[januarybabe]

I stumbled upon this forum and hope to get some advice and help. I will be 63 in January and am female. My pain started in lower abdomen. It felt like stabbing and tingling pain. At first, I thought it could be related to hysterectomy I had 9 years ago as the pain was along incision line. My GP and Ob-Gyn said "no" not after that many years.

Any way, I am diagnosed with peripheral neuritis. The pain has spread around. It has affected my abdomen to such a degree that it hurts to sit. It also hurts to wear pants. Traveling in car is a big problem as it hurts to wear seat belt. My abdomen sometimes feels like there is a big belt constricting it.

I am now wondering if I could also have fibromyalgia in addition to peripheral neuritis. I have sore spots in my arms and around my ribs. This pain travels around as sometimes my hips and legs have sore spots.

I am on 900 mg of gabapentin per day which helps to a certain degree.

Oddly enough, a lot of the pain goes away at night when I am laying down. I get about one to two hours in morning before pain kicks in.

I have been to numerous doctors and had numerous tests like xray, cat scan, sonogram of abdomen. The only organic thing that showed up was gall stones.

[Alffe]

Hi Januarybabe and welcome to NeuroTalk. Here is a link to our PN Forum..http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum20.html

These forums are wonderful for exchanging information, getting and giving support and making friends. I'm glad you have joined us but sorry for your pain.

[Rrae]

So sorry for this battle you are facing!
There's much support and understanding here.....

I hope you can get some answers and relief to your pain soon.
It's pretty tough trying to live a 'normal' life when dealing with chronic pain.

Just ask if you need help in finding your way around the forums.....

Truly Caring
Rae

[Darlene]

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

There are great number of fellow members here to assist as possible. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene