Very cool...Thank you again for your help and support......
typing energy, ha, I just found someone that would finally listen and talk back...Thank you for that, I appreciate that more than you know...My list is simple. I take zoloft, xanax, iron pills, and...
I have gotten use to not saying much about what hurts any more cause there is too many to list and people (family) would just look at me weird, like you freak....So I just don't say much unless I am...
Oh boy that is terrible...yikes, moron I would say (and I hate that word with a passion but some people deserve it....Probably didn't have it clamped on the maternal end, it can cause that...Just...
Yes I do...If I don't fight for myself who will...My hubby? maybe but not like I would fight... Yikes, my daughters dog just had puppies two weeks ago, and I am a sucker and keeping one...yeah...
They don't change from post to post, they are always there, just more start coming...OR I am noticing them more now than ever before...don't be a hater now...lol...Here is the list...started with my...
I did that, I took a pain and activity journal that I completed to my apt he wouldn't read it or even take it to read later...He said "I want to hear in your own words"...They were my words I just...
I agree...I am going to get aggressive with the dr and demand stuff...No more playing around with this chick...With the long health history of my daughter (diabetes at 6 and RA at 17) and my hubbies...
lmao...Love the sense of humor with the 82 year old...I am planning on talking to my brother as well as going to GNC...He sells Amyway (yeah, I know, crazy) BUT he sells lots of wonderful vitamins...
Screw it, what do blood tests mean anyways!!!! a whole lotta nothing...My body is what defines me not what the doctors say is in my blood...Anything Rheumatic that I have read about is extremely hard...
Totally makes sense....I have been doing lots of research...I believe I have RA but then no tests match the theories just my symptoms do...I just know what my body is doing...I keep thinking that...
I am on xanax everyday...my anxiety is much better but in times like these it flares up as well cause I don't feel good and panic about it. There is some depression but mostly cause I am so damn...
Yup as usual......
I have thought about it but there is so much going on at work I would feel terrible to do that to them... Thank you....
The Rheumy sent me a message to say that all my blood tests were normal and negative for RA...Not that I want this nasty disease but now what? what do I have? Two weeks ago I was sent to the...
Awesome info on the Naproxen, thank you....I was wondering why I was getting no relief...I cannot take an anti-histamine because I have a panic disorder and it causes my heard to race...Have you ever...
Thank you very much...The doc got back to me today and all my blood tests were negative....That is all I found out and now I can't get back into see him again til Sept 12th. What now?...Everything is...
I understand what your saying...I think I have spoiled him... I agree...I want to keep working just don't know how to do that if my boss isn't willing to work with me on days that I can't move and am...
Sorry to hear about all this and I am hoping all the pain and fatigue gets much better with your new meds. I too have problems taking new prescriptions. I hate medicines. What is sero negative mean?...
My daughter takes MTX and also folic acid, her doc will not let her take the mtx without the folic acid...She is on 3 1mg pills of folic acid...He has increasingly moved her up based on her side...
I am home today as well...This past year I have called in more than any other year ever...The last time I called in my boss had a talk with me and said other people do their time and don't call in...
I am tired!!! Really tired!!! When I get done with an 8 hour day at work (Accounting), I feel awful. I feel pretty good around noon but then after 2 or so everything starts going down hill...By...
I had an injection into my hip two days ago. I am having trouble deciding if I should go in since I don't have a fever, just feel like I have one. Or should I just wait this out? Is it yet another...
Yesterday all of a sudden in the afternoon I got really feverish feeling, my cheeks got rosy red, migraine and sick to the tummy...I felt like I was burning up and developed a migraine. Everyone at...
Well, my dr apt went ok.. It took a little over an hour...Dr said my symptoms certainly sound like RA but my physical exam was fine. My range of motion was good. However I was not in as much pain...
My daughter was on all of those but they had to stop the sulfasalazine it was making her throw up but she is not allergic to sulfa drugs she is allergic to Amoxicillin. She is still on the other two...
I have actually waited to see someone since last October, but at this time that I wrote this I only had one more month to wait. Now, I had my Hematologist apt and he says I have low blood platlets,...
Hello All, I have my first Rheumy apt today. What should I expect? How likely is it that I will finally get a diagnosis today at 4 in the late afternoon? I am so frustrated cause I asked the nurse if...
He is a really good Rheumy he takes care of my daughter...She has severe RA. One more month and then I can finally get in to see him. I am hoping that something opens up before that so I can get in...
msOuchie, It is totally unfair...Not to mention she has a very over protective mother that has watched over her every move, I know I must drive her absolutely crazy sometimes, but I just want to make...
My hands don't look deformed like my daughters do but definitly hurt. One day my fingers are swollen and next day my rings are falling off...It's weird...would RA be visible to the naked eye if you...
Does anyone experience frequent headaches with their RA? I never used to get headaches but I get them all the time now...unexplainable out of the blue headaches that hurt no matter what I do......
Thank you for replying, I really appreciate you telling your story...Many people on here talk about a wide variety of things that I can relate to but hearing someone's personal story helps to relate...
I forgot to mention that my daughter who is only 20 has had Severe RA for 3 years. This is why I suspect my problem is RA....
Hello, Can anyone tell me their stories? How this started? What you felt like? How long or what steps you took to get some type of diagnosis? It seems that my doctor is crazy, lazy or missing lots of...
Acheybody, I really don't seem to be able to trace anything back. It all seems like such random pain. I did do a lot of lifting last weekend so that could be part of it but when you hurt all over and...
Hello All, It has been awhile since I have been on here. After I was told I might have Fibro I decided to take matters into my own hands as the meds the doc was giving me was making me crazy. I...
Hello Newbie, I am fairly new to this myself. I completely and 110% agree with you on everything. So funny you mentioned the "I think I have Fibro too" bit...I started exercising and eating clean...
This happens to me when I don't get enough sleep ...Which is like every other week cause I don't sleep well...When I don't get enough sleep I feel like my legs don't even want to carry me or my arms...
Hello, I have many symptoms but not all the time. Things come and go like crazy and then come back again. Everyday seems a little different. I am tired ALL of the time, my muscles, especially my...
neverthought, Hello and welcome. I think you will find a lot of helpful tips and tricks on this forum. I know I have. Do you sleep well? I think that you will find what your looking for here, there...
Foxglove, good to know. Thank you very much for all of your knowlege. AAAAHHHH I had a night with NO hives...It was sooooo nice....
Sounds like they have you on lots of different things. Wonder if it would be easier to start over with the meds...If you are taking all of those and still in this much pain and agony then to me it...
I have my first therapy apt tomorrow...I have been thinking about it for a couple of days, just exactly we will talk about. Like I tell her I am in pain in weird ways and sick in weird ways and not...
Thank you all very much for all of your help....
Foxglove, Thank you very much for all of your information. This is VERY helpful...You are full of details, which we all need. I think (hope) I am on the home stretch now. Feeling a titch better, but...
Very interesting. I will definitly have to pay attention...I told my hubby this summer that I thought I was allergic to corn and he thought I was nuts. Everytime I eat corn or popcorn I get this...
You are right...A new beginning could start on my birthday...Who knows could be good. My husband can not handle listening to my frustrations either...Men are not taught how to handle stuff like that....
OMG your list of foods sound so wonderful...I have not been taken out for a seafood dinner in sooooo long. I am glad you had a good time. Sounds wonderful......
applevenus, he is right and it is very true...There could be a cure or a fix for fm someday and then we will all feel much better. I have an apt to go see a therapist in two days. On my...