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just dont take mr vicodin everyday....try laying on the heating pad for a day! and takin it easy- if your babies are little just close yourself and them up in...
Debra Hite
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May 3, 2007
7:05 pm
13958
You can't take care of others if you don't take care of yourself first. Talk to a doctor with your concerns and try to find a way to get pain management....
Marci
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May 3, 2007
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13957
I went to the rheumatologist a couple of weeks ago and was told to take a particular anti-inflammatory consistently for 2 months. Only time will tell if this...
Marci
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May 3, 2007
4:27 pm
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my dr put me on steroids for 2 weeks..twice, which helped a bunch and in between he said take ibuprophen, bayer back and body or aleve..and they do seem to...
Tena
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May 3, 2007
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you just have to kind of take it a day at a time, some days are pretty good and I can putter about in the house and get some things done, others i am flat on...
Tena
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May 3, 2007
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13954
what im wondering is what the other excercises were that the PT gave you for your costo? was it arm stuff, pectoral stuff, spine stuff??? Wendy Anderson...
unlucky girl
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May 3, 2007
2:57 pm
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Hi Unlucky, Yes I did Physical therapy. That is what CAUSED my Costo. They gave me exercises to do with my arms that I had Never done before. I originally...
Wendy Anderson
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May 3, 2007
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13952
Hi wendy, i remember that a while ago you had told me you had PT for your costo. could you please tell me what you did for PT and what they found wrong with...
unluckygirl520
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May 3, 2007
12:40 pm
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i dont understand your expaination. does your pain wrap around you to your back? Heidi Dodge <hdcosto@...> wrote: To Amy, when i first got...
unlucky girl
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May 3, 2007
12:34 pm
13950
im just begining my journey. i started with a rheumatologist who sent me to a physical medicine Doctor, after PT didnt really help anything but to pinpoint the...
unlucky girl
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May 3, 2007
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13949
I'm so sorry you are in so much pain. I cannot do any housework at all because of the pain it causes and my doctor recommended me for home help which is...
Wendy Anderson
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May 3, 2007
11:55 am
13948
I really give up i'm so much in pain can not be a mother nor a wife and its becomin a problem in my marriage i just want to run away from everything.My...
musfiquh jonathan
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May 3, 2007
8:36 am
13947
back from my mammo...needless to say (for those of you who know from experience) my left chest wall feels WONDERFUL...ha-ha-ha! guess I can look forward to...
susan k irby smith
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May 3, 2007
6:52 am
13946
To Amy, when i first got costo, i got that squeezing snake around my ribs feeling you mentioned a few times, a year later, i haven't felt anything like that...
Heidi Dodge
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May 3, 2007
12:20 am
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susan, often if the lumps in your breast are smoothe and movable, they arent cancerous. but if they are irregularly shaped and fixed into place (since cancer...
unlucky girl
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May 2, 2007
11:00 pm
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on my way to have a mammogram this afternoon...within the past 6 weeks, I have found 3 lumps on my ribs...side and front of the left lower ribcage and between...
susan k irby smith
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May 2, 2007
8:59 pm
13943
Hi, Tina~~ Oh, yeah!!! That's where I feel it a lot, too---all the way around the sides, too. For me, I don't get as much sternum discomfort as it is ribs...
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lbiisforme
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May 2, 2007
5:10 pm
13942
When I had this the first time, my doctor said to take NSAIDs (like Advil or Alleve) for 2 weeks to help w/the inflammation. So with my most recent flare-up,...
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lbiisforme
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May 2, 2007
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13941
well, its been since dec. that i have been having rib pain. i dont have fibro or arthritis os anything else wrong with me. my PT started me on a light exercise...
unlucky girl
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May 2, 2007
3:17 pm
13940
As far as nerve pain/block, there are people here who generally have more problems than one (fibromyalgia/arthritis/etc). My opinion is that with constant...
Marci
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May 2, 2007
2:59 pm
13939
It sure is frustrating isn't it? This is what I found, it might help you... Intercostal nerve blocks are injections of long-acting local anesthetic and...
Michael Koster
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May 2, 2007
12:03 pm
13938
HI everyone, Well, today i was in a total emotional mess, so i took a half day off to talk to the Dr. Im seeing. he told me not to think of costo as i would a...
unlucky girl
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May 2, 2007
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13937
No it is not fun. My dr said take some ibuprofen, that was 10 months ago. At first I just knew I was dying of breast cancer and can't tell you how much money I...
lneonkia
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May 1, 2007
11:05 pm
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Tina, I can definitely relate to everything you mentioned. I have the same pains. Not fun. ~~ Robyne ... it...
Robyne
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May 1, 2007
10:58 pm
13935
i have a little breast pain, i have pain at the parts where the bone continues to become bone. its sore to the touch. it never hurt me to wear a bra or cough ....
unlucky girl
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May 1, 2007
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My dr THINKS I have costo. It does sound like it but I am not buying it yet. Do any of you have breast pain? I have pain around my ribs, underneath my breast...
lneonkia
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May 1, 2007
10:31 pm
13933
I guess I don't completely get it myself. It was explained to me by my physical therapist like this...My ribs on my right side are "out of place". The joints...
Michael Koster
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May 1, 2007
4:49 pm
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carrie, thank you for getting back to me. i was in a lot of pain, both physical and mental last night so today im taking a half day off today and am going to...
unlucky girl
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May 1, 2007
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13931
I guess I don't completely get it myself. It was explained to me by my physical therapist like this...My ribs on my right side are "out of place". The joints...
Michael Koster
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May 1, 2007
12:41 pm
13930
I guess I don't completely get it myself. It was explained to me by my physical therapist like this...My ribs on my right side are "out of place". The joints...
Michael Koster
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