Hello Palma,
Let me start by saying I'm sorry for your ongoing issues, I know it can be hard to keep up the strength to keep striving for an answer. I started having issues when I was in my twenties. Pain in my muscles and extreme fatigue, headaches (which had always been an issue) memory and concentration issues, too. Since that time I've had a myraid of symptoms that sometimes do and sometimes don't have anything to do with what they've now diagnosed me with- Fibromyalgia with possible Lupus and/or Rhuematoid Arthritis involvement. In the last 5 or 6 years my back, hips, knees, ankles, shoulders and neck joints have been a new constant. Before those things would come and go. Often it is hard to tell the difference between what is a symptom and what is a new problem. It is stressful going through the "doctors don't know" stage. Tests, more tests, more specialists, more bills. It seems to never end. One thing I've learned and I hope I can help you with is whether or not there is an actual diagnosis isn't as important as making you feel better. Sometimes those two go hand in hand and sometimes they don't. In my case, I can do a lot for myself. I have a list on my refrigerator for things that help my pain (because during a flare I can't think). Massage has been extremely helpful with the muscle pain. The joint pain is more difficult. Exercise helps and for me the Bowflex has been a great source of pain relief but it isn't something that happened immediately. For instance, the directions may say to do certain exercises for a week. I do them for a month before changing anything. Ice helps sometimes, sometimes not. Heat sometimes, sometimes not. I am hopeful that your Rheumy can help you to feel more like yourself.
Hang in there,
Bugs

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