cherrygirl
Member
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2014
- Messages
- 27
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 08/2014
- Country
- AU
- State
- VIC
Rheumatologist says I have Fibro.
i don't trust the diagnosis until I can have an MRI on my back (which no dr will give me a referral for!)
I have severe arthritis in my TMJ's and displaced discs on both sides. My jaw and muscles feel 'crunchy' gritty and are very noisy. My spine is the same along with extreme pain! It's so stiff and also internally rotated (I have Scoliosis and didn't find out til I was 20 years old).
One side of my erector spinae is completely hardened. I would not be surprised if there is arthritis or slipped discs in my back! And also in the back of my neck which crunches too.
I don't know why Dr's won't give me an MRI referral when it's my money. They keep saying it's "muscular" but that's what I was told about my jaw for years until I finally found a TMJ specialist who requested an MRI. So no I don't trust Dr's!
Obviously if the MRI came back negative then I could have peace of mind and know it's just fibro! I honestly think I need arthritis medication/treatment. The fibro treatments aren't helping!
i don't trust the diagnosis until I can have an MRI on my back (which no dr will give me a referral for!)
I have severe arthritis in my TMJ's and displaced discs on both sides. My jaw and muscles feel 'crunchy' gritty and are very noisy. My spine is the same along with extreme pain! It's so stiff and also internally rotated (I have Scoliosis and didn't find out til I was 20 years old).
One side of my erector spinae is completely hardened. I would not be surprised if there is arthritis or slipped discs in my back! And also in the back of my neck which crunches too.
I don't know why Dr's won't give me an MRI referral when it's my money. They keep saying it's "muscular" but that's what I was told about my jaw for years until I finally found a TMJ specialist who requested an MRI. So no I don't trust Dr's!
Obviously if the MRI came back negative then I could have peace of mind and know it's just fibro! I honestly think I need arthritis medication/treatment. The fibro treatments aren't helping!