Getting fed up with everything!!!

I'm having a very crappy morning.  No pun intended.  My Uc is somewhat behaving for a change.  I am still having some minor cramps but I just take a Bentyl and that handles that.  But it's the rest of me that is falling apart and I'm getting frustrated, fed up, depressed and angry!  I am having such a hard time getting into the holiday spirit but I am trying.  I started taking St. Johns Wort about 3 weeks ago to help with my SAD and it seems to work fairly well but I may ask my doc for a prescription anti-depressant.  But the main thing that is bothering me now is my fingers.  I am having a heck of time with my new diagnosis of arthritis.  I am seeing my primary tomorrow to get her to give me a steroid injection in my middle finger of my left hand because the darn thing is so sore that it wakes me up several times a night and I can't even lift a toilet paper roll without it hurting - and we all know how important it is to get to that toilet paper roll!  But when I see my primary tomorrow, I am going to have her look into the possibility of me having psoaratic arthritis because if I do have that, I need to start on a medication that will slow or halt the progression as soon as possible.  More of my joints are becoming affected so I know that it isn't just OA anymore.  So I am getting fed up with that.........oh and the meds! Omgoodness the meds!  Normally it doesn't bother me to be taking 20 pills a day but for some reason it is starting to annoy me.  I seems that when I get done taking a dose, it's time again to take the next one.  I know that isn't so but it feels like it.  I dunno, I guess I'm just all around disgusted with everything.  I hate feeling this way, especially around the holidays!  Agh! Ok, I'm done now - vent over.

Christine, yes I am younger then you - 38 to be exact. Luckily for me, I have never been on oral pred just steroid enemas and steroid injections. But even with the little amount of steroids that do get into my blood, my primary has me go every year or two for a bone density test. I am severely lactose intolerant so my dairy intake is nil and sometimes calcium even gives me grief. So far, knock on wood, my bone density is fine! So I guess that is ONE good thing anyway! :)

Bless your heart Sherry. You are having a rough time. I read your post about the turmoil in Michigan, and knowing someone, well kind of knowing someone :) there, made it seem more real. There is doom and gloom all over, but Michigan has to be feeling pain the most. Hang in there, and remember you have a pen pal in SC. Come on down!!! Happy holidays to you and your family.
Martha (Jackson's Mom:)

What college? Jackson got accepted to USC yesterday, University of South Carolina, not southern cal:):) I'll bet if you came down here, you would never look back!!! At least come for a visit, and call me. I will email you the number, if you ever decide to come down. It is 70 degrees today, if that helps. Hang in there.

Sherry, I'm so sorry you're going through all of this! I don't have any words of wisdom, but you'll be in my thoughts and prayers.

I've been learning about stress myself this past month. I work with kids, and sometimes I have good days, sometimes I don't. Then my bad days stretch out cuz I worry about the things that I shouldn't. Today, I went into work with no worry one bit. I just let it all go. Not my job to worry. It's my job to do my job. I know this is totally different, but I do understand your frustrations. Although this frustration is a bit different. Frustration is frustration. I guess my only suggestion is to let it go. I know it's extremely hard with physical issues. Maybe when you see your doctor you will feel a little better.