Pain in the side.

I don`t know if it has anything to do with my hypermobility, and ehlers danlos, but since about 3.30 yesterday afternoon I have been in agony!
I started having twinges in my left side, round about the area which would coincide with the bottom of my rib cage. The twinges got more and more frequent, and more and more painful, during the evening and by mid evening I was in agony with sharp stabbing pains every few seconds which made me wince and jump. The area was also very sore and tender to the touch and I could not even bare to have the material of my clothing next to the area so painful was it. The whole of my left side, from breast down to hip, radiating slightly round to the front and back was very very tender, though nothing was showing on my skin, no redness, no rash, no apparent swelling, yet I only needed to touch it and I jumped with pain. I tried to concentrate on the television, though I could not get myself comfortable, and by ten o`clock the tears were streaming down my face even though I attempted to stop them, the pain was just so fierce I could not bare it! When my husband realised how much I was suffering he brought me painkillers and a wheat bag, hoping the heat would help. I was wary about putting the wheat bag near to the tender area and I very carefully placed it as close as I was able, it took about an hour and thankfully the pains began to subside a little, soothed by the heat, or by the pain killing medication, perhaps both I don`t know, I was just glad the pain was a bit better! Eventually I decided I had to try and go to bed, reluctantly as I could not see how I would be able to sleep if the level of pain kept the same and I had to ask my husband to warm up the wheat bag once again. I laid it on the mattress and flattened it out, then carefully lowered myself gingerly on top of it. It took a while but eventually I managed to get a little more comfortable and I did drop off to sleep, though waking a few times in the night with the stabbing pains. I woke early this morning because of the pain and carefully got dressed and I have thought it best to rest today as moving around seems to aggravate it.
I have no idea of the cause but wonder if it has anything to do with my hypermobility and ehlers danlos, as I can move in a certain way and my ribs seem to dig in and hurt me. I have had something similar to this before, but not to this extent, not so long lasting and painful. Hopefully it will right itself, I don`t fancy yet another trip to the doctor!

Is it great being hypermobile? No really.

Over the years I have had problems with so many of my joints, I score top marks on the Beighton Scale, it seems that most of my joints are loose.
My ankle is so painful at the moment, it came on yesterday suddenly for no reason whatsoever, one minute it was okay, the next I could hardly put my weight on my left foot. The ankle has been clicking for some time, and I have had many times when pain has started in the ankle for no reason over the course of many years, but this time the pain radiates up the lower calf and I get a shooting pain when I put weight on it. I have put my magnetic support on which normally works in a few days so I am hoping it will take the pain away, though as yet it has done no good at all. I am barely able to hobble and am slightly worried that this pain is not the same as I usually get. I have noticed that in the last few months the pain, when it comes, lasts for longer. At one time I could put the strapping on and it would subside within 3 or 4 days, but it has been playing up a little for a fortnight now and keeps getting worse each time it returns. My GP said he cannot give me any different anti inflammatories or pain killers so he seems to have given up and I don`t quite know what to do, or where to go for help. I do find that if I have pains in one or two joints it makes me walk slightly differently to compensate for the pain site and then I subsequently get pain in a different place because I am moving my body in a slightly different way or position.
I used to think it was great being hypermobile when I was younger and my party piece was to do the splits, high kick or wrap my legs around my neck. I now hate being hypermobile as I would not be in the physical pain I am suffering now if I weren`t.

Sleeping, or not.

I have not been sleeping well lately, things on my mind but also I have not been able to get myself comfortable. Lie on one side, hip displaces slightly, pain. Turn over, shoulders ache then hip begins to hurt. I can`t win. I lie in the dark trying to still my mind, make my mind blank but then I have to turn over because my knee hurts and my back has gone into spasm. He snores loudly beside me and I despair of getting any sleep. I hear his alarm go off at 6am and groan, I can`t remember being asleep yet and it is almost time to get up.