Hello Sundance ,
Reading your post took me a long way back where I’ve come from. This thing hit me like a ton of bricks, no one knew anything about this and was very misdiagnosed for many years. Let me begin to tell you what I experienced at-least 20 years ago.
I went through many many doctors, all said the same thing “it was in my mind” , my elbows my inner arms my inner thighs neck , i hurt so bad I just wanted to crawl somewhere and just die, no-one understood and no one could help me.
This one day I was at the doctors getting a B-12 short which was the only thing I could take at the time because I was allergic to norcarttics , so pain meds was out the the question for me. I went temporarily blind, totally bed ridden and could not stand up enough to take myself yo the bathroom . Finally !! I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. Which again no one knew anything about .
On my way home, I heard a doctor on the radio speaking on all the different auto immune issues people are suffering with., my attention was totally focused on him.
He said something that never my mine, it all starts in the colon, I was shocked at that time , I never thought about toxics chemical or food etc could affect our muscles or tissues., I just did not worry about that as a person growing up.
I found this doctor and my best friend took me and the first thing was said, your eyes tell me everything that is wrong with you., wow!!! I had a list in my purse and my friend checked the list as he talked.
He put me on a “an incurable plan. Which was cleanseing
And herbs .
I got worse , oh my I said , I'm going to die, I called him on the weekend as an emergency to tell him that, he laughed and said “no” you’re live....it’s all that bad stuff coming out of you, just wait and see, you’re be better in two weeks! I almost hated that doctor. But something on the inside just kept telling me “this is right” you can do this. He was a “holistic” doctor which if had never believed in, after two or three week I start seeing the light!! I thank my god for him, I truly believe that day that moment was meant for me. I followed every step and broke no rules. It took about six months before I could get out of bed and to the bathroom on my own , and it continued to get better . It’s been hard through out the years, but I always say finding this holistic doctor and changing my diet and lots of pampering myself had healed me in do many ways. If I slip for a day, especially the sugar, reminds me how important it is to stay discipline .
I hope this has helped you or someone to look further , do your research, learn your body, and always love life!!