I have had health issues over the years and various suggestions of possible autoimmune disorders, but blood tests have never revealed anything and I have been left to get on with it. It started at 19 with a flu like illness that took a year to go I lost weight and had burning joints fevers and generally felt awful, since then I have had pneumonia, pleurisy, always anemic, and constipated all of my life. Had a tooth out and the dentist said my tissue over stimulates when healing took weeks of him drilling away scar tissue until it healed, just one example of many not normal,s he mentioned connective tissue disease. Now I’m struggling as herniated 2 discs in lower back after a fall, the mri shows they have healed, but I can’t sit or stand my toes are throbbing non stop the pain has me in tears every night, I thought I had chilblains as my toes started to go red Agee months ago, they are also swollen, when I try to sit they go purple, I can barely sit on the loo, has anyone experienced anything like this I’m so desperate, spine consultant can’t see any reason for it but will do decompression surgery to see if it helps, I’m going crazy with this as I don’t knew where to turn next, any advice please