Ok, I had some more new things happen over the weekend and I have some more questions. I hope u ladies dont get sick of me, im still learning. I just realized from the post b4 mine that food affects inflammation. I had no clue! Anyways...goin to he Rheumy for the first time on the 23rd. K, so this weekend sucked Friday night I delt w/ pain in my thumb and knees... When I woke up Saturday My ankles, knees and hip were so week and numb feeling. There were times I felt like I could really fall out and I had that feeling in my lower back. So is this a normal thing? Is it part of the RA I also felt run down and exausted all weekend like I was trying to come down with something. Today is much better. So the weak leg thing. If thats something normal will it get worse? Can they control that? Im already tired of medicines. I wish there were one pill for everything... I have the joint pain and if i get rid of that then I have a deep pain that only pain pills stop, then I get muscle spasms sometimes and I dont takem but I think I need a muscle relaxer, and now Im wondering If I have some kind of nerve stuff goin on... Anyways... any imput would help...
Thanks
Linda
First of all we are not going to get sick you. Second of all, those are very good and valid questions you have asked.
Ra can also inflame nerves, tendons, and ligaments. Inflammation is not restricted to the joints. So, something could have been inflamed leaving you feeling the way you did. It is very much a part of the ra that you feel run down and exhausted. That is probably the number one thing we all battle with. You may possibly need a muscle relaxer if you are having spasms. Don't suffer thru that. You might not be getting rid of the deeper joint pain that you are experiencing because the meds you are on for your ra still havent calmed your ra down yet. Please remember pain is a symptom for an underlying condition.
It is extremely frustrating all the meds that we are on. You should see what I take every morning! I know some of the people here could beat me out on meds count too! We all wish there was one pill that did it all. Trust me on this one.
Hope this helped!
Im on nuthing like the medicine that yall are on. Ive only seen my Family Dr. so far and he had give me 2 cortizone shots which the first was awesome, second one set my spasms off though. He put me on Celebrex once a day and it didnt help so he put me on something else twice a day, it didnt help so, I started takein 2 celebrex a day and that helps the most... which aint much.... but thats all i have right now, I take hydrocodone for pain like 3-4 times a day when im hurtin bad.