Question: Hello- i'm writing this in hopes that someone will help me find an answer to my dad's ailments...other than the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia. For as long as I can remember he has suffered from chronic pain in his joints, back and neck...actually his entire body. Theres a new swollen extremity almost everyday...when one subsides another flares up. He also suffers from chronic sinus infections and abdominal pain. In the past we were told he had RA, anklosing sponlyitis, fibromyalgia, etc. He's tried enbrel, and humira and stayed sicker on those medications than was worth him taking. He's currently on (i apologize for my spelling) methotrexate, prednisone, Plaquinel, Effexor, sulfasalazine, and over the counter flonase and nexium. Today while at his doctors appointment, it baffled me that the doctor could not give him any answers other than..lets up your meds. She said his blood test showed a negative test for RA and a Positive Result for HLA-B27 and an elevated TSH count. Additional medical information, medications, treatments, surgeries, etc: Pain pills(which he doesn't take anymore), physical therapy, pain and anti-inflammatory creams, shoulder surgery, knee surgery, deviated septum surgery. Broken neck in car accident 25 years ago. Also diagnosed with COPD...grew up in a household where the father consistently smoked.
All we want is for him to feel better.... its very difficult to see the man that used to play baseball and hunt, run, jump and swim; be in so much pain that he can't get up to come to the dinner table or is hurting so bad that he can't hold his grandchildren like he used to. Please help......

Thank you very much for the quick response. I will have the specific answers as soon as I get to his home to speak with him. One other question... with the abdominal pain, chronic sinus infections... do those need to be addressed separately?