HIDDEN SYMPTONS, WHAT A JOKE.

Well my problems began up Mount Snowdon - my back clicked and went into spasm and I had to crawl the rest of the way back to the car on all fours . I had to lie flat on the back seat as I couldn't bend my hip and my back was in agony. The next day I was home and got an appointment at the doctors who said that the little rickedy train we'd gone up snowden had jarred my spine and gave me an steroid injection which made matters worse. I had blood test after blood test, I felt so ill, and they couldn't find any possible answers; 1st Arthralgia and then 2nd Fibromyalgia it was much later it was diagnosed with RA and Osteo. This was four years ago but my problems were slight before - I worked as a Computer Programmer for 17 yrs and they put the pains in my kneck, hands and shoulders as RSI at the time. Within the last 2 yrs I have started experiencing severe headaches and blackouts. I also suffer from hot/cold heat intollerence, irritable bowel, tingling, loss of sensation in my limbs and tremors. I can't remember the last time I had a good nights sleep, I'm forever roaming around at all hours of the night.

My symptoms were present and felt by me for so very long, nobody believed me, i even started to doubt myself, until me sunburn and "heat rash" from the end of summer never went away, i finally went to the specialists oct or nov (yes i actually thought i had sunburn and heat rash that long LOL) talk about denial. I was first diagonised with Lupus and a year later FM. All the doctors thought i was crazy, until one compassionate doc who spent more than 15 mins with me saved me (or my mind that is)

Are all symptoms in your face or are some hidden like mine???

I would love to hear how the board was diagonised, please share with me my newness allows for me to ask. haha

thanks and be well
Dori