Giving in is not giving up!

With my asthma (an earlier ailment), I reached a point of realization that "this is not going away". It brings a certain relaxation to the mess. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY ANKLE that did not exist before the surgery. Figure it happened in rehab. That does not matter at this point. What matters is to continue therapy and swimming and hope for the best.

Joan,

You are wise in your thinking.  I often wish I could be the old me, the normal me .

How you perceive your own thoughts, behaviors and functioning can help determine what's normal for you. I try to stay in the moment as wishing for the past or worrying about the future is not something I  can control. 

I have cried over wishing I could be normal but have finally accepted that I am normal for me. I am a work in progress.

Gentle Hugs,

Kitt

Hi, Joan. I just popped on over to the OA board to check up on you! I see you are still struggling, but you have the right attitude. I don't think any of us will be without our struggles, but we can do the best we can with what we've got. That is all anyone can ask of us, an all anyone can ask of himself/herself.

I have my daily struggles with RA, and the OA in my knees and shoulders caused by the inflammation of RA. I have a lot of OA behind both kneecaps. Sometimes it feels as though my bones are pushing against my skin to come out. It is a weird feeling. My ortho is staring ortho-visc shots for me next week. It is one day at a time in my camp, too. I really like my new rhematologist. She Dx seronegative RA on my first visit, and she spent over an hour with me. I was so shocked, and so pleased. She is a down to earth doc who runs around in New Balance tennis shoes and told me to stop wearing sandals! LOL

Hang in there, Joan.

Blessings,
V

Hi, again, Joan! I am a bit depressed. I had a voice mail from my rheumy, said to stop the MTX. My liver enzymes are too high. I had just taken my fourth dose when I picked up the phone call. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.

Post Edited By Moderator (stkitt) : 6/13/2011 9:34:45 AM (GMT-6)

o vannie...see this is the problem with the drugs. i use this stuff mobic every day but have to take omeprazole 20 minutes before eating and then I eat and then i can use my mobic.

my primary care doctor suggested i just take half strength of the mobic and so did the rhuemy but CAN'T DEAL WITH THE PAIN...darn it.

i feel down too...read Bright-Sided by Barbara Eichenreich. She is the same one who wrong Nickled and Dimed. She claims all this is more brain monitoring and practically a religious thing that YOU MUST BE UP. Some of her comments are so funny you want to die.

Anyway...HOPE THERE IS SOME OTHER OPTION FOR YOU.

your friend, Joan

HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER.

no just omeprazole and wait around 20 minutes and then eat and then can take mobic.

yes, it is excellent!

Hi Joan,

Just visiting over here in OA-land and liked your post. I went to the rheumy today and just felt like bawling before I even left the office, but i held it in. I was complaining about how I have noticed that my feet hurt like heck if I walk maybe 3 miles. She said, well, that's the upper limit for someone with your condition. And I just hate the idea, I used to really enjoy long walks and I was hoping I could work back up to longer distances. Every day of my life I wish things could be like they were just a few short years ago.

couch tater,

yeah, this probably isn't the place to complain!!! I'm sure I'm not as bad off as many people. I really noticed the pain on my vacation, a couple days when I went out. I did break walks down into 2 parts or so, with like an hour of rest between.

The rheumy is switching my NSAID to nebumetone/Relafen so I can do higher doses on those days when I get hot joints from trying to do outdoorsy stuff. We will see.

Joan, if I was you I'd get a small scooter to do those thing involving lots of walking.

Hi, eveyone,

I stopped by to say I am doing better. Turns out only one enzyme was elevated so I am able to start back on the MTX again, but at 3 pills a week insteand of 5. I am hopeful it will work, because it was starting to work before. I now have a handicapped placard, which does help. I, too, long to be able to walk long distances, but I can't. I am going to start saving my pennies now, and perhaps get one of those travel sccoters so I can go to the zoo. I love visiting zoos, but no way can I walk those hills anymore.

Peace,

V

Thank you, Joan. I'm rooting for you too, my friend. I have OA, too, so I guess it is okay to hang out here from time to time. :)

Yes, I have high hopes for this med. The scooters I am looking at cost a little under 1,000.00. I am looking at the 3-wheel kind because they are more manuervable and weigh less. There are some that break down into parts, and the biggest part isn't all that heavy. Can't remember excatly what it weighs. There is a place online called the scooter store that one of my friends recommended. I am tapped out money wise right now w/copays and meds and just the cost of everything in general. Ai Yi YI. I hope to be able to start sving soon, though. I think I would really like one of those scooters. I wonder if my health insurance would pay anything toward it...probably not. Hope you have a good 4th, Joan. I think of you often and pray that you are doing well.

Blessings,
V

Joan, Sometimes you can get a simple scooter at a local medical supply place. I saw a used one for sell the other day at a pharmacy for $150. Maybe there's one close to you that sells used scooters? Or post it in the paper?