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@ibzanne

Hello, my name is Suzanne. I live in Green Bay, WI. I live with Fibro, CFS, and Lupus. I have been seeking someone who does lidocaine infusions since almost every other type of pain management has failed me. I was diagnosed in 1997 and I was only 25. This 22 year fight has taken a lot from me mentally, physically, and spiritually. I used to run my own Karaoke shows 3-5 days a week, and I had to give that up about 15 years ago. It was my hope that I would be a singer but at my age I am more just enjoying the times I feel good enough to get out and sing at other shows near me. I am really looking for support, information regarding specific lidocaine infusions, and maybe ketamine infusions as well. Please don't bombard me with your latest natural remedy like CBD or curcumin. I have tired every kind of suggested diet from vegan to keto to raw and back again (did each one for at least 6 months), and none of them gave me any relief. Some even made me worse. I hope to share some trials, tribulations, and conversations here. Thanks.

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@ibzanne Good morning, Suzane, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. We're glad you found us, and hope you gain some information here that you can use. We are not medical professionals and cannot give medical advice. But we can share our experiences and what has worked for us in different situations. Each person is so unique and what works for one person doesn't work for another! I'm sure you have found this out based on what you have talked about for your different diets and courses of action that you have taken over the last several years. Being diagnosed at such a young age with this combination of conditions must be really tough. I do not have anything to offer you as what you have tried that did not work for you, works for me. But I do hope others will step up and give some insight. Please make sure that you come back and check in with us. Let us know how you are doing. We value your opinion and would like to hear about what happened when you tried some of those protocols, how it increased or decreased your quality of daily life.
Ginger