My body pain is taking over my life.
I’m a 5’7 196lb 50 year old woman that frequently gets lower back pain, my knees are incredibly stiff, I get pain in my feet, and a burning pain in my hips and pelvic area, and visible bloating after eating anything. I’ve had this pain for at least 2 years. I’ve been to the ER twice within the past month, and to the doctors’ office weekly. My labs are all good, nothing of note from CT scan and vaginal ultrasound. The pain in my body is daily and non-stop, and it gets worse when I walk.
The doctors always suggested that it was a dietary issue, or my weight, so in hopes of improving my health, two months ago, I removed gluten from my diet, stopped eating pork, increased my water intake, removed as much added sugar from my diet, as well as artificial sweeteners for my IBS. I eat eggs for breakfast every morning, as well as a high fiber fruit. I eat carrots every day, and a lot of beets for my anemia. I’ve dropped 25 pounds in the past year. And a good amount of it is probably due to these changes.
After a bad back strain in January of this year, I started doing daily back stretches, along with physical therapy, but I stopped three days ago because of my worsening body pain.
I take daily multivitamins, calcium, magnesium glycinate, blood builders, and I get monthly B12 shots. I also have turmeric and ginger teas at bedtime to help with inflammation.
I would love to be more physically active, and feel like myself again, but this pain is taking over my life.
I’m looking for advice, or to hear from people experiencing something similar.