Color mismatch between Lightroom when edits done in Photoshop

I am having a lot of problems since I upgraded to Photoshop 5 and Lightroom 3. When I go to edit a particular photo in Photoshop from LIghtroom the photo changes once I have saved it back into Lightroom (despite making no alterations whatsoever in Photoshop). I am using Adobe 1998 colour space on both programs and can't figure out what is going on. The new photos saved back into LIghtroom are slightly more contrasty. Can someone help me? I am only noticing this because I have run into a lot of problems with printing recently and I am trying to get rid of some of the variables that might be causing this. Thanks in advance!

Also wanted to mention that I have calibrated my monitor and I have NOT selected the "desaturate monitor colours" box in the color settings dialog box.

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Software: FastStone Capture
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 113 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate                 : 124 Kbps
Format                                   : WMV1
Codec ID                                 : WMV1
Codec ID/Info                            : Windows Media Video 7
Description of the codec                 : Windows Media Video V7
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 56.8 Kbps
Width                                    : 852 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 15.000 fps
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.009
Stream size                              : 212 KiB (50%)
Audio
Format                                   : WMA
Format version                           : Version 2
Codec ID                                 : 161
Codec ID/Info                            : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec                 : Windows Media Audio 9.2 - 48 kbps, 44 kHz, mono 1-pass CBR
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 48.0 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 1 channel
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 179 KiB (43%)
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- Should i record more fps in FastStone Capture? (I don't find more fps necessary when looking at the original and when looking at the uploaded *original*.)
- What to do?
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