Disabilites... got any?

[katepoet]

DianaB asked me what is wrong - the list is toooo long. What was triggered by Lyme and what was exacerbated by it is impossible to say. Add in the I have been in "hit-from-behind" accidents years ago and it's confusing to me, much less the health care providers who try to help.

I have migraines almost daily - that's a vast improvement from daily. Most I can manage within a couple of hours, some take a couple of days.

Peripheral neuropathy - nerves don't work to my hands, feet, arms, legs, and most of the rest of me. Fingers, hands and feet swell.

Visceral pain syndrome. All the muscles in my abdomen and most of the rest of me are in spasm. My gut doesn't work properly because of it so I have a very very very very limited diet.

Myofascial pain syndrome. Fibromyalgia. Several blown discs, two fusions with lots of titanium. Forminal stenosis - narrowing of the spinal column. Memory problems due to permanent brain damage which get worse under stress. TMJ - temporo-mandibular joint syndrome with damaged ligaments to the jaw. Piriformis syndrome - the muscles to my hip and rump are in spasm esp. on the right and it pulls my right leg up an inch or more shorter than the other and makes my knee not work. I'm really good at falling!

Allergies as a symptom of immune system stress. Chronic UTIs due to the muscles being screwed up. Had kidney surgery last year to remove some grapefruit sized benign cysts which were trapping nerves and blood vessels but the flow hasn't come back yet.

Thoracic outlet syndrome - nerve and blood vessel entrapments in the shoulders and at the top of of the rib cage. I'm good at dropping things.

Depression, panic attacks, phobias, a bit of OCD all due to nutritional deficits due to Lyme and the visceral pain syndrome but most are in abeyance with the use of amino acids, the building blocks of the dopamine cycle.

There are more - can't think of them right now. Worst is I need to rescue us financially and I can't work fulltime or onsite. And my son is in pain and fatigue. And my husband has his own disabilities, too. Special Forces Nam vet and getting older.

If anyone is coping with anything physical or mental, there's a chance I know something that can help. So - just ask.