Question
Dear Lawrence:
A recent ultrasound scan indicates some small gall stones.
The question I have is how to make sure that my symptoms are caused by the stones, since I have no pain in the right abdomen.
Current symptoms are:
1-continuous muscle pain in shoulders, mid-back, and upper arms.
2-lack of appetite and weight loss.
3-fatigue
A recent cervical MRI was inconclusive, but nerve conduction test of arms was abnormal.
All blood work was nomal except for:
1-low thyroid for which  have been taking
 .050 mg levoxyl per day for 5 weeks.
2-high IgG monoclonal antibodies for which a bone marrow biopsy was negative for multiple myeoloma.
No other health problems except a few years ago being diagnosed with arthritis of the spine called diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.

Thank you in advance for  any suggestions you have.
Sincerely,
Ray Barrett  

Answer
Hello, Ray,

To begin, "diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis" means "diffuse, 'we don't know why it occurs, but this person's bones are growing more mass'".

Bones develop spurs when muscles attached to them are chronically tight. The spurs develop along the lines of muscular pull.

The lack of appetite may relate to the gall stones.

The muscular pain probably relates to heightened muscular tensions in the upper back and neck region (which would account for abnormal nerve conduction tests in the arms).

My first impulse is to direct you to an article I have prepared on neck problems <http://www.somatics.com/whiplash.htm>.

Contact me after you have read the article, at [email protected].

Lawrence Gold