running around like crazy

Glad to hear things are going well for you!

i have hope in myself but very little faith in the medical community. i told them for a year that my foot and ankle hurt but they did nothing. my total knee replacement went very well but the foot and ankle on the same side started hurting right away. i don't know but i think it was one of the therapists at the rehab place (which was quite a dump) who kept pressing down on my foot and ankle. they do that so you can push your knee down all the way.

i know the anger is not doing me any good but how could all these so-called experts just leave me in pain for a year. if i do get better it will be because of my own determination.

so long

yes it is possible to find a good doctor. my gastroenterologist is very good. i had three bad ones before i found her.

i have a good podiatrist and therapist now. so that's wonderful.

it is all this adoration of doctors which i hear around here in upstate new york. maybe because a lot of people i know are older but some young people too. o well i will trudge along.

Hi, Joan,

Great to hear from you and learn that you are making progress. I am going to call the local Y sometime this week and see about joining, so I can use the pool. I can't do anything else now, not even walk, since I have torn hip cartilage. I really need to do something, and I am encouraged by your posts on swimming.

Blessings,
V

Hi, Joan,

I wanted you to know that I fired my rheumatologist today and it felt wonderful!  I have tried two meds for my EOA and I am allergic to both of them. I was in so much pain Friday that I called the rheumy's office at 8:30 a.m. and talked to the nurse. Told her I was in a LOT of pain and needed prednisone. Got a message back from her after 5 p.m. on my cell phone saying the rheumy said to stop the Chloroquine ( which I had already done on my own, as it was making my ears ring and destroying my hearing ), and to go back to my PCP for a "re-evaluation" before he would prescribe prednisone.  So, I suffered all weekend at  pain level of nine.  I called my orthopedic doctor Monday first thing and talked to his NP. By this time I was in tears. She called in a Medrol pack and Celebrex immediately. I already have Tramadol and Soma, but they weren't working this time. I was so thankful for her immediate help. I have an appointment Friday morning with the ortho doc, and I am taking flowers to his NP. I called my PCP this morning and left a message that I am taking Celebrex because I can't stand the pain I have w/o taking it. She doesn't want me to take it because it "fights" on of my bp meds. Well....certainly there is another bp med I can take that won't be affected by the Celebrex. I am done w/suffering for no good reason!  Either the rheumy I was seeing has NO idea of the pain I was in or his nurse is in the wrong profession.  I suspect that it may be a bit of both. I am turning my care over to my orthopedic doctor and his NP.  They care about me and they help me when I am in pain.  That is good enough for me.  I may have to have some surgery on my shoulders and/or knees.  I have a lot of issues at the moment, but at least I have gotten rid of an expensive rheumatologist that made we wait for an hour or more for each appt, did nothing helpful, and then charged way too much. I have much more faith in my orthopedic doc. Why are there so many bad rheumatologists...actually, there doesn't seem to be many rheumatologitsts out there.  I have seen two and I do not care to see either one of them again.  Hope you are well, Joan.  Happy to hear you are making progress.  I have learned something from my experience and from your postings.  To thine own self be true.  That, I believe now, is the key.

Peace,

V