The entire left side of my body hurts. The costochondritis, which is "idiopathic" - no known cause, isn't just in the costo-sterno junction. It includes my left shoulder, radiates down to my fingers and started as numbness/tingling in my left hand. The steroids, which make the intense, burning pain bearable, make my intestinal pain worse because they decrease the production of mucus, which is currently coating the damaged intestinal wall. So, that's awesome.
More than that, I've been having shooting pain in my legs for a long time, associated with idiopathic (non-traumatic) tendonitis. Well, as of last year, that got bumped from idiopathic (aka - we have no clue) to "diabetic neuropathy," except I'm not diabetic.
So, let's put this together: chronic, worsening, intractable migraines on the left side; chronic, worsening, intractable neuropathy in my legs (first), and now in my hand/arm/chest - specifically, for both, on the left side; and chronic abdominal pain on the left side. Does this sound like a disaster waiting to happen to anyone else? ...Specifically the type of disaster that derails long-term plans like getting a PhD in neuroscience?
~Alison
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