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(Message started by: mikey-de on Mar 26^th, 2005, 7:39pm)

Title: Has anyone ever gone from chronic to episodic?
Post by mikey-de on Mar 26^th, 2005, 7:39pm

I am in need of a bit of information for my observation section in my report. In all my time on the MB I have seen people develop it, episodic, chronic, , episodic-->chronic, but I don't think I have seen chronic--->episodic or chronic--->remission(although I have heard of this too, but I think it was a medical report, not the MB). All the info you can help with at this point with regard to the last two conditions will be helpful, I am trying to develop a few hypotheses about what is happenning and all the data I can get will be helpful.
I am looking for Chronics----> episodic or chronic--->remission, or even episodic--->remission.
I'll be bugging you all a lot for info since the veterans esp. (you kow who you are ;) )have seen many come and go, thusly having more insight in this regard than the average MBer.

More info in my other string, "Doing my own study without Harvard"

I have much reading to do, thanks for your help! Wishes for PFDAN!

Mikey-de
in cycle and PF

Title: Re: Has anyone ever gone from chronic to episodic?
Post by Pinkfloyd on Mar 27^th, 2005, 1:41am

I once had a 5 year chronic stage...in between episodics.
I'd have to dig out old records but it was something like....13 years episodic, 5 years chronic, and then 2 years episodic. Since then, its been 4 years of psilo-sodic ;)

Bobw

Title: Re: Has anyone ever gone from chronic to episodic?
Post by BarbaraD on Mar 27^th, 2005, 6:35am

I think Kip went from episodic to chronic to episodic again.

I've gone into remission for a couple of years then right back to chronic. The weird thing is I'm at a managable place (remission to me) but get episodic bursts (for want of a better word) during the sping and fall (pollen? sinus? barometer?). So I guess if you can have episodic cycles within a chronic cycle - that's what I got.

Good luck on your research.

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Has anyone ever gone from chronic to episodic?
Post by vig on Mar 27^th, 2005, 8:13am

I started episodic...
went fulltime... (not by CHoice, the pay wasn't any better.)
a little 'quality' medicine and I'm back to fighting off episodes.

Title: Re: Has anyone ever gone from chronic to episodic?
Post by Jonny on Mar 27^th, 2005, 9:59am

29 years and some change chronic then i went like 9 weeks PF, They keep changing the definition of chronic....2 weeks PF, 4 weeks PF, with meds, without meds.....who the fuck knows at this point ;;D

Title: Re: Has anyone ever gone from chronic to episodic?
Post by Karla on Mar 27^th, 2005, 4:27pm

I was chronic for 6 years with no break in there at all. Then 3/94 I went pain free for aprox. 9 months and then they started back up again. My dr put me back on meds and I have been to chicken to go off them to see if I am pain free again.