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"Relief from frozen shoulder, pain and fatigue"
I’ve been on guaifenesin for about six weeks
and most all of my pain is gone. I no longer need to take naps and my major
stomach problems are gone.
Eleven years ago, I began having major stomach problems. Though I went to
every kind of doctor and they did cat scans and upper GIs, etc., nobody
could find anything at all. I had vaginal scopes and scopes that went all
the way down my esophagus. A year ago, I had exploratory surgery but no one
could figure out what was wrong with me. I had a lot of pains and hot
flashes since age 21. They would come on very suddenly, from my feet to my
head, and I would go in the bathroom and literally be ripping my clothes off
and put a fan in front of me.
Three months ago, my shoulders started
burning. Because I thought it was work-related the workers compensation
insurance put me through physical therapy. The therapist would say, “Just
breathe in and out and the pain will be gone.” I’m going, “Yeah, right. Good
try.”
I was so exhausted every day that I would
come home from work and go directly to bed and take a 4-5 hour nap.
I went to Dr. Penniston, our family’s
chiropractor, thinking that the physical therapist didn’t know how to fix my
back and shoulder. Dr. Penniston tested the muscles in my back and
shoulders, checked my alignment and said, basically, that my spine was in
great shape. He asked if I was having other health problems. I told him
about the stomach problems and fatigue. He said, “Maybe you have
fibromyalgia.” He mapped me and afterwards said he was confident I had
fibromyalgia. He recommended I read up on fibromyalgia and begin using
guaifenesin to treat it. I didn’t know if it would work but decided it was
worth a try.
I’ve been on guaifenesin about six weeks and
most all the pain is gone! My shoulder used to freeze up for 5-10 minutes at
a time where I couldn’t move it. Now it doesn’t do that anymore. Just a
little bit of burning and that’s it. I don’t need naps anymore and I have
more energy. I’m sleeping better at night. My stomach pain is completely
gone and my hot flashes have all stopped. I used to fall asleep at the
computer and wake up two hours later and go, “What happened?” I’m not doing
that anymore.
I had become pregnant a year ago but had so
many problems that they took the baby. I was on pain medication and they
wanted me to stay in the hospital the whole nine months and I couldn’t do
that. That was the saddest thing of all. Now, I’m leaving that part of my
life to God.
It took eleven years but I’m glad someone
figured out what was wrong with me and how to treat it.
Jennifer Grant
Age 33
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