Nora, I've been rummaging through my house trying to look for my test results from an incident that happened to me about 5 years ago & so far I haven't been able to find the papers, so let me just explain what happened the best I can on memory & maybe Parfait or one of our nurses will recognize what I'm talking about & they'll be able to connect the dots, medically speaking. You said you’re in a TON of pain & your legs are absolutely killing you. How well are you able to walk? Can you still walk normal? When was the last time you had blood work done? You might have something out of balance.
What happened to me was I woke up one morning & I couldn’t walk. I know it sounds weird but I’m serious. I couldn’t walk. My legs were in excruciating pain, the same as you described. I lifted myself out of bed by placing most of my weight onto my forearms. I was able to pull my computer chair over to the side of the bed so I could hoist my body into that & wheel myself to the bathroom. As the day went on I was finally able to walk a little, but only if I leaned against my computer chair & use it like a walker. That lasted for a couple days till I could get in to see my doctor. By Monday morning I could walk without my “walker,” but, ...... & I don’t know how else to describe this, ...... except to say that I walked like a person with polio. I couldn't stand fully upright, so I did the best I could. I wobbled back & forth with my knees turned inward almost touching one another & my feet kind of turned inward on their sides. Now, mind you, this all happened when I was only about 25 years old! I was a dancer. I was physically fit, didn’t smoke or do drugs & so I had no idea why all of the sudden I could barely walk. My ex-girlfriend, who I was still with at the time, thought I was trying to get sympathy b/c she & I had been fighting in the days that led up to this, & so she wouldn’t call the doctor, but I
was finally able to get to my doctor when my mom was able to come & help me.
My doctor immediately sent me to a specialist who did all kinds of x-rays & blood work & ---- here’s where I need Parfait or someone’s medical input ----- as it turns out there was a component in my blood that I believe starts with the letter “L” that my doctor said was off the charts. He changed my diet, upped my vitamins, put me on some pain medication & had me go to physical therapy. In about a week I was 100 % fine & it was as if nothing had ever happened. I had no lasting side effects & no reoccurrences. I can’t remember what the doctor said might have caused that imbalance in my system & so that’s why I’ve been trying to find my medical papers from that experience.
Does any of this sound like what you’re going through? You know your own body better than anyone else does, so please understand that I'm not trying to diagnose you.
Still, if you have even the slightest feeling that something is wrong
beyond life’s normal aches & pains, you really should see a doctor. Don’t put it off if you’re still in pain. Good luck to you. I hope everything turns out okay.
I know that exercise is the best thing for this, etc....
Is this a normal reaction? Is the stress kind of "working its way out"....or something.....?
