Guest guest Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 I may go to the DR before I get an answer from this group but its worth a shot! I have had lower back pain for maybe 10 days or so. Chalked it up to sudden weight gain from being on Prednisone. The past few days it has been very painful and gets worse with activity which really made me think it was no big deal. Now I am filling up with fluid. My ankles/feet are very taut,and there is pitting edema. My fingers got so swollen I had to take off my ring. I just made the " possible " connection about 5 minutes ago I have had some odd symptoms this week but chalked it up to holiday stress such as I fell asleep sitting up on the couch and my mom woke me because I was breathing very odd,that night I fell asleep in the bathroom as well (TMI I'm so sorry!!) I woke up by hitting my head on the wooden thing on the tank, odd things like that. My BP was very high today as well 140/100 doing a quick spot check but I figured it would be high with the fluid retention. If I wanted to be tortured I would go to an ER but I don't feel like being tortured tonight. Any insight would be helpful I don't know if its just joint swelling and the back pain is just a coincidence or what. I will call the Dr in the AM but just thought I would ask around,this group has been very helpful in the past!! btw I hope everyone had wonderful holidays. Lenore in Memphis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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