I Have Been Resting | Arthritis Information

 

  Wow do I have an ear ache. I finally felt a bit of drainage today. The pain is a bit duller now. Not sure if it really is or if the prednisone is just covering up some of the pain. My jaw has been bothering me also and has been a bit locked up. Not horribly but more than I am used to.

 

  I am not sure if taking the Ceclor for a week before starting the Cipro helped any or not. It takes about a week for that to really start to kick in.

 

  Well I am supposed to be taking 40 mg of pred a day. I am taking 30 mg because of the flu and stomach and Cipro. It will not work at all if I can not keep it down. Really I was going to try 20 mg but too much pain. So I am taking 15 mg in the morning and 15 mg at night. The script says 20 in the morning and 20 at night.

 

  With the flu I sort of shifted things around. I am taking the prilosec smack dab in the middle. The Cipro bothers my stomach as much as anything. I skipped a pain pill dose last night and really payed for it this morning. I sort of did it for stomach to let it get used to all the meds.

 

  Seriously I am ashamed of myself for letting things get so out of hand. I let everyone elses problems and appointments get me into this situation. The Holidays and family can often be over whelming. Doctors appointments are harder to get ect. Plus I was tired and not feelling up to going to the Doctor by the time I got there.

 

  My headache is much better. It was absolutely blinding. Part of it was a symtem of the flu and part of it was a massive sinus infection. The ENT did mention surgery again. I sort of acted like I did not hear him. That is I did not reply to him about the subject at all. I was not in the mood.

 

  Well a week later it does not sound like a bad idea. I was really showing improvement a few weeks ago. I just do not know what happened. Doc says the air got dryer. Also I had a reaction to my allergies shot. Nothing I had to go to the hospital for but enough to really flare up my sinuses.

 

  I am dryer also. I was doing pretty well moisture wise for bit. I really think the allergies shots help with the moisture. Could be it was just a fluke. Well when I get them I am a bit dryer that day and then the rest of the week I seem to have more moisture. Which for me any moisture is a gift from God most appreciated.

 

  If I get sinus surgery he is going to have to give me tubes for my ears or else I will not get it. Maybe he can take out my tonsils and anything else removable also while he has me under.

 

 So we seem to have caught up with the allergy shot. He lowered it back a few doses and I took the lower doses twice and did not have a reaction this week. So I will see Monday how I do going back to the higher dose. Anyway I was doing really well before that senerio.

 

  I truely want to concentrate on the RA and my hip and jaw also. So I think tomorrow would be a good day to start making appointments. That sounds like a restful activity.

Sometimes when I take pred I tend to over do a bit. Luckily Cipro makes me tired so the two actually go well together. Strange I have had low dose pred and cipro at the sametime before but not higher dose pred with the Cipro that I can recall.

 

  I know I took prednisone with clindimyacin and it really helped my sinuses alot. So I would really like to talk the docs into keeping me on the prednisone for a bit. If not then I guess sinus surgery again. I am not as bad as I was the last time I had surgey. Two years ago my sinsues were just raw. Scabs basically. The surgery really helped. So maybe it would work better this time if I am not as far gone already.

 

  Also I am ninety percent sure my jaw pain is from RA. The sinus surgery would take any doubt of it being from something else I think. Scince I have already been to the dentist a few times about it. I would be truely pleased if it just turned out to be an abcess or something fixable.

 

  I am also hoping that my hip and surrounding area pain is from a big kidney stone. It is just RA but I think I would rather it was a kidney stone. I mean most of the pain I have had for years. Just there is a worse pain problem that makes one stop and wonder if something else could be going on. Sometimes we have to take the time to check and make sure we are not ignoring something else and blaming everything on RA. Especially new symtoms I think should really have a good look at.

 

 

 

 

 

Strange but I did not remember my lungs working this well for awhile. I have some moisture also. That is from the prednisone.

 

Alright I admit it I am still a mess. LOL At least I am well enough to laugh about now. I was bumbed out this morning. Impatient and whiny feelling. Hey who among us does not want to be well.

 

I guess I am easily entertained. I love every snap crackle pop when it is the reverse kind as my body returns to it's previous self. I love having tears streaming down my face. I just get out right giddy when that happens.

 

I really do not expect much improvement from the RA yet. I think that will take more drastic measures. Fancier medicine and lots of prayers.

 

I have lost the ability to sleep for long periods of time but I have had several naps today. So I am not going to complain about it. Well I did not realize that my mood was so easily effected by slightly better health. Who would have thought?

 

Sometimes I love posting on here so I can go back and read what I was feelling. Plus Doctors are always asking how long something has been bothering you. I like to have a reference.

 

I just wonder if later on when I go back and read this if I will understand how truely happy I am right now. I am grinning ear to ear and it makes my jaw hurt but oh well. Mostly I really do not want surgery.

 

I hope you all are warm and healthy. Wishing you RA free days!