I was hoping to be able to try trigger point injections, especially for my arms. My arms have become weaker and weaker and I'm dropping things numerous times a day. I'm unable to open most packets now. I have great difficulty holding small objects, putting earrings in or trying to apply make-up takes ages and is very painful. It's agony trying to dry my hair and also using scissors, or even just clenching my hands. (It's the under side of my forearms that are most painful)
I would love to get this pain under control to see whether the pain is causing the weakness, or if the weakness is due to either meds or another undiagnosed condition as it's getting rather worrying now.
It feels like I have 'lactic acid' type pain permanently in my forearms, they are very tender to touch.
The other treatment I was hoping to try is a nerve block type injection, I'm more likely to be able to have this treatment due to this pain probably not being caused by ME/Fibro. I suspected I may have meralgia paraesthetica (didn't tell GP though), GP referred me to Osteopath describing it as lateral radiculopathy. I saw the Osteo yesterday and he thinks it's possibly trochanteric bursitis.
I am now dreading how long it's going to take to be officially diagnosed, it seems it needs to be diagnosed by a rheumatologist and an orthopedic cause also needs to be ruled out. Which leaves me in unbearable pain until then. The Osteopath wants to look over my details several times over the the next month, so I don't know if this means I can't be referred on until after this. He has given me some exercises to do at home, but says he won't be able to massage or manipulate the area as it's so painful to touch. This pain which started about 10 years ago has worsened over time, but bursitis doesn't appear to be a chronic condition and is more often on both sides whereas it's only my left side affected.
I currently take Lyrica, Tramadol and Amitriptyline for pain, and I've also been using ibuprofen a lot recently. They are doing very little for either of these pains though.