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Recently diagnosed

I was recently diagnosed as having hEDS in addition to my longtime diagnoses of fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and psoriatic arthritis. It is the diagnosis however, that finally connected all the dots - early onset osteoarthritis, muscle tears (1st one at age 8), and many other things that didn’t quite fit. So, learning about hEDS and how that affects things going forwards. #EhlersDanlosSyndrome

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Last night I burnt the roof of my mouth on pizza. Isn't it always the things we love the most are the things that hurt us the most?

I haven't had tummy problems this bad in a while. I feel like my tummy is full of gremlins. I keep having sharp stabby pain in the left side of my tummy.
Constipation sucks so much. It hurts like hell. My GI doctor wants me to start eating dark leafy greens and other fiber rich veggies and fruit. I haven't gotten it yet.
So about 5 days ago I got an email saying it was from my bank. They said a suspicious charge was made. I didn't recognize it so I contacted my bank and they disabled the card and were sending me a new card within 7 days. I thought ok great... until the online services I pay for started kicking back for not being able to process. So I'm gonna have lots of late fees. Fun times.
#whenitrains #FemoralAcetabularImpingement
#Bursitis #Osteoarthritis #RheumatoidArthritis
In other news...
My current #coffeeadventure is interesting. I made salted caramel flavored coffee, added white chocolate toffee flavor cappuccino powder, almond milk and a splash of cinnamon roll flavored coffee creamer. I know it's a lot, but you gotta trust me, it's better than 7-Eleven cappuccino. All of the flavors balance out. It's silky smooth and delicious.
My current pain level is 7.5. But my lumbar doesn't hurt at all so I suppose it's not so bad. But the intermittent rolling gut pain sucks.

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Multiple chronic diseases

Hi, My name is Debbie. I’m married to a very supportive husband who takes me to all of my Doctors appointments which I have quite a few each month. I have Rheumatoid arthritis, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue syndrome and Reynauds. I also have Osteoarthritis and I injured my upper back by falling and my head whiplashed back, hit my head and injured my back. I had a perforated colon 4 years ago. I was in & out of the hospital for 2 years, with 4 major infections. Finally I had an 8 hour surgery 2 hour recovery. Since then I’ve been spiraling downward into very intense pain with the diseases. I would like to hear from others in the group who have experienced something similar and what you are currently using for pain and staying awake. Thank you for listening to my this.@

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2 weeks

The pain came back yesterday. I was hoping it was just a fluke. But of course I'm not allowed to be pain free for more than 2 weeks.
My broken tooth really hurts but I haven't seen a dentist in 14 years. I require sedation. So I basically just said fuck dentists.
It's almost 6am. I've been typing this out for about 3 hours. I have no attention span. I really want maple Spam musubi. *Pause for nap* . My tummy hurts. I got sick 15 minutes ago. Today is luckily a weekend no appointments day. I am gonna take my meds and a gummy and have her put some CBD cream on my back....
*paused for 20 minutes to eat some generic Ritz crackers dipped in mango-apricot-peach for some breakfast snacks*
She's out cold asleep and I don't want to wake her up. I just need a gummy. Ugh this sucks.
#FemoralAcetabularImpingement
#Bursitis #Osteoarthritis #RheumatoidArthritis #BackPain

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Sigh. I don't know

My tummy hurts so much. I have been drinking sweetened pistachio milk. It's so yummy... But I'm trying to see if it's the cause of my GI distress. Of course I ate new snacks yesterday and today. Could be them.
My hips and back don't hurt right now! Of course my tummy makes up for it.
I went to go make coffee and found about 2 cups of caramel sundae flavor coffee in the pot . So I dumped it in my cup and added some cinnamon rolls creamer. It's amazing. The flavors play nicely together. Except now my tummy is screaming.
took 15 minutes to make my coffee and figure out my snack and of course now my back is being a horrid screech weasel simply because I stood up for 15 minutes. How dare I try to function.
So we didn't celebrate yesterday for our anniversary so I am hoping tonight we can go out for dinner. I have a restaurant id like to go to. I had wanted to go yesterday cuz on Saturday they have my favorite soup.
OMG my right hip just started hurting so much. I gotta ask Pauley for a gummy. But she's asleep. Ugh I hate waking her up.
I'm hungry but I don't know what I want. I know I want my tummy to calm down.
#BackPain #ChronicPain #GIdistress #FemoralAcetabularImpingement #Osteoarthritis

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