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Ingrid

inkyscow@pathwaynet.com

Hello all fellow RA. My name is Ingrid, and I was diag. with Ra, a year ago last August.
At first my Dr. said it was tendonitis, treated me with hand splints anti-inflamitories.
This went on for 6 weeks before he decided that maybe he should do some blood work on me.
I kept on telling him that maybe it was arthritis, My dad had RA, don't you think that maybe I might have it too, duh.
Sure enough out of the 8 variables I had 6.
And so the expierments of drugs started.
They have finally got it down to, Plaqunel, Celebrex, Predesone (5mg.), which I regulate as needed.
Oh and vicadin when I can get it, he keeps telling me it's addicting. Yeah, right, you wake up in the morning when you can't walk, turn on the faucets to take a hot shower, just to start to move.
Well enough of all this, we have all gone through this.
I want to talk about Stress. And how stress makes it worse.
Really all I want to do is vent. So hold on here we go.
My life has been pure H..., for the last 18 months.
My mom was diag, with breast cancer in April 2002, and was battling with that with Chemo, and radiation. I was her major care giver, because my dad had heart problems.
So everyday I drove her to radiation, drs. appointments, along with driving my dad to his drs. plus working everyday.
My day consisted of working , coming home cooking for 2 families, cleaning 2 houses.
Ok, I have no problem with that, my father in law died Dec 30, 2002, with Alzhiemers diecese, My father was put in the hospital Dec. 31,2002, for 2 weeks, since then, My father died in April. My mother was put in a hospice home, in June.
Now in October my husband was diagnosed with lung cancer. He is taking Chemo and radiation everyday, so once again I am driving him everywhere.
My mother died Dec. 22.
Talk about stress. I don;t think there is any part of my body that doesn't hurt. Now on top of all that, they have put me on  Remeron, and Clopasine, anti-depressants and tranc's, And I have lost 39 pounds, just in the month of November. Which is good, but not a good way to do it.
I don't want a pity, you know they say God only puts on your shoulders as much as you can handle but geez  I think I have had my fair share.
I keep on saying, that I must have been bad as a kid, now I am getting paid back.
I just wanted to vent and get it off my chest.
Thanks, Ingrid