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i have gum disease, should i still us calcium blockers to control my high blood pressure?

 

 I think i may have fibromyalgia, and im suffering horribly.  I have been diagnosed with sever TMJ, IBS, and carpal tunnel syndrome. I've taken every test imaginable. Head Ct scan, bone scan, heart ultrasound and monitor, blood tests, nerve conduction. And except for the above mentioned diagnosis all test results are normal. I have constant pain in all joints of my body, muscle spasms, and worst of all numbness. \ Can you please help me in anyway possible to figure this out?

Hi there Dr. Sager !!  I am always looking to better serve my doctor's I work with currently and fine tuning needs to establish new reputable relationships w/ dr's interested in wellness overall.  When you have time, can you look over my personal website?  Any advice or points you can give me... welcome and greatly appreciated. I have been in health care for over 12 years now and would like to uphold high standards !

www.todayinwellness.com 

 

Hey Dr Sager

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It might even boost your good karma.
 

Hopeful - although legally I can't give medical advice over the web to people I don't see in person I will give you my thoughts. CFS has a variable course depending I think on person's committment to recovery. Some key things you must do - NO sugar, check to see if you are wheat sensitive, take a high concentration multi-vitamin. Consider giving yourself B12 shots at least 2 per week 1 cc. Read Dr Jacob Teitelbaum's book "From Fatigued to Fantastic" - he has CFS/FM and has recovered. Make sure you have had a free T3 blood level done - it must be over 2.8 for your thyroid to be ok. Have your adrenal function checked with a fasting 8 a.m. cortisol level. Also get an ANA titre to rule out lupus, which can look like CFS.

Find a doc who gives Myer's cocktails - these are IV pushes of Vit C, Mg, Ca, vitamins developed over 30 years ago by a cardiologist called Myer's. I find three of these given over 7 days will stop CFS. If they don't this is not CFS usually in my experience of using it for 10 years. Find such a doc in your area by searching on the doctor referral page at acam.org and then phoning the doctors' offices and asking if they give IV vitamin C or Myer's. Your own MD probably knows about these and may even use them.

 CFS can recur if you break the following rules:  NO sugar, a regular sleep schedule, daily taking your vitamins, managing your stress.

 Stay hopeful and let me know what happens.

drBob

Will you please review my post thankyou for accepting as a friend ,I can't get in to see my MD for 2wks and I have to make a decision before then.Your profile matches my own MD's beliefs.I have worked with him in the ER and he was great and his also has always combined integrative medicine /holistic.I would be so grateful for your opinion,I understand there is no givens and everyone goes through CFS a little different .I just want to make the right decision and feeel so overwhelmed I feel I can't reason through it.

I have been an RN for 22 years with CFS for about 2yrs ,prominent s/s were debilitating  fatigue and concentration and memory,I am now not doing clinical and serve as Infection Preventionist  at the hospital,much more sedentary, just recently diagnosed  3/1 even though struggling with syptoms for 2 years. After diagnosis went out of work for 4 months.Since back to work after two 6 hr days where I felt I paced myself, I crashed and woke up with sorethroat ,joint pain ,H/A and have now persited 17 days.These are new s/s,before debilitating  fatigue amd memory/concentration issues that I still struggle with.I have to make a decision by within about a wk now whether to stay and pace myself and work minimum of 5 six hr days or pull out .I can't get in with my MD before I have  to make the decsion.One MD said 90% get better in 5 yrs another said he sees only about 50% recover.The symptoms have been minimized with rest for periods but have not completely subsided.I need opinions on whether I am hurting myself despite pacing on the trying to reach the 5 yr goal or whether  my body will eventually adjust.I need to work for finances but not at the cost of chronic pain(new since returning to work).Just please give me your thoughts, I know everyone with CFS varies but what do you see as the trend? I am so tired and overwhelmed I can't seem to reason out a choice and it hard for family to help because they don't feel and understand the symptoms plus the financial impact is going to be huge with us probably having to downsize.Please give me your opinion on if I continue to push forward will my body adjust or am I probably decreasing chance of 5 yr recovery.Feel as if I have no quality of life right now. Previously active , 3 children, foster parent of other children also (which is on hold for now).Husband has been a  single parent for 2 yrs now.