No, this isn't some trendy new band, but a medical test I had today. I had a lot of anxiety about this test, since it involves needles.

The skin over the areas to be tested is cleaned with a special soap. A needle electrode that is attached by wires to a recording machine is inserted into a specific muscle ( Read more... )

I'm trying really hard to control my anger,fear and frustration. I went to my follow up appt. after having labs drawn. I told the lab tech at that time she should double check that she had all my labs because they usually take 3-4 tubes not just 1. She smiled and totally blew me off by saying that of course they had everything blah blah. Fast ( Read more... )

Hello everyone. I have a question about how do I go about getting tested for all vitamin and mineral deficiencies? Do I just go to my pcp and ask for a full panel of blood tests? Is this something they would normally do? Or will my Dr. think I am crazy to even ask for it ( Read more... )

One theory about the cause of FMS is trauma.. & for the life of me, I couldn't think of any trauma that I had near the onset of my symptoms.. then it just poped into my head last night.. when *was* it that I had that riding accident?? Some years ago I got thrown/fell from a horse as itr spontaneously decided to break into a run.. I was in the ( Read more... )

I just left this as a comment to the last post, but I wanted to post it here so everyone can see it. When it comes to the American College of Rheumatology standards for diagnosing fibromyalgia, there is in fact a very specific measure of force that should be used to diagnose a tender point - Though many doctors don't use a standardized method and ( Read more... )