Hi, I am sorry I didn't include very much info. I guess I should have been more detailed. I was a little exaperated.
It all started back in '99.. Sounds like the beginning of a story, yes?
I fell off of my delivery truck, and broke 3 bones in my left leg, as well as pulverized the inside ankle bone, same leg. Now I sport a donor bone there. (and still can't dance) Also in the middle of the 3 surgeries I had an appendectomy, so that made for 4 surgeries in 3 years. It seemed like as soon as I was on my feet (literally) I was going back in for more. I had a hard time, and after-- was really hurting, but thought it was because I had become so out of shape.
We then (maybe a year?) moved to a new house and I was painting the kitchen. My arms starting hurting so bad from holding the paint roller I would drop it, and would have to change hands (amidextrious) both of my arms burned like fire!
This was not the first of getting back into shape, I began that as soon as I was healed from the last surgery. I digress, that was the very first ODD thing that happened, about two weeks later, for no apparent reason my left arm had swollen up so huge, it didn't even look like it belonged on my body, and was so very hot. I freaked, hubby freaked, Mom freaked... Went to the Dr... And the nurse freaked... Needless to say, I went through a battery of test - from lymphoma to a Doppler for circulation, a dang thing that shocked me that made me soooo sore for like a week later, (and 'wasn't suppose to') I went to a Neurologist after about half of the test, and was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, and sent to a pain Dr. I told them all, it doesn't seem like the dx, I mean I looked it up in NIH... And it just didn't fit. I was blown away by the medicines that I was given... Over the 4 years I went there, I went from everything from morpine to methadone. I had babies to tend to! Ok, so they were about 7, 12, 13, 17... But still I had to remember who liked who, and who broke up with who, and ya know teen things... And my littlest girl, I hardly ever read to her at night! Everyone else did, but not mom, I was in lala land. So I quit all of the heavy meds and stuck to darvocet and hydrocodone.
The pain was so incredible I would near pass out at times, and just cry. Neurontin was a breakthrough. I dropped the hydrocodone. That made life more livable. But the pain is so severe, most of the time it felt like it the medication did nothing at all.
If I were to have to pick one place I wish would never hurt again it would be my left shoulder, in the front. My hands and fingers would be next, then the tendons all over. Do I have both? This is just crazy.
Yes rain hurts, cold is insane... And humidity sets me on my ear. I hurt so bad, I can't lie down sometimes, and just sit up cross-legged in bed, and sleep on pillows piled in my lap. My covers don't hurt.
The fibro-fog... Well, I don't know about that, I do mistake words a lot, like instead of couch, I say porch.. Silly things like that. But I don't think I have fibro fog.
My injury spots do hurt but not nearly as bad as the rest of my body does. I tried to explain to my Mother, who has tennis elbow, or tendonitis, (my kingdom for spell check, sorry) that is what it feels like all the time, pretty much all over. I can't hold a pencil for very long, and have replaced almost all of our dishes at least twice.
On the worse days, 3-5 a week, I can't even pull a pillow toward me. I mean I don't mean to be nasty, but I will stay in bed until I almost pee, because I know how bad it will hurt to get up!

And the kicker if there is one. When I was laid up probably in the first week I experienced something soooo odd, that I don't even share it... All of the injuries were in the left leg mind you. But I felt everything in my right leg.. I mean EVERYTHING, each part . If lasted long enough for me to access the situation become bewildered, call my dad and told him... He thought it was the medicine. It wasn't. It was so very real.

So I hope I haven't bored you to tears... And maybe you can advise me. Or point me to another direction even... I don't know.

I appreciate you replies and the links as well, I have no idea what I have but it has taken any symblance (is that a word?) of my old life away. Everything, work, friends, travel, and making plans... well... how am I supose to do that!
I still have friends, they just don't come over anymore... especially a few at a time.

I hope this gives you a better idea of what is going on down here, and again I appreciate the welcome, and the help.

Oh yeah, Lyrica is the most amazing thing in my whole world! Short of the people of course.

Karen