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I've been off the antibiotics 10 days and the pain has returned.  I am at a loss as to where to go next.  The rheumatologist I saw gave me Flexeril, took one, no difference.  He says maybe fibromyalgia, but I have fibro in my neck and shoulders and when I take pain killers, that helps a lot.  No pain killer is helping with this pain at all.  I'll contact my doctor Monday morning and see what to do.  He and the rheumatologist mentioned a sleep clinic for me to go to, not quite sure why that would help as I get plenty of restful sleep, so I'm going to be sure to ask him about that.  I don't feel that is the answer to my problem.  Just want this pain to go and stay away - for the past almost 2 weeks I've felt wonderful, being doing all sorts of things - after I post this, I'm heading for my recliner and try to sleep so I won't feel the pain.  I can't make the docs understand that I feel better when taking antibiotics, no pain, and pain comes when I stop. There has to be some kind of connection.

Mary Frances, Abby sounds so cute.  I love that tablecloth thing. That's darling! The only cute thing  mine does is Purrvin will get up on the edge of the counter and stare at the cabinet that holds his treats, puts one leg on the spindle of the chair and waits for you to come get him a treat.  I'm having to watch Cali closely as all of a sudden she has a vendetta for Poco and tries to go after her any time she has the opportunity. I don't understand it, but when she gets it in her mind, she's going to attack somehow, someway, when you're not looking. I'm just glad Poco is faster. Maybe Cali won't hurt her so bad unless she corners her and Poco has no escape. If that happens, I hope it catches our attention enough to step in and yell at Cali to stop. Poco was so cute this morning, Rob put her on my recliner with me and she actually stayed there but unfortunately I had just had a cup of coffee and had to get up to go to the bathroom, so I didn't get to enjoy it very long. Hopefully she'll get up there again soon and stay. It's a new experience to have a semi-lap cat after 17 years of cats just wanting to be let in and out and "feed me" and an occasional "okay, I'll let you rub me" kind of cats.

I'll post back after I talk to the doctor - see where to go next. The rheumatologist mentioned an infectious disease doctor and maybe that will help, but I couldn't find any that practices unless you're already in the hospital. You'd think we'd have at least one in a city as big as Richmond, VA.

Take care,

Debby  =^..^=

Debbi,

Abby is resting on my needlework in the picture in my siggy. I have to wait for her to go to bed before I can stitch or she "helps" me! Then I get to pick cat fur out with my tweezers. Or I did, she knocked them off the table and bent the tips and so they are now useless.

I hope they get to the bottom of what is making you so miserable. I am wondering if you have something going on in the bowel. Tell me where your pain is again. And yes, there certainly must be an infectious disease person near you. I hope my sister sees this posting as that is her speciality and she may know or know of someone.

Happy Halloween,

That little Abby is a mischievous little thing.  I haven't stitched since we rescued these two, now I'm wondering if Purrvin will be all over me.  I know how that cat hair is with stitching.  I also know how it gets on my clothes and I don't even get near the cats!  Believe it or not, I am highly allergic to cats but I will never give up my darlings.

My pain is in my arms and legs.  Terrible muscle pain and nothing even begins to relieve it, no pain killers, no muscle relaxers.  I've had enough antibiotics they tell me to kill the Lyme's, but why does the pain of it come back when I get off them is my concern. I sit in my recliner and squirm around because the pain makes me uncomfortable, I've even woke myself up moaning from the pain.  I have felt so wonderful the past 12 days that it's almost sinful and now I'm so miserable, it's like night and day. I want relief before I get caught up in that pain causes stress, stress causes pain, etc., cycle. I'm beginning to wonder if this is the way I'm going to be for the rest of my life. After a while the doctors get tired of trying to find answers and you don't get anymore help from them and I don't want it to get that far.  Both the rheumatologist and my family doc have mentioned sleep clinic, but I have no idea how that connects with this. We'll see what he says Monday.

Well, Purrvin just showed up, now I can't type any longer, one finger takes too long! Quiet Halloween around here - we live in the country and have no trick or treaters. 

Debby =^..^=