So on friday I played phone tag with my RD's assistant. I did get to
speak with her once, but not long enough, and I had forgotten half the
stuff I wanted to tell her.
Anyway, she called in a muscle relaxer for me to take at night to "help
me sleep". But it makes it VERY difficult to get up with the baby when
I take it, so I only took it once. It didn't help with the pain either.
Also, I'm down to 7.5mg of prednisone, and OMG, can I EVER feel it. I'm
in AGONY. And the ONLY thing I have in the house to take is either mass
amounts of ibprofen, or relefen (which makes my stomach cramp SO
much.). Even taking the prilosec, the relefen and I do NOT get along.
Not to mention, it doesn't help my joint pain anyway, so I don't see a
reason to take something that makes my stomach so angry unless I'm
getting pain relief.
*sigh* So, I guess I have to call AGAIN on Monday. To top it off, I
still can't remember much, and my head is still throbbing from last
Sunday.
I feel useless. I'm so tired and in so much pain, and I just feel like
no one is listening to me about how I feel. Hopefully if I just keep
bugging the RD's office they will either call me in something else to
help with pain, or get me in the office sooner than Dec 5th.
Oh, my MRI came back normal. *does happy dance* They think it was my
hitting my head on the tile that caused the seizure....I must have
wacked it pretty hard, because it still hurts a week later!!! (you
should see the bruises on my hips & back!! oy!)
Midge, Don't you have any pain medication? Relafin upsets my stomach too and ibuprofen is like eating a tic tac. You need to be assertive about your pain. I function fairly well on darvocett and you deserve the pain relief [QUOTE=roxy]Midge, Don't you have any pain medication?
Relafin upsets my stomach too and ibuprofen is like eating a tic
tac. You need to be assertive about your pain. I function
fairly well on darvocett and you deserve the pain relief
Nope. Yeah, it's probably my fault. I honestly think they thought I still had Vicodin from my old doctor.
I'm gonna call and get something tomorrow. I can function on
painkillers...shoot, DH's a fan of me all "high" on painkillers. They
make me buggy! (like, I have SO much energy....I think partly it's from
not being in pain when they kick in) Muscle relaxers on the other hand,
ick. They make me so dang tired, I can hardly move. (on top of having a
hard time moving to begin with!!!)
I just hate asking for them. I know I need to get over it. *slaps self* I'm such a wuss sometimes. *sighs*
They don't make it easy for us. On the other hand when I have asked no one has given me a hard time. So just go ahead and ask.
Hi everyone. I tired to go to that chat room would not let me in.
I'm not in pain every day. Some times I can go a week and no pain. Is that how it is in the beginning? I talked to a girl today and she had RA for 5 yrs now. She is working and her hands looks ok. I thought your hands got crippled up. My hand have gotten where I could not been my wrist at all. It was not real swelled but hurt really bad when I tired to bend them. Also the side of my wrist where my thumb was hurt. The top of my hand was a little swelled felt like it was tight and would not move. Then two days later it was like i was never in pain can move it just fine.
Some people say they have pain for weeks. Does RA get worst the longer you have it or is it that the meds just dont work for some people. I was afraid at first I was going to be crippled when I found out I had it. But I guess with the meds now it stops that or at least don't let it happen in years.
By the way this site is nice to have
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