No prob jill,

well at least you have a diagnosis. Fortunatly there are numerous medications that can allow you to live a normal life.

You should talk to your doctor about taking something along with the amitryptaline. One medication that I use now that has totally changed my life is duragesic, it is a transdermal fentanyl patch and it goes into your system very slowly over a 72 hour period, this allows for consistant relief from the riggors of pain! Some folks do not do really well with it because it is so powerful and their metabolism makes the medicine go into their system too fast but it has been perfect for me.

This is a long road and the only way to make it and do well is to make sure that you are taking care of yourself and keeping your pain under control and then you will be able to take care of the house, kids, husband and so forth.

Good luck,
brian

Hi brian thanks yes I know it is a relief to know what is wrong now but I dont reall know much about this condition I guess I will have a lot of reading to do one thing could you tell me is the e.S.R rate in any way connected to this condition as I had mine tested 2wks ago and it was a little high at 46 but my doc took some bloods the other day and it now up to 63! Just wondered if it was conected in some way hope I dont have to give p my work I love my job ! Well thanks again talk soon jill

Jill,
i am not sure what the esr rate is. Can you expand on the term?

Brian

Hi brian esr its a blood test that show the rate of sedimatation in your blood I think what it shows is if you have inflamation in your body I looked it up on the net lol

Yes that is correct. Sedement rate is an indicator of infection or inflamitory process in the body. They may also do a test called c reactive protien, another indicator for the same thing.

Alone they do not mean much but when compared to other results in the hematology they can help to determine certian conditions.

My goodness what other conditions !! Will my g.P do these test as a follow up to these blood results or what happens now