Good Moaning Healing Well V6

hey all,

still hanging in there.  never made it to see my PCP today. bummer.  was too sick on the toilet and exhausted.    i sure hope i get a call back at least...geesh, is that asking too much?

dilaudid is OK...wears off too fast though. 2 hours and the pain comes back. Oy! rheummy appt friday.

my honey came to see me at lunch hour! hooray...that was nice since i had to stay at home this weekend/didn't get to see em'.

taking it easy. hoping for a better week.  the joint pain is really horrendous, can't wait for this flare to be over...it's been 4 weeks! ugh!

here's to better days.

erin 

moanin' Camama,

what's up with the screen?   i didn't see anything, although it took FOREVER to log on.

but anywhoo...how goes it?

gee wiz, i thought i would be lucky.  last week & this week i went 6 straight nights with NO sleep; but sunday night slept from 1230am till 1130am!  that was great.  no luck tonight.  it's 4:50am and i'm still up....no sleep for Erin. the joint pain in my elbows and shoulders are too much.  i was really hoping that the dilaudids were going to really make it disappear!  nope.  i'm taking two 2mg tablets and they kinda work for like an hour or 2....then that's it.  just throbbing and PAIN! aaaaaah i hate it! and i'm swallowing a cocktail of a rainbow of "pill help" attempting to get at least comfortable.  i've got my cat Pea snuggled at my head & that's not even soothing.

     i'm beginning to HATE nightime.    

i really wish i had that pain doc appt. last thursday.  what a mess..i bet i wouldn't be like this right now.  guess i need some pred shots.

the ONLY GOOD THING that's coming out of me not sleep all these nites, is that i keep picking up that disability appeal form and ADDING to it!  LOL.  so that's good at least...because i'm in pain  and   angry, so no better time to write.  boy did i give it to em' tonight! hah!

 

here's hoping tomorrow is better for all.

erin VIEW IMAGE 

Moanin' all,

 I'm ready for bed! still not sleeping. this is awful...i hate it.  even taking 2 sleep aids too!  and i lube up with FluidJoint on my chest and elbows, take my pain meds....but the throbbing starts & then that's it!  i'm hoping someone out there is having a great siesta!    i think i'm gonna hit the 7Eleven! LOL.  treating myself to a good BIG coffee & check out all the cops ready to go on shift! tee hee hee. it's good to live across the street from 24 hour markets.

this is the all time WORST RA flare in my history.  way too long! since december 25th! argh!!!!

getting ready for a shoot up on friday! knee joints and shoulders are gettin' pumped with solumedrol.  OUCHY! but ANYTHING to STOP this mess i'm in now.

here's to better days

Erin

moanin ya'll,

well not really morning yet..but i'll just jump the gun in case i sleep till 1pm.  really happy "Walk the Line" won for best film/musical @ the Globes tonight.

still cannot walk on this right knee. ugh!

wishing everyone a good night and better day.

I hope you get some sleep tonight. I'm achy and rotten all over. Came down with the kid's flu yesterday. Hubby got it Thursday, the since the kids were on the mend and he was sleepig - I thought I'd get them out of the house a little bit for the first time all week. While out, it hit me like a semi. Been sleeping all day....sooooo miserable.  I hope this ends quickly. Hubby seems to be a bit better today as he has been up while I have been sleeping - only he has to work 8 hours tonight and I fear his not taking a nap this afternoon is going to do him in.

Luckily, last night a friend sent him home and was able to take over his shift w/o his even asking. Isn't that nice?

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Hey CaMama, hope you are resting and start feeling better soon..

Hey Erin - hope your knees are still hanging in there...

Sorry I haven't been around much, have a kickin' migraine and just wanna curl up and sleep... if I could just stop the pounding in my head (and no it is not alcohol induced) hee hee hee...

Hope all is well - Duck

 Moanin' all,

CaMama, could this be the flu?  Awe, stay cozy and get lots of rest (if possible).  Hopefully this works itself out by the weekend.  I hate that when @ nite, ya get sweaty and then freezing...then sweaty and then freezing! aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.

How's the migraine Duck?

I have the pleasure of staying @ my honey's today!  Alone...but comfy at the least.  Well, not comfy, everything is THROBBING! and painful.  This stinks.  But at least the snow is pretty to look at.  That's the bonus to being up here in northern/mountain NJ....no yellow snow.  Where I live?....all the spectrum of the most nastiest colors adorn the snow.  Yuck. 

Hope the day gets better for everyone.

Most defintely the flu. I don't know what else it could be. Took my son in twice and was told they could do nothing but ride it out, so the rest of us didn't go in. It's miserable. I'm a touch better at the moment, but my ears are plugged, my nose is very bloody (and it must be dehydration rather that over use, because it hasnt' been used that much.)  I have pain in my ear and if it gets worse, I'll go make sure it is not and ear infection - it comes and goes, but is sharp when it's there.

Kids are still coughing, daughter still has mild fever off and on, hubby still very sick like me. Looks like I may have to cancel my big plans for this next weekend, I am so bummed!

Erin and Ducky - I hope you both feel better soon.

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Thanks, I really NEED those hugs...I'm SO miserable!!!!! I spent the afternoon in urgent care, after trying to reach my PCP all day long and finally gave up. My head felt about 4 sizes too big and I lost about 70% of my hearing. My ear is killing me. I have a massive ear infection. My jaw hurts, my throat hurts, my head hurts, the meds the doc gave me have already (after one dose) given me a massive stomach ache, I need to take more meds - fever stuff and cough stuff now, but I don't know if I can handle it. It feels like my ear is going to blow half the time. One med the doc gave me did clear up the stuff balloon head feeling, but now the pain is even more intense but I still can't breath out of my nose!  I'm afraid if I throw up I'll rupture my ear drum....doc said there is a good chance it may happen in general as there is a lot of pressure in there, I hope not! He said not to freak out about it, but it sounds freaky!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........I hhhhhhhhatttttttttteeeeeeeeeee thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssssssssssssssss! And I have to take my kids back to school in the morning! I don't know if I can do it!!!

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A little better. I woke up at midnight feeling better. What a difference one antibiotic makes.

My ear really hurts as well as my jaw and throat. I took the antibiotic today and the gustaffisen (well, whatever it is called - decongestant) and am waiting. Got my daughter to school okay and still have to take my son. I'm tired and in pain still can't hear and the balloon head is back.....but I am guessing I'll survive!

I was supposed to take a trip this weekend (Saturday a.m.) with a friend (my first big trip like this in a very long time, I was so excited!) - but an hour long plane ride sounds very painful to my ear. What is everyone's professional (or personal) opinoin on that - I should probably cancel after all this, right? Even if I feel better I won't be 100% and I'll probably still be wiped out from the flu on top of it and may have a relapse if I over do it.  To get my money back, I have to cancel by tomorrow morning.   

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THanks. I just tried to pick something up off the floor with my head up and it killed. Coughing - as you can imagine - is a nightmare!

I already decided to call the trip off. It's just not worth it, as much as I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to it as it was a bit of a 'once in a lifetime...' situation. Hopefully, I can get a "make up" trip iwth just me and my friend at a later date!   My sister didn't even know I was coming....so, it won't be too disappointing for her. I was going to surprise her (it was dinner and a show for a bachelorette party in Vegas.)

I just woke up from a nap and my fever is back up to 101.6 - so, I'm staying put this weekend. I am not one of those "bounce right back" people anyway, and if I'm in this much misery now, on Saturday I'm NOT going to be skipping to my Lou no matter how much I'd like to think I will be! Plus, I have 2 weeks worth of EVERYTHING to do around here - first I was 24/7 on call with the kids and then this since last Friday. Oy!

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 Gee wiz as such a bummer it may be, you did do the right thing.  you know your body & "bounce-back" potential and i think you're right.  nothing would be more terrible than being in Vegas or in route to and then being like this or worse...getting sicker.

 

how's erin these days? well i can walk without a limp, get on the pot & shower!  so that's a bonus.  the knees have stopped throbbing (thank you prednisone injections!) but they get very painful if i'm on them too long. all the other joints are tolerable (for today that is) except the chest wall.

BAD THINGS: the gut is angry.  dealing with a bad post obstruction week. on a nice cocktail of liquid draino like meds, LOL, to prevent another one....but UNFORTUNATLEY haven't "gone" since the bowel revolution 3am sunday morning!...so yeah, my back/hips are killer painful from a "major traffic jam" and i look 12 months preggers!  am prepared for another raging anus crisis tonight (plenty of magazines, pillows, desitin @ reach in the bathroom).

i hate the Crohns arthritis on top of RA joint pain! ugh!

my Pea (that's my cat for new folks reading) & myself watched "Red Eye" this afternoon.  sucked down "MiraLax ice-tea" with an Imuran chaser. "Red Eye" was very cool.  The dude that stars in it is....eerily attractive? Yeah, quite odd looking, a bit strange and unconventional...but for some reason, is really HOT! 

so that's the latest.  riding the waves as they roll in & trying to make the best of things.

take care

erin