Good Moanin' Healing Well V25

I can swing by anytime for the bloodwork. My son and I both had the flu a few weeks ago. The cough took forever to get over and then we both started up with the craggy throat again (in fact, my husband has it too now.) Possibly it's another virus and not just allergies, but our allergies are definitely up as well - my daughter's allergies are making the poor kid crazy! Her face and neck get itchy. It sounds like allergies are affecting everyone everywhere right now!

I've decided to stop the asulphidine....I think it's just making my days worse.  I see rhuemy next week, I know he won't mind my stopping it because he knows I've been struggling with it since I started in November, but he's going to push either Arava or Enbrel to add to the plaquenil. Right now, after all the flu meds and Motrin on top of the arthritis, I think my liver needs a break from any extra meds.....we'll see.

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80's!!!!!!!!!!!! u *****! sry but i only get about one month of the 80's lol in july lol
hey we r suppose to be in the 50s tomorrow so i hope i can get out and get some fresh air. fever is back again and i am real tired . bad flare hands and shoulders with feet just killin me. ~ u asked... so i am telling
i could say doing great! life is good how about u?! lol

idk if i should take the mtx tonight . yesterday i had a 101 temp. i hadnt taken it for a month with my illness and last week was the first time i took it again and now the temp is back ugh.

el how r u doing? i think i cought ur stuff over the internet lol!

camama havent talked to u in a long toime u ok?
well gonna go do something i feel feverish , night again, gonna have a snapple. lata yalinda

Hi there! I'm hanging in there. The family (including me) seems to be fighting some kind of tummy trouble right now along with severe allergies....I'm wondering if it really IS allergies or something else.....otherwise, we're doing okay. No one is actually down and out here, just slow moving mama. But, as the kids say, "I'm always slow!"  Which, I do take offense to at times.  I think it's time I started trying to work on the weight thing again. It's warming up more often than not around here and the last 3 months has done a number on my weight!

Yalinda, sorry about the fevers, even medicated fevers did a number on me. I'm wondering if the mtx isn't good for you.....people can be allergic to it or extra sensitive.

Kids and I spent day with some friends....it was nice! Got home late (for kids) and I'm ready for bed myself. Hubby out in his (practically only) once a year night out with friends (poor guy so rarely gets a break like that!)

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Yalinda,

sorry to hear you're in such pain right now.  Perhaps prednisone would be the best option because no one should have to suffer through pain like that without anything.  I figure if I feel like I cannot get to work, or the pain keeps me up at night, then it's time to do something different.

Hope you get your flare under control soon,

El

lol i just read my last post! lol lol ong i didnt feel good so i didnt re read and my hands are a mess so it is a mess! lol

made it through the day phoned the rhuemmy for my blood work results he was suppose to mail me and let him know i was in a bad flare. had a hard time but i did manage to get through the day.

thanks for all the support and advice .... i did take a few preds to get me to a point of function.

camama how about the brat diet ..... bananas rice applesauce and toast? it always worked for my kidos. good luck and give her a hug from me....... i have a stressed out kido too i think it is genetic personality. well gonna cook supper. hugs to all yalinda

Been away from here for a while.  Just come home and get into bed.    Feet are giving me an especially bad time.  I've tried so many different kinds of shoes, ortho, Ecco, Earth, Birkenstock.....

Can't stay upright for more than 3-4 hours and have to get off them.  Wassup?!  Does anyone else have trouble like this?  Seems like they are wearing down or something.  Have tried extra shock absorbers and everything.  This is bringin' me down.  Rheumy appointment on 24th may bring some answers. 

Bone density last week brought some bad news.  Significant loss.  Doc should have written report by now and will be calling me.  Having colonoscopy next Wed.  It sucks getting old!  Have a sinking feeling about the # of hours I'm able to work now and rude remarks made by employees.  Employees I WRITE CHECKS TO.  People who work FOR ME.  I just have to remember that...if I could work more, I wouldn't need them and they wouldn't have a paycheck.  Hubby even acting like I'm lazy or something.  Over the last 7 years I have put my heart and soul into keeping the business up and going and profitable after he almost lost the whole shootin' match.  I lost my house in the process, managed to keep our acreage and purchase a doublewide to live in, two horses and the small barn.  His response is that if I would drink less caffeine I'd be in better shape.  I have TWO freakin' cups while on the computer in the mornings.   He's just one of those peeps who has to find a reason for everything.  Just so it doesn't affect him. 

Sorry.  Had to vent.  Boo    

  

boo no joke i was thinking about u last night wondering if u were ok! i was also thinking about bloo who i havent heard from- and how i mix u too up cuz of ur names lol lol lol

so does anyone else have this problem lol!

well hugs from me too boo and sounds like u have some rotten employees! place an add and get some new ones! oh and my hubby knows he wouldnt like me without my caffeine lol grummpy yalinda needs her fix .......

hey there.. am at work.. can't get into chat right now..just read Erin's post, don't have time to write back just yet.. wanna call tonight? say 930 or 945?

Boo, man I'm sorry to hear what you are going through!!!! People suck (can I say that here?) So many just don't get it when they haven't gone through something themselves.

All I can tell you about feet, and this still took me years to get to the point I'm at now - I wear New Balance walking or cross-trainers plus rx'd orhtodics WITH an additional metatarsil support (I bought and put on the orthodic support).  I wear them ALL the time. I've worn them to parties, to work in my suit, to weddings I'm IN....you name it.....that plus consistent and intense calf stretching (I know it sounds weird.....) any time you have a sec to lean against something, do it and do a deep stretch for each leg.  It gets me through the day usually. Still wiped out by end and ready to just plop.  I've only found ONE model of New Balance that works for me....I've been through quite a few models trying to find the right fit and pair after 11 years! I have small and wide feet.  Unfortunately, the pair I have are about $99 and never go on sale, but maybe you'll be more fortunate.

Also, for YEARS, I NEVER EVER went barefoot, even in the house (and this grossed out and disgusted my husband to no end - he finally agreed I should buy an "indoor" set of shoes, and I tried to get a cheaper pair, that was bad news!) Anyway, they stayed on until I went to bed or got in the shower. It was too painful to walk w/o the support of the shoe and inserts. At work, I stayed seated most of the day and had a box to put my legs up while I sat....again, it helped get through the day, but wasn't the greatest fix. Ankle supports also seemed to help my feet way back in the day.

Good luck. ******

howdy everyone been too busy to ache which i guess is good lol
duck i returned ur message

 moanin'

oh man did i get sick!  geezaloo!  guess it was "post-infusion" ills plus too many steroids.

ran a temp in the middle of the night last night (yes...finally got to sleep) 102...drenched! then on the pot w/ cramps & "D" for an hour.  then ya freeze! (i can tell right now i won't handle menopause very well, lol)  holey moly.

not movin' at all today...each step feels like your feet are breaking. aaaargh.

 

on the brighter note:  the shoulders are a tiny bit better (just a bit).

 i thought my Pea (my cat...FieldPea) was sick... but she's bright eyed & happy today she was sooooo in misery the last 2 days, i think allergies!  poor lil' Pea she looked like POPEYE...LOL....she had only one eye open & it just watered & tears and awe...i was so heartbroken.  i guess she heard me say "doctor" so she snapped out of it .

 

do cats get allergies like we do?  when it's hard for me to wear my contacts & the allergens in the air are high...that's when her eyes get worse.

 

hmmm what else since i'm up? i think i'm going to go on the MAKER's diet.  to see if it helps any w/ the RA inflammation...i'll keep ya's posted.  when i was on a strict vegatarian diet i felt a lot better...but since my gut acted up i haven't been able to tolerate veggies...so we'll see how this goes.

ciao!

 moanin'

 

OUCH!  been a bad week AGAIN.  friggin' RA is progressing i think despite the meds.  hands, wrists, shoulders have been a BIG problem lasting over 3.5 weeks already...don't think it's a "flare" as they are not getting better or easing up.

 

wish i could sleep! dang it...slept wednesday night, that's it.  i hate pred.

 

i really wanna take the Arthrotec sittin' there across the room right now! but i'm afraid because of what happened the last time. Oy!!!!!

 

ok...done complainin'.

Hey all. I'm here--just been a bit quiet this weekend. Saw my infectious disease doctor on Friday; she's having second thoughts about treating me for tb (jeez--I've been taking these awful meds for a month). I'm still on the drugs right now--she's thinking about taking me off. When I saw her, I was having terrible cramps, and a consistent pain in my lower right abdomen. Because of my GI history (colonic ulcers), she's talking IBD (now this is the 3rd time a doctor has mentioned this to me). I have a ct scan of my pelvic and abdomen scheduled for Friday, but I fail to see what that's going to do with respect to IBD.

I saw a new primary today and I was telling him about the GI doctors I've seen that won't diagnose, but they'll treat? He was just as confused as I am, but suggested I see one of them. Made an appointment, but don't go in 'til July. I guess I can always cancel if I find a better doctor somewhere else, but the primary I saw today said this guy has a good reputation, and he did treat me for IBD (put me on entocort), even though he said I didn't have IBD?

Erin--what happened the last time you took arthrotec? Are you supposed to be taking that with your cd? I don't even have an IBD dx (yet), but I won't touch an NSAID. They simply do not agree with me. Boo--good luck on your scope. I don't envy your position :) At least they have the flexible scopes these days. I remember reading about the old scopes, where you were pretty conscious of what was going on, and they used a rigid scope. This meant that you had to physically change your position depending on where the scope was going. The positions were not attractive--use your imagination.

Everyone, I hope you're doing well.

El