Thanks, bink. Had an intense wave of symptoms after I wrote that yesterday. Pain increased, felt feverish, and thought process became confused. Got an emergency appointment with primary care doc and a lot of blood work done. Looking into fibromyalgia and other possibilities. Hardly any sleep last night. Am nodding off every 5-10 minutes today. Jaw is painful at right TMJ and can hardly chew, but have no appetite anyway.

Hi Mnemon just wondering how you are feeling I too haveFactor V Leiden. It's a good idea to go and see a really good Haemotologist they can run many a test to see and hopefully help with the problems you are experiencing. I myself have just seen a new haemotlogist and am hoping for some answers too Take care Piglit

Hi Piglit. Today is the first day I am feeling somewhat normal. Still have residual pain in various places and some swelling - especially in the left clavicle around the thyroid area. Strangely, after most of the physical pain left a couple of days ago my emotional state took a huge hit. It was such a cold, isolated, empty feeling - completely negative and hopeless. I have had clinical depression before but never to that extent. The Tramadol helped with that by giving me some kind of buzz I guess. Anyway, the emptiness seems to have left me now, thankfully!

I don't really think any of this is related to FVL, Piglt. I just included that as part of my recent medical history to clarify things just in case. Hope you are doing well. Let me know if you find anything out.

You take care and let me know how things are going for you. I'll let you know if they find out anything as well Piglit