I am so sorry to learn of what is happeneing with your fight for Graham. I don't know what to say, so just please know my thoughts and prayers are with you and...
Hey all - Just a quick note - I am going in for surgery on my ribs Tuesday Morning at 6am. I will be at Beth Isreal hospital in Boston - The cheif of thoratic...
Hi all - happy to have found another costo group with so many people and so much information! A little about me: 25 y/o female from Vermont, diagnosed with...
Hi, Welcome to the group. Sorry you have costo. I'm really busy today so I'll have to make this brief. But the board's been rather quiet the last few days...
Hi Sherry - thanks for responding. I think I'm lucky in that the symptoms and the pain that I experience don't seem nearly as severe as what many people on...
Welcome Shelby. Sorry we had to meet this way...costo sucks but there sure are alot of friendly and knowlegable people around here. Your costo started very...
As much as I'd like to think I understand meds...I don't and I have been wondering something. It seems that all the meds some of us found so helpful but were...
Hi My duaghter is 15 and has it bad on her arms and legs. We tried everything it will go away and come back. What helps her alot is the sun and the pool but...
... Baths with oatmeal (pop it into a cloth hanky/cheesecloth, squoosh it around and use it as a 'washer'). This is guaranteed not to burn! You can add...
Been diagnosed with this yet no explaintion on why for it's a new area I need to explore. If anyone can help I would greatfully appreciate it. Thank You...
Hi, Shelby. I'm sorry to hear you've got costo but glad you found us. I hope yours isn't chronic and that it just goes away on it's own. It can happen....
Hi, Sharon. I've got both, fibro (FM) and costo. The fibro came first and the costo after an upper respiratory infection. A lot of FMers seem to have costo...
Hi Sharon, Many doctors believe the rib pain of Costochondritis is actually just one of the many symptoms of Fibro but I have had my Costo since the early 90s....
HI Shelby, I just wanted to throw in a few words about the neck pain. I had neck pain, pretty bad in fact, for the first several months that I had costo. It...
I hadn't heard of anyone having costo that long, Elizabeth. Poor you! My fibro started in the early 90's and the costo 3 years ago after an URI. I'll take...
Hi, Eileen. It's always great to see you posting. Don't stay away. Just ignore any yelling or bad attitudes. It rarely happens here and I think she's left...
I don't want to mislead anyone here, Mare! I have had Costo on and off since the early 90s, mostly off! This flare has been my longest ever, since October....
Hi Eileen - nice to meet you! :) Thanks for your info. Can anyone tell me how to make the pictures of the IC nerves bigger? They show up too small to see any...
-HI Shelby, Sorry you didn't have better luck at the dr's, and while it's been a while since I had swollen tonsils, seems plausible, doesn't it? I am the...
anyone have wheezing when they exhale with costo, or allergies that cause this? for the past couple weeks or so, i have had some wheezing as i exhale, not when...
Good question, Keith. I'm getting the same thing. I have a lot of sinus pressure lately and thought it was that but the antibiotics my dr rx'd aren't doing...
Don't worry, I'm 22 and I had the same feelings as you, after I had an extremly bad cold. I was very scared and did not tell my parents till about 3 wks later....
Don't worry, I'm 22 and I had the same feelings as you, after I had an extremly bad cold. I was very scared and did not tell my parents till about 3 wks later....
Hey All- I have been waiting to be well enough to sit down and write to you all. I had my surgery tuesday morning at 7am and I was a nervous wreck, being my...
The mere fact that you are able to write us to me seems like that is a good sign! I am sure you are hurting now and it is going to be hard to tell if this...
Chris! It's great to get an update. I've been thinking about you. Right now it's hard to say how you'll feel downstream as you're just post-op and I think...
Hey Eileen, Back from my trip and reading all the posts. Soooooooooooo nice to get away. I guess the Key West trip will become an anniv. tradition although...