I am so glad for all these posts. I was talking to my mom about EDS and she told me as a toddler her shoulders would pop out of joint everytime someone grabbed her by the arm. Eventually her parents learned to pop them back in but it was very painful.

My epidural did not work a bit and I had to go under general. My son had to have stitches in his lip and screamed and cried like crazy. They assured me that he was totally numb but the way he screamed... I don't think so. My mom was almost killed by a dentist trying to numb her...

Lots of arthritis on her side.

I really need to learn more. I'm just absorbing these posts. I'd never heard of these disorders outside of here.