Re: Good Morning from Beautiful Dallas! and Jane's rant du jour!

[Guest guest]

Hi all, just joined, dont have a diagnosis yet, scared it is RA.

Just had to say Jane made me laugh re the tatoo comment below, as I am

debating if i should try to talk to my family dr again while waiting to

see the rheum:

Jacky

Maritimes, Canada

....> the doc attributes to my psor.arth and is " part of the disease

> process. " HA! I hear that so much betweeen the RA, Psor.A, Fibro,

> etc. I should just have it tattoo'ed somewhere so she could just

> POINT to it and save us both the time!.....

[Guest guest]

Jane, can I join you in Cabo? aaah - sun, warmth, cabana boys,

margaritas, cabana boys . . . what a life!

Our elevator died last night, so I'm about to start my walk down from

the sixth floor. My feet are ok, but my hips and lower back are

something else this morning! Even a long hot shower didn't help.

They better have that elevator fixed by the time I get back! ! !

South Pasadena, CA / Lilydale, MN

You can see my galleries at http://www.pbase.com/arenared986

M. Schulz - " All you need is love. But a little chocolate now

and then doesn't hurt. "

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:15 AM, JANE <janeatregis@...> wrote:

> Welcome to all the newcomers to our RA family. Wish I could greet

> you individually but my puter at home crashed yet again so I can only

> drop in between things at work. So, on to the rant. I'm not always

> like this, I try to be positive and encouraging, but sometimes this

> stuff just SUCKS, doesn't it!

>

> I am having severe, unrelenting pain in both feet constantly, which

> the doc attributes to my psor.arth and is " part of the disease

> process. " HA! I hear that so much betweeen the RA, Psor.A, Fibro,

> etc. I should just have it tattoo'ed somewhere so she could just

> POINT to it and save us both the time! First thing every morning I

> have to get in a tub of hot water and soak just to be able to get

> ready for work,then figure out how to get out of the tub! Then to

> work where I have to climb 2 flights of stairs to get to my office.

> It has gotten to where walking is a nightmare. I don't have the

> option of quitting work, I'm a single mom with too much on my plate

> and too many people depending on me. Has anyone else with psoriatic

> arthritis dealt with this problem also? I did a medrol dosepak for

> pneumonia a couple of months back and it made me wish my doc would

> put me back on prednisone. I could walk, raise my arms, and generally

> move so much better with much less pain. Yeah, yeah,I know all about

> the side effects, but aren't there to everything we're taking! It's

> just a trade off-quality of life, or live with the effects of the

> meds. If yall have had this problem, has anything helped? I did the

> gel insole thing and that's a little better but it's kind of like

> fighting a forest fire with a water pistol. I refuse to give this

> control over me, but it is wearing me down like you would not

> believe. OK, that's it. Thanks for listening.

>

> I'm going to have a cup of coffee and a lovely, fattening, strawberry

> cheesecake muffin and damn the calories. And wish I was in Cabo, on a

> beach, with a parasol drink, and cute cabana boys.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Of course you can join me in Cabo! I will order an extra drink or

three for you! Six floors! Lord what a hike that must have been. I'm

dreading my two flights that I have to go down in about 20 minutes.

To top it all off we're having one of those Office Politics things

going on. The Suckups against the Non Suckups. Guess which category

this old Texas gal falls into.....wink, wink.

> > Welcome to all the newcomers to our RA family. Wish I could greet

> > you individually but my puter at home crashed yet again so I can

only

> > drop in between things at work. So, on to the rant. I'm not always

> > like this, I try to be positive and encouraging, but sometimes

this

> > stuff just SUCKS, doesn't it!

> >

> > I am having severe, unrelenting pain in both feet constantly,

which

> > the doc attributes to my psor.arth and is " part of the disease

> > process. " HA! I hear that so much betweeen the RA, Psor.A, Fibro,

> > etc. I should just have it tattoo'ed somewhere so she could just

> > POINT to it and save us both the time! First thing every morning I

> > have to get in a tub of hot water and soak just to be able to get

> > ready for work,then figure out how to get out of the tub! Then to

> > work where I have to climb 2 flights of stairs to get to my

office.

> > It has gotten to where walking is a nightmare. I don't have the

> > option of quitting work, I'm a single mom with too much on my

plate

> > and too many people depending on me. Has anyone else with

psoriatic

> > arthritis dealt with this problem also? I did a medrol dosepak for

> > pneumonia a couple of months back and it made me wish my doc would

> > put me back on prednisone. I could walk, raise my arms, and

generally

> > move so much better with much less pain. Yeah, yeah,I know all

about

> > the side effects, but aren't there to everything we're taking!

It's

> > just a trade off-quality of life, or live with the effects of the

> > meds. If yall have had this problem, has anything helped? I did

the

> > gel insole thing and that's a little better but it's kind of like

> > fighting a forest fire with a water pistol. I refuse to give this

> > control over me, but it is wearing me down like you would not

> > believe. OK, that's it. Thanks for listening.

> >

> > I'm going to have a cup of coffee and a lovely, fattening,

strawberry

> > cheesecake muffin and damn the calories. And wish I was in Cabo,

on a

> > beach, with a parasol drink, and cute cabana boys.

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Jacky,

Hello and welcome to the group. I hope you get a diagnosis soon. Not

knowing is hard in itself.

Shirley

> ...> the doc attributes to my psor.arth and is " part of the

disease

> > process. " HA! I hear that so much betweeen the RA, Psor.A,

Fibro,

> > etc. I should just have it tattoo'ed somewhere so she could just

> > POINT to it and save us both the time!.....

>

[Guest guest]

Jane,

I am so sorry things are just rotten for you right now.

Honey, I am like you, still working. Today was a hard one. That

stupid fatigue hit me hard this morning. I have yawned all day and

wished I could sit down and not move again. I am going to bed at

7:30pm and maybe it will be better tomorrow.

Hope things improve for you soon!

Shirley

>

> Welcome to all the newcomers to our RA family. Wish I could greet

> you individually but my puter at home crashed yet again so I can

only

> drop in between things at work. So, on to the rant. I'm not always

> like this, I try to be positive and encouraging, but sometimes

this

> stuff just SUCKS, doesn't it!

>

> I am having severe, unrelenting pain in both feet constantly,

which

> the doc attributes to my psor.arth and is " part of the disease

> process. " HA! I hear that so much betweeen the RA, Psor.A, Fibro,

> etc. I should just have it tattoo'ed somewhere so she could just

> POINT to it and save us both the time! First thing every morning I

> have to get in a tub of hot water and soak just to be able to get

> ready for work,then figure out how to get out of the tub! Then to

> work where I have to climb 2 flights of stairs to get to my

office.

> It has gotten to where walking is a nightmare. I don't have the

> option of quitting work, I'm a single mom with too much on my

plate

> and too many people depending on me. Has anyone else with

psoriatic

> arthritis dealt with this problem also? I did a medrol dosepak for

> pneumonia a couple of months back and it made me wish my doc would

> put me back on prednisone. I could walk, raise my arms, and

generally

> move so much better with much less pain. Yeah, yeah,I know all

about

> the side effects, but aren't there to everything we're taking!

It's

> just a trade off-quality of life, or live with the effects of the

> meds. If yall have had this problem, has anything helped? I did

the

> gel insole thing and that's a little better but it's kind of like

> fighting a forest fire with a water pistol. I refuse to give this

> control over me, but it is wearing me down like you would not

> believe. OK, that's it. Thanks for listening.

>

> I'm going to have a cup of coffee and a lovely, fattening,

strawberry

> cheesecake muffin and damn the calories. And wish I was in Cabo,

on a

> beach, with a parasol drink, and cute cabana boys.

>

[Guest guest]

Jane,

I'm sorry your having so much pain. I will keep you in my prayers,

and Cabo sounds awesome! You take care, Tawny

>

> Welcome to all the newcomers to our RA family. Wish I could greet

> you individually but my puter at home crashed yet again so I can

only

> drop in between things at work. So, on to the rant. I'm not always

> like this, I try to be positive and encouraging, but sometimes this

> stuff just SUCKS, doesn't it!

>

> I am having severe, unrelenting pain in both feet constantly, which

> the doc attributes to my psor.arth and is " part of the disease

> process. " HA! I hear that so much betweeen the RA, Psor.A, Fibro,

> etc. I should just have it tattoo'ed somewhere so she could just

> POINT to it and save us both the time! First thing every morning I

> have to get in a tub of hot water and soak just to be able to get

> ready for work,then figure out how to get out of the tub! Then to

> work where I have to climb 2 flights of stairs to get to my office.

> It has gotten to where walking is a nightmare. I don't have the

> option of quitting work, I'm a single mom with too much on my plate

> and too many people depending on me. Has anyone else with psoriatic

> arthritis dealt with this problem also? I did a medrol dosepak for

> pneumonia a couple of months back and it made me wish my doc would

> put me back on prednisone. I could walk, raise my arms, and

generally

> move so much better with much less pain. Yeah, yeah,I know all

about

> the side effects, but aren't there to everything we're taking! It's

> just a trade off-quality of life, or live with the effects of the

> meds. If yall have had this problem, has anything helped? I did the

> gel insole thing and that's a little better but it's kind of like

> fighting a forest fire with a water pistol. I refuse to give this

> control over me, but it is wearing me down like you would not

> believe. OK, that's it. Thanks for listening.

>

> I'm going to have a cup of coffee and a lovely, fattening,

strawberry

> cheesecake muffin and damn the calories. And wish I was in Cabo, on

a

> beach, with a parasol drink, and cute cabana boys.

>

[Guest guest]

Jacky and group;

Hi sweety,, Welcome to our humble group.. Good luck with your

diagnoses.. It is troublesom to have an illness and not know what it

is. There is a lot of treatments for RA.. You must let your rhuemy

how severe your pain is for her to get agressive with it, if that is

what you have... Have pain free days and God bless and take care..

Also I love our group and they have been most informative for me.

gentle kind hugs

Clora

> Hi all, just joined, dont have a diagnosis yet, scared it is RA.

> Just had to say Jane made me laugh re the tatoo comment below, as I

am

> debating if i should try to talk to my family dr again while waiting

to

> see the rheum:

> Jacky

> Maritimes, Canada

>

>

> ...> the doc attributes to my psor.arth and is " part of the disease

> > process. " HA! I hear that so much betweeen the RA, Psor.A, Fibro,

> > etc. I should just have it tattoo'ed somewhere so she could just

> > POINT to it and save us both the time!.....

>

[Guest guest]

Jane and group;

Omgosh I have missed you so much... I missed your refreshing post..I

love to read when you write to us.. Welcome back and I to would love

to go to the beach with you and watch the cute cabana boys.. I like

to have one drink of margarita cause of my meds and my minister

mother would be shocked haaaaaaaaaaaa.

I am so sorry to hear your puter crashed but at least you was ok and

not in the hospital... I worry about my puter crashing all the

time.. It would take weeks or even months to get my puter fixed or

get another one. I love your post don't worry about ranting Just

keep posting to us... God bless take care and have many many pain

free days.

I love strawberry cheese cake,, I will settle for strawberries cause

I definately have to watch my weight.. But the beach sounds so

wonderful and cute cabana guys haaaaaaaaaaa. I am truely sorry for

your feet hurting.. I know how you feel my feet has always hurt.. I

am on humira injections and its a miracle drug for me cause it takes

all the RA pain away.

gentle kind hugs

Clora

> Welcome to all the newcomers to our RA family. Wish I could greet

> you individually but my puter at home crashed yet again so I can

only

> drop in between things at work. So, on to the rant. I'm not always

> like this, I try to be positive and encouraging, but sometimes

this

> stuff just SUCKS, doesn't it!

>

> I am having severe, unrelenting pain in both feet constantly,

which

> the doc attributes to my psor.arth and is " part of the disease

> process. " HA! I hear that so much betweeen the RA, Psor.A, Fibro,

> etc. I should just have it tattoo'ed somewhere so she could just

> POINT to it and save us both the time! First thing every morning I

> have to get in a tub of hot water and soak just to be able to get

> ready for work,then figure out how to get out of the tub! Then to

> work where I have to climb 2 flights of stairs to get to my

office.

> It has gotten to where walking is a nightmare. I don't have the

> option of quitting work, I'm a single mom with too much on my

plate

> and too many people depending on me. Has anyone else with

psoriatic

> arthritis dealt with this problem also? I did a medrol dosepak for

> pneumonia a couple of months back and it made me wish my doc would

> put me back on prednisone. I could walk, raise my arms, and

generally

> move so much better with much less pain. Yeah, yeah,I know all

about

> the side effects, but aren't there to everything we're taking!

It's

> just a trade off-quality of life, or live with the effects of the

> meds. If yall have had this problem, has anything helped? I did

the

> gel insole thing and that's a little better but it's kind of like

> fighting a forest fire with a water pistol. I refuse to give this

> control over me, but it is wearing me down like you would not

> believe. OK, that's it. Thanks for listening.

>

> I'm going to have a cup of coffee and a lovely, fattening,

strawberry

> cheesecake muffin and damn the calories. And wish I was in Cabo,

on a

> beach, with a parasol drink, and cute cabana boys.

>