Guest guest Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 wow, I also was bedbound a LOT. ANd yes, my RA did not show up in my joints so much as in my tendons. I am not certain what triggered mine unless it was plain ole stress from working 2 jobs and being in nursing school and having an ill husband and 2 of my 3 kids disabled- possibly the vaccinations I had to get for nursing school? I know my most intense symptoms happened 10 days after my vaccinations, DTP, polio MMR. Hang in there! - In , a54 <a54@s...> wrote: > Welcome Dennis. Sorry you've been having such a rough time with getting the > RA under control. Hopefully your new rheumy will be aggressive and find > something to give you relief. If the mtx isn't helping by itself, they > sometimes add another dmard. I hope your blood tests come out better. > a > > > > > to the group, not the RA or Fibro! I'm Dennis and I've had RA since 1990. It > > showed up after I spent the Christmas season getting ready for a seminar for > > my reps and didn't have time to go to the Dr to treat the flu I had at that > > time. It finally went away around the middle of Jan, and the Ra showed up in > > early March. I've gone downhill since then. > > > > My mother, and at least 2 of her sisters, had it also, and I can't imagine > > how much they had to suffer without the latest meds. So far, I'm the only > > sibling to have it, and I hope none of them get it. I've been home-bound > > quite often and was in bed for about 6 months during the first few years. > > For some reason, most of my symptoms are in the muscle and soft tissue, not > > the joints. X-rays don't show much damage to joints except in my neck. I > > still don't understand that. > > > > I changed Rheumatologists this year since the old one moved away, and this > > one had a plan for me to get my body under control and get off the > > Prednesone and back to work. It was a good plan..., except my body didn't > > listen to him. I've gone up from .4cc MTX orally, to 1cc injected, but still > > have the same problems. I had to stop my anti-inflammatories because my > > kidney function is going bad. My creatine level went up (supposedly) because > > of an additional blood pressure pill, so I've been in lots of pain since > > then. I just started taking a small amount of Clinoril this week and stopped > > the new BP med. I'm having my blood work done next week and hope to have a > > much better report. > > > > I expect my future posts won't be this long. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 wow, I also was bedbound a LOT. ANd yes, my RA did not show up in my joints so much as in my tendons. I am not certain what triggered mine unless it was plain ole stress from working 2 jobs and being in nursing school and having an ill husband and 2 of my 3 kids disabled- possibly the vaccinations I had to get for nursing school? I know my most intense symptoms happened 10 days after my vaccinations, DTP, polio MMR. Hang in there! - In , a54 <a54@s...> wrote: > Welcome Dennis. Sorry you've been having such a rough time with getting the > RA under control. Hopefully your new rheumy will be aggressive and find > something to give you relief. If the mtx isn't helping by itself, they > sometimes add another dmard. I hope your blood tests come out better. > a > > > > > to the group, not the RA or Fibro! I'm Dennis and I've had RA since 1990. It > > showed up after I spent the Christmas season getting ready for a seminar for > > my reps and didn't have time to go to the Dr to treat the flu I had at that > > time. It finally went away around the middle of Jan, and the Ra showed up in > > early March. I've gone downhill since then. > > > > My mother, and at least 2 of her sisters, had it also, and I can't imagine > > how much they had to suffer without the latest meds. So far, I'm the only > > sibling to have it, and I hope none of them get it. I've been home-bound > > quite often and was in bed for about 6 months during the first few years. > > For some reason, most of my symptoms are in the muscle and soft tissue, not > > the joints. X-rays don't show much damage to joints except in my neck. I > > still don't understand that. > > > > I changed Rheumatologists this year since the old one moved away, and this > > one had a plan for me to get my body under control and get off the > > Prednesone and back to work. It was a good plan..., except my body didn't > > listen to him. I've gone up from .4cc MTX orally, to 1cc injected, but still > > have the same problems. I had to stop my anti-inflammatories because my > > kidney function is going bad. My creatine level went up (supposedly) because > > of an additional blood pressure pill, so I've been in lots of pain since > > then. I just started taking a small amount of Clinoril this week and stopped > > the new BP med. I'm having my blood work done next week and hope to have a > > much better report. > > > > I expect my future posts won't be this long. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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