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- yup. i was supposed to get some minimal tattoo work done tonight, but i'm being a 'responsible adult' and cancelled since i'm more sniffly today than i was yesterday. which in and of itself is REALLY ANNOYING. this is day 16 of being sick and i'm...
- okay so i've been off mtx for just over two weeks and off enbrel for almost three weeks. i've definitely noticed a bit more stiffness and pain in the last few days, i'm guessing as the mtx has fully cleared out of my system.now tonight i've been...
- so i've been averaging an appointment every 4-6 weeks. i've been off my meds for a couple of weeks now - today makes two weeks since my last enbrel injection and 1.5 weeks since my last mtx dose. i was advised to stop taking enbrel while i'm...
- i work up this morning, day 5 of whatever sickness this is, and felt worse. that's happened each day - i feel worse than the day before. claritin didn't help, mucinex didn't help. the last three days i've run a fever on and off, and spent most of...
- i'm starting to question so much about my rheumatoid disease. i see how many people are on painkillers, and not just like a little. it seems like everyone has back up painkillers on hand. everyone but me. i normally rate my pain between 6-8 when...
- i woke up this morning with a strange feeling throat. i quickly identified it as post nasal drip. which is disgusting and i hate it and yuck. i asked dh if i'd been snoring particularly rambunctiously last night and he said not that he knows of. ...
- can someone explain to me what vertigo feels like? i get dizzy sometimes and it's not like a low blood sugar dizzy, which i've had in the past, but it's not like regular lightheadedness.wish i understood my body more.
- has anyone done pool aerobics or whatever? the class is called aqua fit at la fitness, where dh and i have memberships. i haven't *used* my $30 a month membership in, oh, a year. but i'm not getting any better and i have to do SOMETHING. i don't...
- www.today.com/entertainment/harold-ramis-ghostbusters-star-dead-69-2D12156583i'm very sad about this as he was always one of my favorites. but the whole 'dying from complications of vasculitis' thing really caught my eye. vasculitis is a potential...
- so i took my 10th dose of enbrel wednesday and then yesterday the injection site got itchy. it's a little red (normal for me) and not raised but it's itchy! last week i had nothing. the week before that i discovered that the bandaids i was using...
- it sounds ridiculous since my hands bother me so much, but i've recently picked up cross stitching. i've been working with small pieces in 4" or 6" hoops - nice and easy to handle. i already completed two small pieces and ordered stuff to mount...
- i wish.i ate a bunch of aleve this morning and i *think* it took the edge of my hand pain. everything else still hurts.i also bought a cane. i'm not happy about it. but it was $20 and it's really hard for me to walk around like the mall or shop...
- i never know how to fill these things out. i get one at every rheumy appointment and i try to base it on how i feel compared to last appointment. i finally found something cool on tumblr - a post from a fellow spoonie that really seems to sum it...
- i had enrolled like a month ago while i was still battling with my insurance company/rheumy's office and kept missing their calls. i finally remembered to call them back and i'm glad i did.the woman i spoke to was very nice, looked up my account...
- my hands, fingers, and wrists feel like they are getting worse and worse. yesterday and today are probably the most painful hand-days i've had since this all started. it's not just that typing is painful. using my phone. picking up a mug. ...