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@change25 Just been looking at the photos, and I have some comments. You may not have the same diseases, GSN and FKTN, with RyR2. But the same symptoms.
*Pulsating headache, difficulty focusing. #Me, too. Especially behind the forehead, in Brodmann 24 and 9 brain areas. My experience? Gelsolin
*Weak eyes where they feel droopy along with being dry and painful. # Me, too. Same. Upper Eyelids now sagging down to where they are beginning to comer the pupils.
*Dry and sore mouth. #Me, too. Sjogrens, with Gelsolin. Use a good night-time mouth and throat moisturizer.
*cheek and jaw pain. #Me, too. Gelsolin, probably also the FKTN. GSN gets into joints and into teeth. The teeth become brittle and crack easily, often with no other cause known. Even brushing hard, or going from cold to hot or hot to cold rapidly. Then they crack, and eventually rot easily. Make sure you are good friends with your dentist and technician. Same problem with finder and toe nail. Splitting long-ways, right in the center. Toe nails also very brittle, break off easily. And bones. Broke one toe putting on socks.
*Changes in pigmentation, face appears gaunt. #Red Cheeks, on cheek bones just below eyes, with swelling. Swelling like half-egg shape and size just below ends of mouth. Very hard on skin. Anything that disturbs the skin will show for years. Mayo techs at Phx took five blood samples along one vein in the summer of 2016. Those five 3/16 inch gray dots are still easily visible on my arm, just below the elbow. Both lower legs have 10 inch bands of dark gray to purple or black, halfway between ankle and knee.
*Back pain. #Me too. With me, Ankylosing Spondilitis and Spinal Stenosis. Much facial pain. Gelsolin is very hard on the face with cutis laxa, sagging skin, even to the point of the eyebrows sagging down to rest on the upper eyelids. The Red below the eyes is tiny blood vessels breaking / inflamed just below the skin. Worst pain is in the Limb Girdle areas. Hips, thighs, upper arms, shoulders. And feet and hands.
*Odd tingling sensation present in hands and feet. #Me, too. Distal Polyneuropathy. It is not a skin issue, but nerve and liquids. Use 1/4 tspn turmeric powder in 1/2 cup of warm water. Actually, the DP shows up anywhere. Hands, face, feet, thighs, neck spine.
*cold hands along with an odd rash present on hands and knuckles, which is a deep purple. #All over my hands and face. From red to gray to black. I Use Gold Bond Psoriasis Creme with Aspirin each night and Noxema Cream each morning. Occasionally I use Clobetasol, or Dovonex or other. Spread it on thick and rub it in. Then I always wear a warm stocking cap (day and night, often with gloves) to keep the scalp, face and hands warm. I also have a heavy paste dandruff, which I can only clean with Pine Tar Soap. I use Grandpa's Tar Soap from Cincinnati area.

Many Cardiomyopathy Genes and syndromes. Now over 40 cardiac procedures, including caths and stents, 2x bypass, etc. Maybe there are some ideas here you can use for relief.

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That's great, thanks Karl. I hope you've managed to find some relief as that's a lot of symptoms to manage. Yeah, I'm clueless as to what I'm dealing with. I've definitely noticed my teeth becoming more fragile, I've got a large cavity that needs sorting asap. I'm trying not to pin my hopes on these bloods, as many have stated the difficulty of identifying the condition.

Just some additional stuff in the last few days. Very intense pain now over all my face, shoulders, hips, thighs, ankles, hands and feet. #8+ most places, I suppose. This may be neuropathy, but I would bet on Vasculitis or my chronic lymphocytic leukemia and anemia. I keep up my 4,000 daily limit of acetaminophen, and grease my hands and face with psoriasis cream with aspirin. Tried Mary Jane once, but wrecked our car in the driveway because I could not find the brake pedal. Took morphine once, after a spine surgery, gave me such nightmares! Was convinced I was being help in jail in Butte, Montana. Hands, arms and face have about 1,000 1/4" diameter gray spots where the purpura vasculitis has sprouted in every spot I have ever had some broken skin from med needles or from pimples or blisters. Now both upper arms covered with pimples. My left arm, which I burned severely on a hot steam pipe 60 years ago, is now covered with a large patch of macular skin. Mac skin looks like this:#########. High kappa and lambda proteins, BUN, ANA are high. Bleed everywhere: Any skin break, nose, mouth, eyes, penis, anus, everywhere. Both kidneys failing, liver failing, lungs filling with "stuff", esophageal cancer started with Barrett's. Upper eyelids both now partially cover the pupils. Lower eyelids both now red with purpura. Takes me about two hours to get up in the morning, do meds, shower, breakfast. Doesn't leave me much time for dancing. But Mayo and OHSU said I don't have any problems. Heart fine, but blood pressure dropping and pulse speeding up and palpitating heavier. Brodmann 24 and 9 in the brain seem to be fading with the attack by Gelsolin fibrils. Ears have heavy macular skin around the rims. Bridge of nose, between the eyes, is flattening out as the skin sags from the forehead. And my glucose, read by my Libre machine, is climbing steadily. But, thanks to the good docs who have had me on methotrexate (.8mg weekly) for several years, I don't have any problems that would even be noticeable at Mayo, OHSU, or the other places I have gone.