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Stormy
by: Patty on Mon, Jun 16 2008

it started cramping in her calves most of the time then the chest pain started she would scream in pain it was the worst pain ( mommy
mommy, it hurts mommy, mommy it hurts make it stop mommy please make
it stop mommy mommy mommy) tears running down she would be laying with her arms stiff at her sides the attacks would last a few minutes and she had at least five to 20 a day. pain in her arm .dizzy, fainting,headache most of the time,tingling in arms legs now a constant pain in legs and ribs,she says a popping feeling in her blood veins where her arms bend,neck pain, tired,her eyes have pain and will flutter and look up . fainting it just happens and she falls so hard just drops seven times in one day ,she doesn’t move anything for about two minutes no matter what, she says that she knows that she is going down but her body doesn’t work it just collapses i ask her if she remembers hitting the floor with her face when she passed out,she said no that she went out before she hit the floor, when she comes through she is crying and cant lift her head up,Stormy say’s her head feels empty and heavy sometimes every joint in her body hurts even the arch of her feet hurt and her spine hurts her shoulders hurt and arms ribs everything hurts, Stormy has chronic stomach pain .the pain between her ribs is an ache pain sometimes its a stabbing pain.The fainting or passing out is at least one time every day we believe the most in one day was eight times but really we lost count. pain behind her knees is always there sometimes it gets worse been to the clinic and 5 different ER’s nobody knows what to do,they all say something different all test are always negative blood cat scan X-rays ultrasound. the passing out is getting less often now, it seemed like it was getting less before and started getting more again.

June 2008

blood pressure and passing out - by Nancy - (Mon, Jun 30 2008)
my mother has triple bypass surgery in September 07. After the surgery she would stand up and get dizzy and pass out. They claim this happens when the blood puddles in her legs after sitting and getting up and becomes dizzy. [more..]
Nocturnal Leg Cramps - by CP - (Fri, Jun 27 2008)
I have been suffering with severe leg cramps every night for approximately a month. This has caused a change in my energy level to the point of exhaustion. [more..]
tremors - by Theda - (Fri, Jun 20 2008)
I have been shaking as far back as I can remember.I started kowing the difference, when I started school.My Father and my brothers and sister would shake,so I thought it was normal to shake. [more..]
MY BACK AND LEG IS ON FIRE. - by Steve - (Thu, Jun 19 2008)
After suffering with lower back pain for over 20 years, and having 2 back surgeries I thought I was in good shape. A little over a year ago I started with the numbness going down my entire left leg into my foot. [more..]
Stormy - by Patty - (Mon, Jun 16 2008)
it started cramping in her calves most of the time then the chest pain started she would scream in pain it was the worst pain ( mommy mommy, it hurts mommy, mommy it hurts make it stop mommy please make it stop mommy mommy mommy) tears running down she would be laying with her arms stiff at her sides the attacks would last a few minutes and she had at least five to 20 a day. [more..]
Real Problem - by Linda - (Mon, Jun 16 2008)
My aunt has this problem where her eye stopped working, it won’t blink, or close, or even move, also her mouth has twist to one side. [more..]
Foot from another planet - by Stacey - (Mon, Jun 16 2008)
I tore tendons in my foot in August 2007. The pain was awful. I was in a soft cast for two weeks. Then I had a boot for six weeks. Still in pain. [more..]
tropical disease from the bahamas - by carina - (Fri, Jun 06 2008)
My son and I travelled to the bahamas back in 1998. Contracted a terrible disease, symptoms being extreme nausea, red sore eyes, aching hips, knees and legs , low grade fever with on and off chills, no appetite for 2 weeks and severe constipation passing blood. [more..]

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