Done something to my calf a few weeks back, and every once in a while when I try to move around, all jolly like, it feels like my calf is going to tear in two. Would really like to know what the hell I did to it…It’s not in a place that I could have hit it at all, O_o.

  • @SpezCanLigmaBallsM
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    11 year ago

    I’d go to a doc if it’s been a few weeks. I’ve been living in misery this entire year and yet there are still times that I will move too happily and instantly regret it lol! It happens to all of us. I’m not saying this is what is going on with you but part of whatever is ruining my body causes all my muscles to be super tight. Due to this, if I move from a seated position too fast I will feel exactly what you described although the actually pain could feel very different and be different things. So just remember, don’t move too fast and see a doc 😌

    • @ChamelAjvalelOP
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      11 year ago

      I wish I could…Well, wish isn’t the right term, considering that I’m still battling the GERD a year and half later that started with the meds they gave me the last time I was able to afford to see a doctor.

      Erm! I wish I had the money to test a great many doctors before just accepting what one would say. That’d be a better description. The dizziness, breathlessness, and chest pains have been a tad more debilitating than most of my numerous pains and any new ones that pop up every once in a while. (My knee and spine, and some muscle strains can get worse).

      • @SpezCanLigmaBallsM
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        11 year ago

        What medication gave you that if you don’t mind me asking? That’s miserable

        • @ChamelAjvalelOP
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          11 year ago

          Gabapentin and Meloxicam. Started about a week or two after taking them regularly, and boy it scared the living daylights out of me. Fast heartrate, and bad chest pains. Dizziness became aweful about a week later and I felt like I was floating, especially when laying down. Then I had to waste the little bit of money I had left to deal with that. To which the doctor had me take omeprozole, and within two months I gained about 20 pounds. First time in my life I’m over my BMI.

          Luckily it’s not as bad as a year ago, but it’s still not fun either. Definitely puts many of my pains in perspective.

          Honestly, when the doctor told me they were NSAIDs, alarms were flashing all over the place, but I really wanted to get my pains under control so I coull find a job (I need to escape my home, happily married I am not). I should have listened to myself. This is so much worse…and to make it worse, I can’t even eat spicy food any more either. Man, this sucks.

          • @SpezCanLigmaBallsM
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            11 year ago

            Do you think it was the gabapentin or meloxicam? I was on gabapentin for 8 months then switched to Lyrica which I’m now 100mg 3 times a day. I was given omeprozole because I also have acid reflux. When I ran out of that it was so bad and I’m pretty sure it was the tramadol doing it to me. Now that I’m off it mostly the past 2 days have been totally fine.

            • @ChamelAjvalelOP
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              11 year ago

              I think it was both of them. I ran a few tests, and both caused issues. However, however, there may have been underlying issues that were intensified by the meds, too. I had food poisoning and covid a month and a half before. Although, I don’t think I had any long lasting affects from Covid, but it sure seemed like I had an ulcer with the food poisoning.

              Throw in that I’m kind of paranoid about taking meds of any kind (meaning, I don’t take over the counter medicines for long). So it might have happened even if I took over the counter meds.

              Seriously, just way too many unknowns, and not having had the money to look into this thoroughly, I’m really just flying in the dark. I’ve finally gotten used to having a belly now, and I’m slowly getting used to watching my food more carefully (whict sometimes I can’t. Wife doesn’t take much interest in me, so she doesn’t know I can’t/shouldn’t eat certain things, and she can get angry with me when I don’t want something from a restaurant she wants to go).

              Mind is kind of wonky right now. Oof!

              • @SpezCanLigmaBallsM
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                11 year ago

                This sounds like a super stressful situation ): I hope you are able to figure it out with what is best for you

                • @ChamelAjvalelOP
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                  11 year ago

                  I have been having a lot of problems with my mind, and I’m getting pretty bad at driving. Unfortuntely, I’m pretty much trapped here. I just don’t know what to do or even if I should do anything. I don’t even know if I could learn a new career, and I know I can’t do it here. I used to get into so much trouble because I wasn’t doing everything when I tried to learn things. Hell, evon when I did work at least part time, I still got in trouble…STOP IT…I’m not doing that again. Oof!

                  Damn pain and GERD keeps me motionless which stresses me out, to which I get overly chatty. Erf! I’m so bored, and so tired of doing so little…ppppp!