efantauzzi
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Hello everyone!
My name is Emilia. I was only diagnosed last week but have spent countless years in and out of hospitals to only hear that "it is in your head", "see a psychiatrist", "you must be a drug addict". I am a nurse and never put two and two together. I spent years of hospital visits telling me I'm a drug addict due to the fact that I know what pain killers worked for me. I thought I was suffering from costochondritis and have been on muscle relaxants and tramadol for about a year. Spending months on end crippled in bed I even started thinking it was in my head. I was embarrassed to tell my boyfriend and doctor that the pain in my hands that wad in my hands had moved to my elbows, shoulders, neck, back, hips, thighs, Knesset, calves, and feet. It sounded crazy in my head...what were people going to think? It sounds crazy to say that barely any bone or muscle in my body wasn't in pain. I called my doctor to find she had moved to a new clinic. Upset, I saw a new doctor and he opened my eyes. Years of GI tests and medication and finally I saw some light! Sorry about the verbose post but for once I can see a little light. I have so many questions and am so hopeful that I can take ease in a group like this! Thank for reading!
My name is Emilia. I was only diagnosed last week but have spent countless years in and out of hospitals to only hear that "it is in your head", "see a psychiatrist", "you must be a drug addict". I am a nurse and never put two and two together. I spent years of hospital visits telling me I'm a drug addict due to the fact that I know what pain killers worked for me. I thought I was suffering from costochondritis and have been on muscle relaxants and tramadol for about a year. Spending months on end crippled in bed I even started thinking it was in my head. I was embarrassed to tell my boyfriend and doctor that the pain in my hands that wad in my hands had moved to my elbows, shoulders, neck, back, hips, thighs, Knesset, calves, and feet. It sounded crazy in my head...what were people going to think? It sounds crazy to say that barely any bone or muscle in my body wasn't in pain. I called my doctor to find she had moved to a new clinic. Upset, I saw a new doctor and he opened my eyes. Years of GI tests and medication and finally I saw some light! Sorry about the verbose post but for once I can see a little light. I have so many questions and am so hopeful that I can take ease in a group like this! Thank for reading!