Just a New Stage | Arthritis Information

It seems of late if I type a post I tend to delete it afterward. I guess I am feelling more private about my RA these days.

For the record it is the worst day I have had in many months. Some or most is from over doing things during the Holidays. I am having a flare it started in my fingers bylaterly. Strange as it takes alot for me to notice it in my fingers. Just I think the pain meds work for my hands better than for my feet. I notice the changes of RA in my hands more so than I deal with pain.

My hip is the most painful of things at presant time followed by the dreaded foot. It is beyond painful and I really have no desire to stand up or walk today. Well if I did have the desire to get up and move around much I would not have good results anyway. I can make it to the bathroom in a slow and awkward manner.

So I will take advantage of my most needed rest today. I am not sure that laying on a swollen hip gives one much releif either of course.

As I layed tossing and turning I thought why is it that sometimes my hip can be beyond painful to the point of absolute torcher when it used to be my shoulder that was so bad. Why is my shoulder not flaring I wondered?

I think it is a bit starting to hurt in my arm pit. I did get a few shots in it but that was over a year ago maybe two years ago. So now I wonder if when I thought at the time the shots did not help much if they did actually help much more than I gave them credit for?

Well I am not sure maybe in time my shoulder will become miserable also. I hope not I truely would not have my feelling hurt in the least if it all was gone by dinner time.

Just do you ever wonder why one joint is so much worse than the others? Does your worst painful joint ever trade off with a different most horribly painful joint?

This hip is going to have to get a doctors appointment all for itself because it is truely beyond anything I can deal with.

Hi Milly,

So nice to see you posting but sorry for your pain. I can feel your pain or at least remember how painful and life altering RA hip and shoulder pain is. They used to keep me from sleep which ruined my days. I would get comnfortable in a position with little pain, pillows between legs and knees, fall asleep, turn in my sleep and instant pain that would wake me up.

It seems to me that your RA is not under control with the drugs you are taking and maybe your Doctors need to try something different. Also, as I always did, maybe you can regulate your pain with upping your prednisone dose? Hope you find some relief. Prednisone always was my relief when my RA drugs weren't working or I was flaring. Happy New Year Milly. Wishing you a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year.

LEV

I am not on prednisone. I had a terrible painful event. It was not RA but a bad side effect of the Lyrica and it took me months to figure out that was the problem.

I quit taking the Lyrica and did fine. Then I thought Wow maybe I am really in remission as my bloodwork suggested.

The Lyrica made me have such bad muscle spasms in my back and neck that the flexeril was not even working. I quit taking the Lyrica and have not even had one flexeril in months. Well I thought it was the RA I have always had bad muscle problems anyway and fibro also.

Just to imagine it was worse than even that. Strange but prednisone was the only thing that worked for the muscle spasms. I tapered off the Lyrica and with in one week I was able to stop the flexeril. My neck and back were locked up solid for two months.

I do not think I am in remission now of course. So yes we are going to have to do something about this. Probably we can start with some prednisone. I am sure we can make some medicine changes but it truely is a new thing I was actually doing well with swelling just not so much with the muscles.

I'm so sorry for what you're going through right now Milly. Rest is definitely in order, and as Lev said, maybe starting on some Prednisone will help smooth things out. Hopefully, the New Year will bring you much needed pain relief and control of your RA. Hang in there friend!
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