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[jsewell]

I really don't know much about fibro , i was just curious as i have pain almost everywhere. but in me i am sure it is from the spine as i have had surgery on the whole darn thing.
I did have something called polymyalgia a few years back which lasted about 2 years. It is a muscle inflammatory disease. It has some blood markers too. That one really sucked. Only treatment was bad, bad steroids daily for years. Nothing like blowing up while eating almost nothing. I look at pics of myself then and yuck. I didn't realize at the time how bad i looked.

I sure hope your back pain gets treated successfully, but does seem like you have tried quite a bit. How about physical therapy. I think that will be my next step.
It really can help just takes time to see any improvement, helps tremendously if you have a great pt like i do. I have had a few that were wonderful and am lucky to have one i have consistently been going to on and off for the last 5 years.
Good Luck with it all.
judy