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Anonymous (reply to Diane Porter)

HI DIANE AND EVEYONE.

WELL I DID GO TO MY DOCTOR THIS PAST MONDAY AND SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS GOING ON. SHE DID A QUICK PHYSICAL AND TOLD ME I DO NOT HAVE ARTHRITIS, SINCE THAT PAIN COMES FROM THE JOINTS AND BONES, BUT THAT MY PAIN IS MUSCULAR.

I GOT THE FLU SHOT IN THE REAR OF MY LEFT ARM, WHICH IS THE ARM THAT I COULD NOT DO ANYTHING WITH, NOT EVEN TIE MY SHOES LACES.

SHE DREW SOME BLOOD TO SEE MY WHAT MY RED AND WHITE BLOOD CELLS COUNT IS AT, TO SEE IF I HAVE SOME MUSCULAR THING (SHE USED A BIG WORD AND I DON'T RECALL WHAT IT IS, SORRY) AND ALSO TO SEE IF I WAS SWOLLEN ON THE INSIDE. ACCORDING TO HER, IF I WAS SWOLLEN OVER AT A 100% OR OVER, THEN I WOULD NEED TO TAKE SOME MEDICATION TO BRING DOWN THE INFLAMMATION.

WELL TODAY IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 05, 2009, AND I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT I CAN USE MY LEFT HAND AND THAT THE PAIN IS SLOWLY, BUT SURELY, GOING AWAY. I FEEL THAT I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT THE FLU SHOT DECIDED TO TAKE ITS LEISURE IN ADAPTING TO MY BODY PROPERLY.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, I WILL NOT GET THE FLU SHOT NEXT YEAR. THIS PAIN WAS INCONVENIENT AND TO A CERTAIN POINT I COULD NOT WORK.

TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE STILL IN PAIN, I KNOW IT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE, BUT HANG IN THERE. MY DOCTOR DID GIVE ME A PERSCRIPTION FOR NAPROXEN. SHE SAYS THAT IT'S THE ALEVE PILL, BUT DOUBLED.

I WILL GET BACK YO TOU WITH MY BLOOD RESULTS TO SEE WHAT THAT SHOWS.

GOOD LUCK AND THE BEST TO ALL, E.-

November 5, 2009 - 4:32pm

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