I am so sick of feeling this sick...I am so weary of this RA taking over my body and all the damage it has done.
SOmedays I just want to crawl out of my body and into another one.
Made my yearly at the RD's yesterday, he should expect me in July.....Think I will have all my work done at his office and just have him bill me...it takes me about 4 hours to get there so he is always so kind and sweet to me...I miss my Dr.'s. It sure makes a difference when you have gone to them for years.
Also made my appt. for next week to see my PCP here....I am supposed to go to the clinic but I just gave up on that, I will just have to make payments to him as well....my allowance for helping out my mom isn;t much after my bills but I cannot stand not having good medical care with someone who takes the time to actually review your case and helps problem solve.
Oh I just this ra just like I know so many of us on here do , it is so hard on my joints and body from Fall to Summer here anymore these days.
Ok, done complaining.........I think.jodejjr2009-03-11 16:04:32jodejjr - this is what this forum is suppose to be about - a place to feel safe to express your feelings and troubles with our common disease, and hopefully positive support from your fellow members. Its troubling that 10 posters read your post and didn't have the courtesy to even stop to give a hug, and tell you that you are special, and we need you. We are all pulling for you when the weight gets to be too much. Take care ~~ Cathy
Jode, hang in there. It will get better!
Cathy, sometimes people just don't know what to say at the moment they read the post.
Chin up, girl, you can do it! Complain anytime, anyday, that's what this place is for. I know how you feel. I have faithfully been paying my pcp .00 a month for over a year and today I get a letter. They turned me over to a collection agency. I bet if I send another ck they'll cash it. I try not to worry. I have learned to turn it over to God.
take care
Hugs Jode!
It sounds lovely that you have a doc you like and respect. Hang on tho, summer is almost here and you'll feel better when the weather changes.
I saw your comments about the pulling of teeth and forgot to respond. I'm doing something similar. I've had all my amalgams replaced and am scheduled for surgery to open up all of my gums where my wisdom teeth used to be and have them cleaned out. There is NOTHING I'm not willing to do if it gets me my cure.
Pip
Hi Jode, sorry to hear of your continuing pain, I admire you as you don't normally complain but I know you are going thru it, wouldn't it be nice just to pick another body from our wardrobe and step into it to give the current one a rest??? I travel 3 hours and my rheumy is the same, the receptionist makes me a coffee and I get at least an hour with my RD, hes always running late as he is so caring to everyone so people don't seem to mind. All the best and I hope your warmer weather somes quickly, regards Janie.
Thanks to all of you so much, the support is very much appreciated...the pain gets to be too much at times at least you understand.
I do have a wonderful RD, GOd love him I don't know why or how he puts up with me but he does. HE is the only RD that actually dx me correctly and tries diligently to help me through this RA. I have no idea what meds we will trynext, I let him decide. Like many of you I do not mind waiting if he runs behind, but typically...and quite frankly I cannot remember a time when I had to wait longer than 15 minutes on him and he has always gone the extra effort to help.
Oh I could use a new body!Geesh CIn, you were paying them and they still turned you over to collection???????????!
Get this....I got a bill from a place that I have paid 3 times but did not keep the paperwork...moving and all it got lost. SO now I have to pay it for the 3rd time! THis time I will keep the paperwork in a safer place and will also just pay them a month.....then, oh yeah, then...I get a bill form the hospital in Muncie stating I owe for past services........????? That one will have to wait as well.
IT never ends does it?
[QUOTE=jodejjr]IT never ends does it?[/QUOTE]
Sometimes is does, but I have to take steps to make it end, if only for a day. One day a week I have a time-out day, rain/shine, calm/windy, hot/cold, fatigued/rested ... I spend the day doing nothing that reminds me that I have RA. Some days I go to the library and just sit surrounded by the sound of turning pages and the smell of all those books; another day I might go to the park and listen to the children at play; or I go to the top of the mountain, to a clearing by a trilling little brook that harbours a wonderful collection of native grasses and wildflowers; or I spend the day sitting in the backyard watching the clouds chase their shadows. Anything, ANYTHING to break that feeling that IT never ends.
I wish you well and hope your difficulties have solutions. Be well, Shug
Thanks...oh how I wished I could go near this little brook on the property I used to live at....of course the cows were a pain in the butt but other than that, it was calming and soothing.
Good idea to totally focus on the simple and good things in life. HArd to do in such trying and difficult times for sure.
I do not complain much at all but there are times when the pain is so severe I just do not know what else to do.Thanks for listening, I miss being around someone that cares, a spouse who understands.
Well.... time to get stuff done.
Jode, I hope you day is brighter and your path is well lit.
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