3 Questions... (Fatigue, Alcohol and Prednisone)

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Hello one and all...

Hope this finds you guys doing farily well. I am having one of " those " days. I

am just totally

wiped out. I have been in a nasty flareup since last week (might have had

something to do

with painting the hallway all by myself) and it's not letting up. My primary

care gave me

another script for the vicoprofen and has me on a " shock " prednisone round (up

from 6/

day to 60 for 2 days, 40 for 2 days, 20 for 2 days and then stay at 10 until I

see rheumy on

the 13th).

So here are my questions of the day...

1. Any tips on beating this fatigue? We are supposed to go away for the holiday

weekend

and I need energy!!! I just got the first load of laundry in after " thinking "

about it all day...

am going to resume vitamins with meds tonight thinking this might help.... Any

other

bright ideas?

2. For those of you taking the usual suspects, prednisone, mtx, humira...Is it

safe to have

the occasional cocktail? Glass of wine? I was reading somewhere and it said NO

alcohol

whatsover with humira... I am talking like one or two glasses here, not a night

spent doing

shots.

3. Just a curious prednisone ? How come my ankles are less swollen and yet my

face is

more swollen... is the swelling just re-distributing itself??? This is the most

bizarre drug.

Thanks as usual for all of your wonderful words of wisdom and support....

Sam