Finally a BREAK! | Arthritis Information

I am not sure if I posted any after I did not get my infusion and just got a steroid drip of something-Medrol.

Well... it has been rainy here. I had only 1 GOOD day from the medrol, which was the day after I got it. Then it all went down hill from there.

My right knee swelled up BIG time, I could not bend nor straighten it and it hurt from my hip, down my knee, to my ankle and it ran back up from my ankle to my knee and to my hip. It was like a constant running pain. I took the Ultracets, they worked on my other pains I was having and just bearly touched the pain in my right leg.

I laid in bed most of the time, because if I walked on my right leg, it make it worse and then I would be in more pain. So... I just laid around and dreaded having to go pee.

Then Saturday, my sister called to see if I wanted to go and see mom. I said sure. Then after I hung up and hubby helped me to get dressed, I was having second thoughts. My leg was hurting, and everything else on me was swelled and my left ankle felt sprained.

I went anyways. My mom noticed as soon as I walked in her room, I was not doing well. She asked me when my next infusion was... I lied and told her some time next month, not really a lie, but not true yet either. Then she asked if they could give me anything else to take my swelling down. I told her I already had a steroid drip and that was probably about as much as they will do for me right now.

I was wearing shorts when I went to see my mom, I was out of clean pants, so... there was no hiding my swelled knees and how my leg did not bend. BUt she still would have known something was wrong with me because I was walked all hunched over.

My mommy is doing good. She got to come home last night! YAY!! And she got her bean & cheese burrito she was wanting when I went to see her Saturday. My sister brought her a pizza, and she said well I really want a bean & cheese burrito. LOL!

Today my right leg is soo much better than last night and the days before. The hard swell went away while I was sleeping. Last night the pain from the hard swell was horrific and I cried like 2 times because the ultracets were not cutting the pain at all. I had to have 2 doses down before I even felt it helping the pain in my right leg any.

OH and when I went to see my mommy in the hospital. She told me that I did not have to come visit her if I was in pain. I told her it is either be in pain over in-laws or be in pain visiting her, and I picked her. She laughed and said ok.

Then it was cold in her room, and it was making me hurt worse. and I kept rubbing my leg to ease the pain. And then my mommy looked at me and said "I feel sorry for you." I said I am not the one who is in the hospital and had surgery. So... I feel sorry for you. So... I guess it cancels out our sorry's for each other." Then she laughed and said "I guess."

Oh, and my oldest brother went with us to see mom. He was yet again comparing his problems to mine. The nurse came in and asked my mom if she needed her pain med yet. Then asked her on a scale from 1- 10 what was her pain. My mom said a 6. The nurse said ok and left to get her meds. I was like you are at a 6 in pain? my mom said yeah. I was like but you do not look like you are that much in pain. Then she told me where all she was hurting then I was like that sounds like a 6 to me! Then she asked what # I was I told her about a 4. Then she looked at me all crazy and said I would think at least a 8 or 9. I told her always think my pain is a 4, except that time I went to the ER for it, and then it was a 7 I think I told the nurse LOL!

Then my brother said well I am a 4 right now. Then mom asked me what kind of pain mine was, she said hers was achy and in her chest it was sharp pains. My brother said she is probably having achy pain in her knee. I looked at him and said nope you are wrong. It is a running pain. It runs from my outside hip, thru my thigh to my knee, down my leg to my shin, and to my ankle and then turns around and goes back up my leg and it does not stop it just goes back and forth. He said oh I had that before. I said nice.

Yeah, he never did say his knee looked like my knee. So... I doubt he knows much of anything. I just do not like for him to compare his to mine. He can do way more than I can. He might be disabled too, but I am guessing he is mentally disabled

Those are the 2 siblings who do not understand what is all wrong with me. My oldest sister does, my other brother does, but the other 2 do not. I guess it has to do with that they never seen me really bad off like our oldest sister has, and then mom talks to oldest sister about my problems and all.

I guess I must feel better today, now that the rain is going away, because I sat here and typed all of this! My right leg has not hurt constantly as of yet for the day. But it sure is doing a lot of twitching of my muscles in my thigh and on the outter side of my knee. And the swelling went down which is a good thing. I am going to try not to walk on it too much, no more than I have to, maybe that will keep it from starting to hurt again. I hope anyways.
joonie2008-07-14 12:26:55Ok, the break from pain is now over!

I went to wal-mart and walked around, and now my knee is swelled and in pain throughout my entire right leg again.

I am going to go take a pain pill and lay down with my heating pad.

It is so frustrating when family doesn't/won't understand (and my pain is nowhere near yours!) How many doctors do I have to see to say "it's not carpal tunnel" before my parents agree? They are getting there. I just want to say, uh, no way in heck carpal tunnel makes it so you can't sleep, right?

I'm glad that your mom is doing better!!!

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