On 10/31/2013 8:42 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

> But the problem I have run into there, is that each Dr. thinks I have a
> different thing. One said psoriatic arthritis. Another said it is not
> that but fibromyalgia. Still another said neither of those things but
> venous insufficiency which I believe that I do have. But I also believe
> that at times I have had the fibromyalgia as well. It can get
> frustrating when one Dr. tells me not to listen to another Dr. and only
> listen to him/her. I don't think I have had psoriatic arthritis but
> that is the diagnosis that he gave me. Verbally he also told me that I
> had fibromyalgia but he put on the paper that it is psoriatic
> arthritis. But two other Drs. did at least agree on the fibro. which I
> believe is only a symptom and not an actual syndrome or disease. But I
> could be wrong on that.

I think I also have fibromyalgia mostly because I'm on Lyrica for the
foot nerve pain and ever since then, the shoulder pain has gone away. I
went for at least 2 steroid injections in my shoulder for the pain which
had a little effect, but since Lyrica, I don't get that pain at all.

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