Re: ((((Kristi))))---Dawn the Vampire :)

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Yep I am talking about U of Iowa . I have a little thing of a doctor and she

is from india orginally. She is a sweetie but it is hard to keep her on track. I

have been really thinking about this alot. What sent me to my doctor in the

first place was an ankle and foot that are swollen and have been for years. It

was then we discovered the RA but the foot and ankle have nothing to do with

that...guess what? We still don't know what is causing it because it got

forgotten. They talk about it everytime I am in iowa city but nothing is done to

find out why.

It is the same for my lower back, it is not due to RA so the rumey dosent

address it. I tell my reg doctor that it hurts so much I can hardly walk for any

distance. I go into wal-mart or hy-vee and I come out drenched in sweat and

ready to cry because of the pain. My reg doc says I need to lose wieght for the

pain to go away duh! I can't walk to lose the wieght because of the pain.

GRRRRRRR what I have for pain is Neproxen and that is not going to help my back

because it is not because of swelling..............Sigh......I feel like

shakeing my doctors!! lol

by the way it finally cooled down. It is supposed to be in the 80's this week.

Thank God!!!

Dawn

Kristi <venuslove106@...> wrote:

Dawn! Oh my goodness! Are you talking about going to the U of Iowa hospitals?

I just went there and, of course, had a student dr. (or fellow, or something

like that) who told me that I did not have RA but Fibromyalgia. She was not at

all concerned with my disfigured fingers or the pain in the small bones of my

hands and feet either. I wish you good luck, and maybe you could ask about that

specifically- you know, ask " what is going on with my fingers/toes and if it is

nothing to worry about, why is that so? " I have learned that at dr. office-

especially U of IA you have to be very assertive for your own health care and

get your questions answered while you are there. Sorry.. I didn't mean to go on

and on.. I just got excited about another Iowan! Thinking of you!

Kristi

" Dawn @);- " wrote:

Don't laugh but I do feel like a vampire hiding from the sun. Most of my windows

are covered with dark curtains, an extra blanket is over the light colored ones,

and I have aluminum foil covering the windows that get the late afternoon sun.

My AC is too small for my upstairs apartment. I noticed that I can't take the

heat anymore. I become light headed when I am outside for more then a few

minutes lately. We have been getting temperatures in the high 90's with heat

indexes in the 100's. Monday it was 100 degrees by noon. I have noticed it takes

longer for the stiffness to go away in the morning because I am not moving

enough during the day.

I do have a question. My flare ups have slowed way down as far as having the RA

hit a joint hard and then going to the next one but my fingers and toes continue

to get worse. My Rumey takes little notice when I tell her that. Why are they

more concerned with the roaming of RA and not the constant pain in the small

joints? Or is it just my Rumey? I have to go to a teaching hospital, not a bad

one but my Rumey is still learning her specialty. I don't have a choice because

Rumeys are far and few between. It takes three months to just get an

appointment.

!!rambling alert!! lol dawn is rambling again lol

thanks for tolerating me

Dawn

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