New - Latest Diag Psoriatic Arth - Any Relief?

Had total hip replacement a month ago after finally being diagnosed w/psoriatic arthritis. My hip is healing, but my low back sacral and pelvic pain is 8-9 or 10 on pain scale. Sleeping A LOT helps so far.
Wondering if anyone out there has this type arthritis and how to deal with pain and lack of mobility.
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Thanks for your response! My mother had the skin condition very badly, but I have only had one rash outbreak a couple years ago that wasn't diagnosed psoriasis. In retrospect the six month rash was exactly that. I also had a recurring corneal condition that is considered a PsA symptom. I was just started on Arava (the generic is Leflunomide) 25mg. It is a DMARD type drug and I believe it is a milder Rx than Methotrexate. I had a bad kidney response to taking a high dose of ibuprofen and my Dr is concerned about elevated kidney level responses. It has not alleviated the pain yet, which I have in my pelvis/sacrum, fingers & thumb, neck, toes and knee. I am managing to find a balance between rest and activity, I'm on long-term disability. I don't have much social contact at all and do the usual pain isolation.
Thanks again for responding.
KKat

Lets hope this new medication can get you in remission. There is a lot of drugs available now to help with the condition. I just read an article about one of the pro golfers being dx'd with PA and he is on Enbrel and responding very well to it. It really is so weird how these auto-immune diseases work, I always says its like my body just does not like itself, lol.

Yes, it is so easy to isolate ourselves when not feeling good and up to par. That is something we really need to watch because it can become such a habit and not a good one. I have been working on a plan to do some things with a friend Friday if all goes well. I initially thought oh no, I should stay home, then realized what I was doing, l do hope things get better for you and soon. Please take care of yourself.

KKat, yes the pump has been a very good choice for me since oral meds were exhausted. My pump is not for the PA, that dx came last year. Granted 4 AI diseases is not your typical path, lol. I have suffered with lower back pain for over 20 yrs, have done everything short of surgery, there is nothing I have not tried. I also have severe problems with the facet joints. As it turns out this is one of the reasons I cannot stand up straight even using a cane, is the facet joint problem. I think of the money spent on this body I should feel like a million. But if you don't have a good pump dr handling the pump it will not be a success. Alot of the PM drs do not have the knowledge and experience needed to handle a pump patient. A good pump dr needs to know as much about medications as a pharmacist would and also understand how these pumps work. The PM dr that recommended the pump to me was not educated enough to be handling a pump patient. He later decided to go back into anesthesiology and that was a blessing in disguise for me and 44 other pump patients. He referred us to a retired neurosurgeon who went into PM handling pumps only and has over a decade of experience with pumps. She is the leading pump dr in our state. Frm what I am hearing now, most of the PM drs are sending their pump patients to her to handle. She was floored at the condition so many of us were in with these pumps. Its like she said, our dr truly wanted to help people with CP but he was way too under educated with these pumps. I suffered in silence with this pump and he refused to increase my dose in the pump, he refused to increase the oral meds for BT pain for two years. When he told me I has maxed out the dose in my pump I believed him, little did I know. My dose he had me at is where my dr starts her patients out at. But like she said, when a patient complains consistently for 2 years of a 9 pain level something is wrong, and the sad part was the dr made no changes in those 2 years when he should have if he had known what he was doing.

I have had my pump since 2005 and I have a couple more years before my battery will run out. Then everything will need to be replaced and I have just learned of a pump that is not ran off of a battery and there is no more surgeries involved on replacement. I am excited about that. Take care.