I had such a good day on Tuesday....then the pain started without warning and hasn't left since.
Will it always be like this?
I had the same thing happen on saturday. It was like i didnt have RA at all it was AWESOME!! then yea im back down again. Im not sure really, cause i have only had a handfull of good days like that.It's been up and down like this over the years for me. I do however go through longs spells where I do very well. I'm never totally surprised when things go down hill unexpectedly.
For three months I have had terrible pain in my wrists. One day I woke up and was completely gone. Three days later it was back.
I wish that was really true for everybody, buckeye. Sometimes I just get sucker punched right out of the blue.
I do have to admit that over doing is the most freq cause of a flare. Gotta know when to stop - even if you only did half as much as last week - if it hurts- Stop it.
Dear Judith, Oh my I am so sorry. You must feel just awful that you thought you were going to be pain free. That's the most depressing part, we have 'faith' that whatever we are doing will work for us, but as one person put it 'even if we follow all the RULES" we can still have a sock of pain, a day of stiff and swollen hands, feet and have trouble walking! You are not alone, we out here hear you and feel for you. Sunday I had company, moved around ,prepared the house, and MONDAY look out!! "it" was back in force. I stayed in bed, took my meds , Prednisone, and it passed--finally. I've been doing better for the rest of the week. (unfortunately, Pred is temporrary for me), Monday next week is remicade treatment (my 3rd), my doctor has a plan for me and I do hope he is right, I need to move on in my life! We never know what's next! I hope you feel better, please post and let us know.
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