I don't drink any coffee, caffeinated drinks, alcohol, don't smoke, exercise very regularly, eat pretty healthy and I still have costo. Unfortunately, I have...
Hi All, My doctor said that for some, cutting caffeine helps a lot. His point was that I'm taking something to help me sleep and relax my muscles at night and...
HI, My name is Melissa and I had my 1st illness of costochondritis in January. I am presently suffering through it again. (it started about 2 weeks ago.) ...
Melissa, It does not have to be a permanent illness. Read through our past posts and you will find lots of helpful info. I'll answer a few of those questions...
Hello all, I was just wondering if it is common among us to have pain everyday? I know some refer to flareups and I do have times when the pain is worse than...
Carrie: I'm both jealous and happy for those of us who have "flare-up." My pain never leaves me and never seems to get better. I take that back - there was...
Wanda, Thank you for all the information. I appreciate your time. When the ambulance driver told me I wasn't having a heart attack but simply a panic attack,...
... Thank you for all your information. I appreciate all the information and yes, I have had most of the stages you described. (not stage 5, thank god) When I...
Hi Carol, I'm jealous that you even can try to lie on your side. I can only sleep on my back. If I try and sleep on my side, I can go into a total flare up...
Hi everyone, I just need to vent about this aggravating pain. It is 12 midnight where I live and I haven't been able to sleep. Everyone else in my household...
Hi Melissa, my daughter had her first flare up of Costo at 14, which was last November 2007. We're not sure where it came from, except she was extremely...
... Same here. I do all these things too and still have costo so I'm afraid living 'naturally' is not a cure-all for everyone. Anti-inflammatories are what...
... some ... I ... Hi Melissa. I'm sorry you have costo and I would try and answer your questions but I'm afraid some are unanswerable! You have to remember...
... everyday? I ... worse ... away or ... I have some pain every day. I'll feel achey or it will hurt if you press on parts of my chest but I can carry on and...
Hello! Melissa its Santana, nice to have you. I know exactly how you feel about the frustration. I got this condition in middle to late June. When I went to...
I know how u feel, I have pain EVRY DAY! Some days I can kinda ignore it, but the past few weeks its been stronger and it hurts bad enough where I wanna lay in...
Wanda: Never be jealous of me. I don't lay on my side, well, either. I was on my back and trying to get up out of bed. I have to try to turn on my side...
Goodness, I even used Spellcheck on my last post. A couple of spelling errors are noted, the one being, "I have NO family," - just wanted to clarify... ...
I also wanted to share an interesting fact that may be a reason for my daughters Costo, (other than stress) and something that may lead to it being chronic for...
Hi Mari, I haven't written to the two of you in awhile. I hope the warmer weather and lack of stress during the summer is helping Maggie. It's interesting to...
Hi Wanda, that is VERY interesting, do you remember how your knee issues began?? It is very warm here in the California desert, 105 right now, and that's...
Hi Mari, Thanks for the well wishes! From what I can remember about my knee problem, we could never really figure out exactly what I had done. I had a fall...
Found the support group at 1230 am. Up with pain. First diagnosed as a teeenager in 1985. Doctors finally removed (partially)3 ribs. Been mostly pain free...
Hi y.rhonda94, Geez. In googling costochondritis, I was on one of the medical sites and it said the removing the ribs was a last ditch effort to stop...
Hi Jim and Rhonda, My sister had a floating rib removed, after dealing with Costo for a couple of years, but her problem was that the rib was pushing on ...
Hi all Gosh, I didn't know there was a GROUP! I thought it was just me! Anyway, I'm Carol, 43 year old Mum to three, staying up in north east Scotland. I ate a...
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