Getting A Bit Concerned | Arthritis Information

I have extreem tendonitis of the body. A great deal of weakness. I charliehorse everywhere if I sit for a bit. I have been taking the muscle relaxers but little relief.

I see the doctor tomorrow. Just got a bit freaked out when I stood up. I feel like a house of cards getting ready to crash. Just these cards must be laminated because they are very stiff.

Things went well at the dentist. Just a bit of a chipped filling that needs repaired. Have an appointment at the end of the month.

Well a good tooth report. I guess the swelling in my face is the RA? My lower jaw bone is pretty sore the past few days.

I will try to go back to bed. I think I will get some prednisone in the morning.

Hang in there, milly..

Hope this is a temporary set back...

Snow... funny picture that conjoured up for me!! duct tape, bubble wrap and popsicle sticks.. Oh MY!

Honestly of the many thoughts that go through ones head when they are in pain. Duct tape had occured to me.

I was going to wrap a pillow around my foot with duct tape. That tendoitis under my heal just does not like being stood on.

Snow yes I started on some prednisone today.

LOL I do not call and ask for pred everytime my muscles lock up. I waited a week before deciding to call for some pred. Then the receptionist added an extra four days to the aquasion that was rather waring on my soul.

So when the nurse saw the chart today she called and said what do you need. I think they added and then some to it so I don't get stuck without any next time. That or they think I am going to be sick longer than I was planning. LOL

I really keep thinking this is going to be better when I wake up tomorrow. Yes it is nice to have some pred just in case this flare wants to hang around for awhile.

I will have a much cozier weekend now.

I got my pred in the knick of time. My lower back started flaring up last night. My feet have not noticed a difference yet but at least the back is better than last night.

I am trying to stick to 20 mg a day on the pred. I do not get major side effects unless I take more than 20 mg of pred.

I told the doctor that I had taken two 5/500 of pred three times a day as I had been hyperventalating from the pain.

It was not my intention to continue this I usually take two 5/500 twice a day and with the lyrica I do fine. I thought maybe the pred would kick in and I would go back to my normal dose.

They just went ahead and raised my hydrocodones to 7.5/750. So this way on the times when I need the extra I will not run out before my script is do to be filled.

This is the first time I ever had to ask them fill it a few days early for me. Honestly if the receptionist had not refused to ask the doctor for pred for me I would not have run out early. She said I would need to be seen.

Probably not her fault. I am sure that at sometime in the past she had been told this.

When they saw my chart for an appointment they called and said I did not need to come in to get the prednisone for flare. I guess they have seen me flare enough times and know that I get bad tendonitis. Scince I got MRI's that showed the tendons being swollen.

Anyway the keyboard has been driving me crazy. So I am sending it in to be repaired or to have a new keyboard put in.

I am going on vacation with my sister and the three older children. Water parks and such. So I will need all the help I can get.

So I will be back on when I get back from vacation. I have a week to recover first. They wanted to go this weekend but I said there was no way I could do that much walking this weekend.

I know last year I had told my doc that I had taken more vicoden then ever in my life when we went to the water park/amusement park. So it will work out great to have a weeks worth of pred in me before I go.

I did not even tell them I had a vacation coming up. I think it should all work out alright?

I have really been doing pretty well lately I thought. The back and sacroiliac I had last month. Probably closer to two months ago I think. That did fine if I stayed on the twenty mg of pred. I think I did twenty for a week and cut down to ten and had to go back to the 20 mg for another week before I could cut down to ten.

I guess they do not like me hyperventalating because they put me 20 mg for a month of pred. Plus they raised my vicoden. Well I will be very disappointed if I am not able to go on vacation next weekend. I think we will do just fine.

Milly,

This is probably way out in left field but do you get enough sodiom? Lack of will cause cramping. Just a thought. wouldn't it be nice if it were just that simple? Wishing you good health.

LEV

Are you on blood pressure pills? If so, beta blockers and some others can cause terrible muscle spasms. See your doc. Lev is correct, low sodium levels can also cause it.
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