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Hi everyone, I'm back with yet another question! I am reading a book Fibromyalgia for Dummies 2nd Edition. It's very informative. In reading this it mentions the 18 tender points...I think that is the correct term. And that you have to have pain in at least 11 of these areas when they are palpitated in order to be diagnosed with FMS. However I don't neccessarily have pain when touchedbut I do have pain in all of the tender point areas. Does anyone else encounter the same thing? My doc feels very confident with her diagnosis, and is still runnign additional chem labs etc...to check a few other things out. My pain also doesn't seem as sever as what some of you are going through...I mean I am very achey, and I have areas of muscle weakness, and I have this burning sensation through out my shoulders and back. I also have a lot of other fibro sympotoms that. But now I am starting to have my doubts about her diagnosis. Maybe I am just in denial, or maybe I'm lucky enough to have a mild case, or perhaps I'm just at the beginning of this dissorder and it's going to get worse. I don't know what to think anymore, I sound like a nut don't I? Post edited by: BeachBum, at: 02/06/2008 10:53 Post edited by: BeachBum, at: 02/06/2008 10:53 |
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