vickythecat
Senior member
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2017
- Messages
- 366
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 01/2013
- Country
- EU
- State
- Earth
I know this is somewhat of a stupid question. If you feel unwell, you should go to the doctor. For certain issues, some doctors tell you to have regular check-ups, so you go back every year/6 months.
But I am confused with fibro because it can cause pain at the weirdest spots. I don't know what is fibro at times, and what is not.
For example, these past few months, I have been suffering from deep pelvic pain/hip pain. It started off feeling like regular fibro pain, but now it is getting so bad that it is waking & keeping me up at night, it shoots down my legs especially when I bend down, I can now feel it all the way to my toes and despite the extra painkillers, it is not going away at all. Usually with my fibro, I'll get pain in a part of my body one day, maybe for a week, but it will fade, then maybe come back days later. But this pelvic pain feels like something else, or maybe not. I really do not know.
And I really do not feel like going to a doctor to hear that it is 'nothing' aka fibro, and to be faced with another doctor who'll think of me as a 'weakling'. Does this make sense?
So when do you tell yourself 'ok, I should see a doctor about this?'
This question was easier to answer when I was working full-time (worked for 20 years). Mostly because it would have a major effect at my work, I could not handle the added stress of pain and fatigue, so I'd go to a doctor who'd almost always tell me to rest (thus a sick note for 1-2 weeks) and refer me to PT. (Looking back these sick-notes allowed me to continue to work for so many years despite fibro and mental illness)
But now that I am a prisoner at home, thus 'resting' all the time (though believe me, this does not feel like rest at all, it is constant torture at the (dis)comfort of my home, yey!) I don't know when to reach out for help. Does that make sense?
But I am confused with fibro because it can cause pain at the weirdest spots. I don't know what is fibro at times, and what is not.
For example, these past few months, I have been suffering from deep pelvic pain/hip pain. It started off feeling like regular fibro pain, but now it is getting so bad that it is waking & keeping me up at night, it shoots down my legs especially when I bend down, I can now feel it all the way to my toes and despite the extra painkillers, it is not going away at all. Usually with my fibro, I'll get pain in a part of my body one day, maybe for a week, but it will fade, then maybe come back days later. But this pelvic pain feels like something else, or maybe not. I really do not know.
And I really do not feel like going to a doctor to hear that it is 'nothing' aka fibro, and to be faced with another doctor who'll think of me as a 'weakling'. Does this make sense?
So when do you tell yourself 'ok, I should see a doctor about this?'
This question was easier to answer when I was working full-time (worked for 20 years). Mostly because it would have a major effect at my work, I could not handle the added stress of pain and fatigue, so I'd go to a doctor who'd almost always tell me to rest (thus a sick note for 1-2 weeks) and refer me to PT. (Looking back these sick-notes allowed me to continue to work for so many years despite fibro and mental illness)
But now that I am a prisoner at home, thus 'resting' all the time (though believe me, this does not feel like rest at all, it is constant torture at the (dis)comfort of my home, yey!) I don't know when to reach out for help. Does that make sense?