On my last visit with my neurologist (about two weeks ago), he was a little
concerned about my muscle aching and my hands and wrists being a little
swollen and still rather weak. He did both a CPK and Rheumatoid Factor
analysis of my blood. Everything, thank you God, came back normal. After
the results were normal he told me he was checking for Lupus. I am glad
someone was watching over me because I sure don't need any other disorder.
I am desperately trying to cope with the fact that I am only 26 and have
not had children yet, etc. I do thank God daily for having the wonderful
support from my loving husband, my family, his family, friends and this
group too. Sorry, that I don't get to add as much to this group as I would
like, but my only e-mail use is at work (I work in the Marketing dept of a
computer software company) which gives me little time to put my two cents
in on the tmic list. But, every free moment I have, I think about all of
us with TM and hope that everyone is doing OK! Have a good weekend (Easter
too)!
Nicole
At 11:49 PM 3/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-03-26 15:07:15 EST, Nicole wrote:
>
>> Linda,
>>
>> The blood pressure cuff is the description I have used for the beginning
>as
>> well. It has perfectly described the feeling around my upper right arm!!
>> It is so interesting to here all of the different ways of describing the
>> symptoms we all seem to be having at times. I have always had a difficult
>> time explaining symptoms to my doctor but some of the phrases and terms
>> used here have helped me tremendously!!
>>
>> It is great to have others who understand what is going on.
>>
>> Nicole
>
>Nicole and Linda,
>
>That blood-pressure-cuff feeling describes exactly what my left arm feels
>like sometimes. With that feeling, and some swelling still in my fingers, and
>my left hand being a noticeably different color (pinker) than my right, I
>have wondered if circulation was affected.
>
>Barbara
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