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05/19/2008 05:19
katrab
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 I have a question that I have presented to the rheum but she kind of blew me off and said it was arthritis. Does anyone know why I have terrible aching around my ribs, especially in the back and around the shoulder blades? It mostly happens during the night. By the time I get up.....of boy, am I sore. The skin on my back actually burns to the touch too. This is besides the regular fibro pain. I have thick memory foam on the bed and it is very slightly elevated as well. I can't find any info on the internet about my problem either. I would appreciate any ideas at all about what is going on with the rib/shoulder blade aching. I could go to the neurologist but I try to avoid him if I can because he sends me to so many other doc's for the answers. Thank you friends.
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05/19/2008 05:48
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 Katrab,Idon't have any answers either, this happens to me several nights a week. The only way I can sleep is to get up and sit in my recliner with it reclined a little and my feet up. My doc says it,s just another joy fibro has brought into my life,oh yeah and take extra pain pills if that helps.LOL
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05/19/2008 06:50
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 I just assumed that when I hurt like that at night it was because I sit at a desk all day. I try not to "hunch" over the desk as work, but I get so tired sitting up straight all day.

I usually go home and sit with a heating pad on my back for most of the evening.

So if there are others that have the same problem, I am guessing it's not just me sitting with bad posture all day.

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05/19/2008 06:54
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 Sorry,mcbeth but it is probably fibro finding a new way to make life interesting. How nice if it was just bad posture,huh? That we could fix, oh pooh, another thing we can't fix.
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05/19/2008 06:55
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 i have rib cage pain and it is attributed to the fibro. most of the time it feels like i am wearing a corset that is two sizes to small. sometimes it feels like someone has used me for batting practice and won the batting title. that is when i go to bed and chant, "don't breath and don't move and it won't hurt." and of course take extra pain meds.

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05/19/2008 07:11
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 Welp. You answered my question very well. So the rib pain--front and back--is fibro. I'll be damned. I was thinking weird stuff...like I had cancer or something!! This has been going on most nights for several years now. I will take your advice and try reclining and using the hot water bottle. Thank you much.
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05/19/2008 07:26
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 Just reading this post and I am having back/rib/shoulder pain...it keeps moving all around. I posted my own topic on it in detail. It is driving me nuts now since friday! I too worried and still am about other things wrong.....I hate this sometimes...still not sure about mine - hope it is just fibro rearing its ugly head! Hope you feel better soon too.

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05/19/2008 10:42
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 I have rib pain and sometime I have lumps which I think it is my Lymps that are stopped up...
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05/19/2008 21:32
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 I am not a doctor and I don't play one on tv. Look up the symptoms costrochondritis. Inflammation of the cartilage between the ribs. I get it chronically. It is painful. Good luck...

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05/21/2008 15:55
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 I thought the rib pain was from my bra. I don't wear one in the house anymore just when I go out. Does anyone have really bad back cramps? I just started getting them about a month ago. It happens when I lay on something hard like a Dr's exam table. Also get them up under my rib cage. Is that the fibro or am I wierd?

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