad then had it removed, lots of abdominal pain now... also referred pain in mid and upper back from gallbladder as well...
-Chronic severe migraines, and tension headaches... Taking Axert for migraines.. Working well...Nothing px'ed for tension headaches... Sometimes even get both kinds of headaches at the same time..... Really weird.
-Lots of low back and mid back pain growing up..
-Then was in 2 very bad car accidents not even a year apart, 1@17y.o. and 1@18y.o. Had fractures in both... Arm in one, and wrist and hand in the other wreck. Arm was broke by airbag.. Wrist and hand by impact of hand slamming into steering wheel... Also had back, neck and chest (from seatbelt) pain from these wrecks. And in one slammed knees into dash. Also fell on ice a couple yrs ago and landed right on tail bone. This is what my PM doc feels caused the bulges.
-Also have had a few cysts on left ovary, that burst.
-Also had pre-cancerous cells on cervix, and had surgery in Dec. 2002 to have them removed. Have been having normal paps ever since! (Didn't have one of those for like 3 years!)
-Now having lots of knifelike shoulder pain between spine and shoulder blades..Also having a lot of hip/pelvic pain and soreness under my butt, if that even makes sense...And pain in low-back/sacral area and tailbone area...like it's going to crack and break or something... It hurts to sit for very long at all.
-Pain overall between 7-9 everyday with OR without meds.. Because Percocets aren't working well anymore at all.
-Still somewhat undiagnosed, but have had these tests for my pain issues... :
*CT Scan on entire spine
*CT Scan on abdomen
*X-rays on shoulder and entire spine
*MRI on head and spine
*Also been to these specialists: Chiropractor-Did adjustments, and a few other treatments; Orthopedic surgeon-gave stretches and PT exercises to do, also px'd Ibuprofen800 which I can no longer take any NSAIDs; D.O. (my PCP)-Did adjustments, and px'd my meds until I got into pain management.
Pain mgmt doc and his P.A. Have changed my previous meds, and plans on doing Trigger point injections and a couple steroid injections on November 19, 2003. Hope that helps! Then maybe I can go off these pain pills! If not, who knows what's going to go on, but I'm trying to stay positive!

-Started at PM Clinic on 9/9/03, and went wonderful. First saw the P.A. Then saw the PM doc on the 18th, and he's absolutely wonderful.
-Moderate case of TMJ
-Lots of throbbing pain in left knee and left arm from previous fractures.. (knee from sports; arm broke in a car accident)..
-Also arthritis in hands.. Broken 6 of my fingers several times, and also broke 3 of my toes...
-Meds I was taking, then the meds I was changed to and I'm taking now : Percocet 7.5/500 every 4 hrs as need for pain changed on 9/23 to Percocet 10 (hope it does better!), Flexeril 10mg 2x/day changed on 9/9 to Zanaflex 3x/day, Tofranil 50mg @ bedtime changed to Gabitril 40mg @ bedtime on 9/9, Imitrex for migraines changed to Relpax on 9/9 then to Axert on 9/18, also given Zoloft 50mg in the morning on 9/9 to counteract all the meds that make me drowsy to keep me more awake.