I'm off to see the rheumy
July 27, 2009 7:07pm
Well off to the new rheumy tomorrow. A little nervous. I have read all the answers to my post and RA guys blog on the subject. I think I have …
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10:59am, August 30, 2009
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About Me
Wife, mother, grandmother, nurse. Love my family, love life in general. RA slows me down and makes me mad, Fibromyalgia is just another pain, but I will survive.
Wife, mother, grandmother, nurse. Love my family, love life in general. RA slows me down and makes me mad, Fibromyalgia is just another pain, but I will survive.
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Ravensgma gave JoesMommy a well done 2:08pm
Stick to your guns grandma and save that little boy. You are amazing and I applaud your will and strength.…
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Thank You
July 25, 2009 7:08pm
Thank You to all of my DS friends who support me so well. I feel so safe here, I can say anything and not be judged to be the lunatic I am. You …
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$, kids and pain
July 24, 2009 9:20pm
You know the best part of this journal thing is that I can write in here and no one who reads it knows who I am or where I work! And right now …
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Journal Entry for July 20, 2009
July 20, 2009 8:15pm
Hmmmm, just spent my very first ever week at camp. As the nurse, not a camper. Never went to camp as a child so this was a first for me and quite an …
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I freakin' LOVE chocolate!! LOL! If I ever become allergic to chocolate, that will be IT. I will get on my really old pontoon boat, float out to the middle of that lake in Austin that's drying up, turn off my cell phone, and wait to die. LOL. I'm so glad you are still here. I was just fighting with myself about helping my daughter. CPS wasn't thrilled, some of my family wasn't happy, and my husband and I were just so worried the bio-dad would get out first. Anyway, like you, we are waiting for what the courts say today (or tomorrow). Please let me know what happens. I'll check back all day today!
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Have a good week!
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Thank you! I think anyone who deals with chronic pain is a super hero! We all have our own things to bear. I'm reading a book about a disabled mom, and there's a part where she's saying the cliche of how it could be worse, at least it's not____ is so useless, that to each sufferer our room of pain is all we know & that we have to live in that ever shrinking room - that you can't rate one person's pain as "more" than anothers. I thought that was intersting. Though not very cheerful, it's true!
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Close Rheumatoid Arthritis
RA and fibromyalgia attacked me about 3.5 to 4 years ago. I am a fighter and will do everything I can to keep it at bay.
Treatments
- Enbrel Somewhat Helpful
- had respiratory infections constantly and quit taking it
- Humira Working / Worked
- didn't work
- Methotrexate Working / Worked
- probably need does increased again
- Plaquenil Not Working
- no significant relief
- Prednisone Working / Worked
- boy I like this stuff but want to stay off it
- Tramadol Somewhat Helpful
- I would rather not have to take it. I want the symptoms to go away without adding more meds
Close Fibromyalgia
To learn more and talk to people who understand what its like
Treatments
- Cyclobenzaprine Not Working
- UUGGHH this made everything too "relaxed" could not lay down without vomiting As soon as I stopped it the vomiting went away
- Heat Somewhat Helpful
- heating pad to the feet really helps sometimes especially after being on them all day
- Lyrica Working / Worked
- Absolutely loved it. I felt "human" again, for about 4 months then it made me so dizzy I couldn't drive. Saw an ENT he did tons of tests and then said "I think its the Lyrica" Even after I stopped it took about 3 weeks for the vertigo to go away.
- Ultram Too Soon to Tell
- Just started about 2 weeks ago, not alot of improvement yet
Open Grandparents Raising Children
wow I thought we were a rare set of grandparents doing this. it sure is nice to know we are not alone
