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Posted by: Coleen in PA ® 07/25/2003, 21:18:06 Author Profile Mail author

Hi there... Thanks for the responses to my questions on muscle relaxants and other meds. When I went for Botox the doctor said that the muscle relaxants may actually help the eye spasms. I am now on different meds because my back and rib pain was so bad that I can't go to work or hardly lie down, sleep or walk without pain. After going from doctor to doctor for about 4 months, with about 3 internists, 1 rheumologist (I saw her twice) all saying it was just my fibromyaligia acting up, the doctor this week ran bloodwork and did back xrays and found that I have a compressed vertebrate that is causing all of the pain and is sending me for an MRI to determine what is the problem. Having had breast cancer 13 uears ago it could be that or osteoporisis of the spine. Just what I need another health problem. My husband & I are still hoping to go to the conference in Philly but will have to see what is happening with the back. Not sure about sitting for hours and hours. May have to look at the schedule and decide which workshops or discussions I really want to attend the most. Hope to go next month and meet all of you. Take care, Coleen in PA

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Posted by: June in Toronto ® 07/26/2003, 09:31:48 Author Profile Mail author

I hope the MRI diagnoses your problem, Coleen, and that you get some help with the pain. You certainly are going through a lot of problems and you are in my prayers. I hope you manage to get to the conference, I won't unfortunately, but I'm sure you will get a lot out of it. Best wishes June in Toronto

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Posted by: Geri in Philadelphia ® 07/28/2003, 05:28:00 Author Profile Mail author

Hi, Coleen in PA, Sure hope to see you at the BEBRF conference in a few weeks. I am going to be with my sister from VA who has BEB/Meige. I, too, have a compressed disc in my back and cannot sit for long periods of time. I am going to be quite selective about which lectures I will attend. Plenty of time to recoup and save myself for the topics I am really interested in with my sister. Hang in there, we'll probably learn lots just from listening to the doctors and talking with each other! Geri in Philadelphia where it's very humid in the summer.

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