Ooops, I think I overdid it

When I got my script for Relafen last week. I was under the impression it was essentially Advil, but with the handy-ness of two large pills instead of 9-12 little ones. Well, I was wrong, and Relafen is lovely so far.  I'd say it took my pain from a 7 to a 3 and I can see ankle and knee bones again! 

But I got too excited and took my activity level from a 2 to a 10.  Today marked the end of my stupidity. I started my day with Yoga, took a long walk, chased my son around the park, and just got back from swimming laps at the pool.  Duh. I could barely walk when I got out of the pool thanks to my now nicely swollen ankles.  I feel like a complete retard.

I just got so excited when I felt close to normal again. For those of you who love to exercise, can you still? And is it hard to find a balance -- enough to stay limber but not ramp up your flare?

Feeling naive . . .

 

Hi, yes I have also overdone it many times when I was feeling better. The only time I didnt' get worse was while overdoing excercise while on moderate doses of prednisone for a lupus flare. But since being off of that I have also developed bad arthritis in my spine which is now preventing me from doing most things. I just keep on going to physical therapy and do light exercises with a ball, some straps and bands and the stationary bicycle. And when im feeling worse I just do them alot slower and less of them. I really like working with the exercise ball; there's many different exercises and ways of stretching you can do with it and are low impact.