My appointment with Dr. Francomono.

[stacekins]

It went great. She is an amazing doctor. She was very thorough with her examination and family history. I scored and 8/9 on the beighton scale. She has switched me to Classical type, but says I'm pretty much inbetween HEDS and Classical.

She has given me a plan that is very thorough and I am really hoping will work. Due to a family history of aneurysm I have to get MRA's done of my head, thorax and abdomen to make sure that I don't have any. she also wants x-rays of my whole spine cause she said that it definitely was not aligned correctly. she wants PT for my neck for muscle relaxation and wants me to consider traction for my neck and lumbar spine. Want me to stick with the pain program that I'm getting evaluated for on tuesday and wants aquatic PT as well. She suggested trying a muscle relaxer and really getting to a point where I can move as much as possible to try and save my joints in the long run.

I need to get silver ring splints for my fingers and she wants me to try a low glycemic food plan to as well to see if a change in diet can help with inflammation.

I thought it was a very positive experience and I'm really hoping that I'll be able to get more functional with her plan.

[ReineDeLaSeine14]

Since most of the things she told you are the same as she told me...if you have any questions you can ask me.

I don't have to get the MRAs and I already have ring splints LOL...I need to go to TCI though...she told me again this morning.

I'm so thrilled you had a great appointment with her!!! I told you it'd be worth it!

[xxBrittany]

Glad things went well.