I did another online search about costcoshondritis, and found a very old post about it from years ago. https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=10&m=796038 Mine is still going strong;...
I had the flu shot this past October, and I have had both Shingrex vaccines. My mom had psoriatic arthritis, and she had shingles several times and was in such pain. If I can avoid shingles, and see...
Hi, I had bronchitis four weeks ago, and it took two weeks for me to get over it. One night, my sternum and sides of my ribs started to really hurt. I went back to the doctor again, and he diagnosed...
Do some of your fingers get stuck? I had trigger fingers for years, and my RA doctor gave me a steroid shot in the knuckle. Six months later, and still is not freezing up....
What are you taking instead of the Methotrexate?...
For me, most of my skin, including my scalp, hurts during a flare. When I am not having a flare, I still cannot stand my arms to be touched, unless it's a really firm rubbing. I can only handle my...
Hi, I have been sick nonstop since January 1 of this year. it's been one thing after another until I got a terrible flare of both RA and fibro. I wound up on pred for 10 days, hallucinated, and can...
I went to RA doctor yesterday and let him have it. I told him I was seriously thinking of finding a doctor at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. He told me I can never take prednisone again,...
Hi Blossom, If you are like many of us, you will have great days, ok days, and days you cannot get out of bed. I try to go with the flow, and do what I can based on how I feel. I can walk for 4 miles...
I had the strangest experience Saturday night. My new doctor prescribed 10 milligrams of prednisone 4x a day for a very bad flare of fibro and RA. Saturday was fine, but Saturday night I was getting...
My shoulders feel very swollen; not just the joint....
Does anyone in here take biologics? I have always had the impression that they are dangerous, and have lots of drug interactions. I am on several drugs for my bipolar and fibromyalgia. The new doctor...
Hi Sarah, I do not take Folic Acid on the day I take my six pills. They interact, but I don’t know how....
Hi! Yeast is basically just yeast, wherever it is. I get thrush in my mouth at least once a year since being diagnosed with RA. Patty...
Hi, Every time we come down to Florida from Delaware, both my rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia come crashing back. My muscles ache so much, I feel as though I was hit by a bus. I woke up two...
First Tristen's Nana, Let me say that you and your sister are wonderful daughters to take care of your mother this way. When my mom died, it was decided at the funeral my dad would move from NJ to DE...
I have been reading the posts about scalp and perceived hair pain. From July 4 2016, until October 5, 2016, I fell SEVEN times. My husband says it's because I wear sandals all the time, and trip on...
My daughter had a cold for about week, and she gave it to my husband. He had it for four days and gave it to me. They are both much better. I caught it, and I have pneumonia. Has anyone else noticed...
Hi, Four days ago, I climbed into the crawl space and started dragging a wall from a Little Tykes playhouse out for a garage sale. I tripped over a pile of full boxes, and landed on top of a bunch of...
I was hoping for suggestions of good brands of fork and spoon covers, but found a special spoon that not only has a wider cushioned handle, but it also tilted to the left. It's on Amazon. There's...
Don, Your post got me thinking. I always thought I must have torn my tendon running. You'd think if it tore I'd go flying onto the ground in agony. That never happened. What happened was about a year...
Hi Again, I am having a really hard time now gripping a fork with my left hand. I am pretty much ambidextrous, except that I hold a fork and also write left handed. It's gotten to the point that I...
Hi, I haven't written in a while. I had a flare a few months back and wound up on prednisone pills that just gave me insomnia and made matters worse. I got a shot and within two weeks I was okay...
Hi, Get your coffee; this is a long story. I had a flare starting two weeks ago. The nurse at my RA doctor's office put me on high dose prednisone. I was taking about 60 mg at least a day for about 5...
Dear Glea, I am so sorry you are having a flare, with all of your conditions at once. Hug, hug, hug. I am finally digging my way out of a flare after three weeks of being sick I am a newbie as far as...
Hi Warm Heart, I LOVED the shot in the butt!!! It's called a bolus, it's a high dose of prednisone at once. I felt better within several days. Instead, I am having to take a high dose every day for...
Hi, It's just after 8, and I never went to sleep. At 7, I took a shower. I told my husband he had to stay away from me since I feel like a time bomb. I am on 60 mg of prednisone for four days before...
Hi Manda, I have had regular arthritis for years; I don't know if it was from being a runner, or jumping out a third story window. Who knows. I would get carpal tunnel sometimes. Last summer. My...
Hi Biscuits, Couchtater is right, he needs to be reevaluated. Good lucki! How often does your husband go to the rheumo doctor? I go every two months....
Shanbr, I was going to start a post on thrush and name it Thrush, Anyone? !!! I have been on too many strong antibiotics lately. I was first on Augmentin for 10 days for a sinus infection and UTI. On...
Hi Beth and Joy and everyone else, The fall, the sinus infection, the UTI, and everything else led to my first flare. Jeeze. I feel like I first did, before methotrexate. I called the Dr, and they...
I never answered this! I had an x-ray done for my back; the screws and new disk are fine. I had an x-ray for my ankle. It is not broken, just a bad sprain. The doctor said he was going to wrap it for...
I just fell over the hose in the back garden. My knees hit the cement block we have back there for some stupid reason, and my weight went to my shoulders. My head fell into the mulch. I have shoulder...
Dear Just, Get the test results from your doctor, and make another appointment either with him or another doctor. I had flu like symptoms a few months before I got diagnosed, and it turns out I had...
It could be that you didn't know it hurt until he touched it. I always have carpal tunnel now. It feels as though someone is squeezing my wrists hard, and the pain goes half way up my forearm. The...
Hiya Ouchie, We have two houses. We have a house up here in DE, which has normal mid-Atlantic weather. We also have a house in Clearwater, FL. We spend six months at each house, but sort of in fits...
We came home to Delaware after 3 months on Sunday night. It was only an hour later that I was going to bring the vacuum downstairs. Our neighbors must have let their dog jump on our bed with dirty...
Wow, MGabe! About a month before getting diagnosed, all this stuff happened at once. All my joints hurt for a full 24 hours straight and then stopped. At the same time I had a double ear infection,...
I read on one site that the liquid Certo is actually not good for you. Better to buy the preservative free powdered kind from health food stores. Arthritis Today touts apples. Too bad Red Delicious...
Hi, A few days ago, my neighbor suggested drinking grape juice mixed with liquid Certo (used in canning). I smiled sweetly when she told me this, thinking she was nuts. Later, I did an online search,...
Mgabe, I hope your appt went well!...
Do you think it might be carpal tunnel? Since getting RA, my wrists ache from carpal tunnel. I probably shouldn't type at all, but even on days I don't, my wrists and forearms will kill at night. I...
Hi mgabe, I was diagnosed about 3 months ago, and just got on methotrexate and folic acid two weeks ago. In the past two months, my hair has been falling out daily. Not in clumps, but enough hairs to...
Hi Sunny, My daughter and I both have bipolar I. Mine is under much better control. She takes her meds religiously, but she rapid cycles. She can be happy at noon, but at 7 PM she is suicidal. Are...
Hi, I would follow Chartreux' advice. If you aren't happy with the first doctor, try again. My RA doctor said that usually RA does not affect the spine, but there could be exceptions. It certainly...