Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
new horrible knee problem.....think it is from my aquatic workouts/swimming. both knees horrible can't hardly walk at all.
can't bend knees; worse in morning wondering if, since I have myself down to 2.5 mg of pred a day , would a higher dose help the knee thing?
I do plan to call or email my RA doc after writing this. curious of any other people's stories here.
thanks. (that pool was the one thing I could do so bummed out if it has caused me this problem and now, don't know if I should not go)
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can't bend knees; worse in morning wondering if, since I have myself down to 2.5 mg of pred a day , would a higher dose help the knee thing?
I do plan to call or email my RA doc after writing this. curious of any other people's stories here.
thanks. (that pool was the one thing I could do so bummed out if it has caused me this problem and now, don't know if I should not go)
:(
During the swimming, try to just go at your own pace, even if it's just walking back and forth across the pool. I know it feel so good to be in the water, but I have to watch it to, as our instructor is very young and knows nothing about injuries, so she would tear up my shoulder even worse if I let her. So listen to your body
hugs sandi
And so anyway I did copy some things I saw her doing this past week, like floating on my side while doing sideways leg scissor kicks.......I thought " if I do this at my own pace it might help strengthen my legs" (whoops...)
I am now learning on a daily basis , what I can and cannot do.
I've always been impatient and not too bright when it comes to accepting my limitations. But I am working on it.
am waiting for nurse to call me back; thinking it is not going to happen. But they gave me a Monday appointment at doc's.
*just wanted to ask the nurse , in the meantime should I rest it/move it/ice it/warm it, up the meds, or what???
that being said, you're probably familiar w prednisone's side effect. to me, the biggest cost is what it does to your bones - i've broken 3 bones over the last 3 years. total bones broken prior to that - 0. were these freak situations? possibly, but i think it's more likely that off-and-on pred use (typically between 5 and 10 mgs) for many years has weakened my bones. i'll do a bone scan sometime within the next year to confirm that, but...use pred judiciously and sparingly it should treat you right.