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Originally Posted by Stacy2012
No, I am not currently being treated by a doctor. Honestly, I see no point. The treatment is the same no matter the diagnosis, which is simply pain meds. I am not ready to go on pain meds until I HAVE to.
It's just scary, like it's a prelude of awful things to come.
Thanks for sharing everyone.
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Even though I am so much better these days, I can relate to the stress you are experiencing. Every time I feel a bit less good than the previous day, my initial reaction is "oh ****, it's back, and now it's going to get worse". It takes a while to settle down and realize that stress about things to come will solve nothing and will probably make the symptoms worse. (I still secretly panic though
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Now, I don't want to hi-jack your thread, but:
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Originally Posted by mrsD
Inflammation triggers the local release of cytokines, and they perhaps are the culprits. These chemicals are in all our cells, waiting for some trigger/signal to be released. They don't as a rule circulate far... and typically remain localized.
That new info regarding fibro, and nerve bundles in the palms, acting as signalers for circulation changes, intrigues me. Could be connected to PN perhaps?
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I had missed that information before (probably because I assumed that fybro has nothing to do with PN
) and now I wonder too. Cytokines (like IL-6 en TNF) are produced, according to Sears, as byproducts of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids, not only in the blood stream, but also in fat cells. In fact, they are the only way for eicosanoids to start an inflammatory reaction, as eicosanoids can not enter the bloodstream, where cytokines can.
I now wonder if my ridiculously positive reaction to quitting sugar and starting to eat healthy (+ fish oil) reduced the pain by limiting the number of cytokines.
It's a long shot, and I know the article talks about cytokines released from white blood cells instead of fat cells, but I'm just wondering if our "damaged nerves" are highly sensitive to cytokines?