Hope I Well Enough To Go To RD | Arthritis Information

Two steps forward and then back again. I think the RA and infection are fighting over my body and I am just stuck in the middle waiting to see who is going to win.

Last night was a horror show of swollen joints and muscle spasms. Today my fever is back and my throat hurts. The pain is not such and issue as last night. I guess that is at least good. I have to feel better soon. Well thats my opinion.

I hope I do not have strep so hard for me to get rid of.

LOL Sort of funny, sort of not. I forgot to take my pred. I thought I did hours ago but went to get my pain pill and there it was. Well no wonder I am feelling worse. My throat is beyond raw. I am always wanting some moisture and hear me whine about it when that happens.

I was in terrible horrible non controlable pain last night. I know I took my meds last night they just did not help pain wise last night. Still they do fool you when are sick.

I will be so happy when I get over this one. Wish me luck! I want the RD to suppress my immune system more than what it is so I need to look a little healthier then this. If my ENT sees me like this he put me surgery. I sort of think he may have to do that. I will pop in and see him next week. I am return customer so I know how to get walk in appointments.

The nurse is a bit confuseled about the doc cutting me back on the allergy shots. He is strickter with me then the other patients about how big the reactions are. We are friends. I think he sees me as a challenge. He said we would be seeing each other for many years to come so no reason to get in a hurry with the allergy shots. He is two blocks away and sees me all of the time and I am still this sick? Well I will try not get discouraged.

I had an appointment with GP to get prednisone and just happened to be near death Monday so got my abx from GP otherwise I would have probably had surgery Friday already. Just honestly I was feelling to poorly to go through the hassels. I mean the flu and a flare and so on. The thought of having my sinuses shot full of cortisone and antibiotics honestly sounds absolutely wonderful to me. I wonder if anithesia works to knock you out when are on prednisone and have insomnia? Sleep sounds pretty good to me right now also.

did you make it Milly, are you ok? I am really not sure ? LOL I am a little better. Thank goodness! Well alot of the glands in my neck have gone down in size and my earache is at a tolerable pain level. This was like the worst ever whatever it was. I probably had three viruses and two bacterial infections along with a cold at the same time. No I am not well yet.

I tend to be that way. Thats why I have all of these Doctors. I am telling you it was very painful. It still is if I get behind on the pain meds. I am taking pain meds and prednisone and it still was a very very horrible experience.

The RA stuff. Well not pleased in that area either. I am not sure which is my priority I guess I will let the doctors decide that. This infection has to go and that is that. Well the RA has to go also.

I think I will be well enough to go to the doctor but that is about the extent of my energy. My sinuses and upper resperitory system are very sore and swollen yet. The were beyond what one would expect but I guess that I have my own special talents. I did not even know I had that many glands that could swell up?

My fever is better. My belly is better. Pain level of ears and stuff is tolerable. RA stuff not as tolerable. I probably will get sinus surgery. Do what i can to get rid of this nasty bug. I do not ever want this coming back on me. I thought the glands in my neck were going to explode. That is each and every gland all the way down my neck.

Just taking it day by day. I will just get surgery and really that should be more pleasant than what I have been through this past week.

How are you feeling today? Hope it's tons better :)Tons better would be nice but sadly no. The RA is waxing and waining so that is kind of good for now. My poor face and throat are in a terrible state yet. My eye is pretty swollen still.

Well I thought the eye was better but it must have just been down swelling from the prednisone because I cut back on the pred and the eye puffed back up. So sort of a crazy thing I am going through.

The Sjorgren's hit and dryed things up. Sometimes that is even good for my RA. It seems sometimes my antibodies are busy doing Sjorgren's things the RA stuff may not be as bad. Sometimes it works that way.

I have a bit less inflamation on my chest wall. So that is good and I am more comfortable. I really hate having all of that weight on my chest.

It has been back and fourth. I will think something is getting better and boom a few hours later it is back. Then I wonder if it is just the pain meds that made me think I was getting better. I am some better of course but still very much a mess with this infection.

I bet the RA would be better if the infection was gone. I think maybe a couple of more days and I will be tons better. Well that is the plan. I am sure it is a strep infection and I come from a long line of rhuematic fever in my family tree. Just missing a gene or something to fight off strepthroat.

I dunno sure would like some more of this swelling to go down.