Flair up??

[Guest guest]

Hey Everyone!

I'm sorry I have'nt posted in a while,but I have been super busy with a nasty

storm we got with 85mph winds that tore part of my roof off an pulled up a

concreted swing out of my yard and wrapped it around a tree,and with the

fundraiser..so I was wondering...I have been dropped down to 8mg prednisone from

9mg and my Imuran has increased from 100mg to 150mg its only been 6 day's since

i dropped down on the prednisone,but been on the increased Imuran for 2

weeks,well the past couple of days especialy last night I noticed a couple of

things such as a few of my joints have been hurting/aching,painfull and this

dang sore throat has came back! grrr lol but it feels like I have the flu,with

the aches,pains,stinging feeling in my muscles,joint's cracking and popping.I'm

really not sure what to think,I was doing well until I was decreased on the

pred. it almost seems as though my Imuran is not doing it's job now,I have not

slept at all,tried to goto bed

around 9pm last nite,but I have been up feeling so horrible that I sat up most

of last night crying because I really don't want to go through another flair up

if that's what is going on,and being fairly new to this,it scares the crap out

of me,I hate the " unknown " of this nasty disease! I'm supposed to be on the 8mg

of prednisone for 3 week's then drop down to 7mg for 2 weeks and then I go back

to my RA,but I'm wondering if I should call her and let her know what I'm

feeling? because at this point,I really dont think I should drop to the 7mg just

yet.Oh,and my inflamtion marker is still on the high side,but all the other's

look normal,just the inflamation is still high.What do you guy's think? flair up

comming or just wore out? Btw:I have been working on the fundraiser,I'm still

looking at all the options,including first aid kits and bracelets. And HI to all

the new member's I missed,and welcome home! And Larry,hope your feeling better

hun,still praying for you!

Hope everyone is having a good,and pain free morning!

 

xoxoxo

[Guest guest]

 I would call your Ra doc . some people when there lowering there predasion can

have things like this happen and they may have to go back up some then lower

again but this is some thing that only your doc can let you know or do as it is

all very personal and has to be watched closly. I know I had no problems going

down fast and hard and was lucky in that but my sister had a horabel time with

it and was bouncing all over the place trying to lowere her dosage. she also was

some much one day then so much another and so on . each day was defrent in how

much and each day was also defrent is it being higher or lower then the day

before . for my self each day or time I changed it was only lower. so as you can

see each person is very defrent and so yes call your doctor and let them know

what going on with you how your feeling and all the things you posted small and

big then fallow there advice but again they also need your feed back simply

because each person

is so defrent so there is no hard fast set rules in it same as what dose helps

were all defreent so the same for lowering it also

 good luck and hugs

 

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[Guest guest]

Hey,

I agree with Marty. Sometimes even a teeny little mg can make a

difference. I (and many others) have all been lowered and then had

to bump back up temporarily. I have been on 150mg of Imuran and

Remicade every 6 weeks and currently at 22.5mg prednisone and still

get the hurts. I see my rheumy in the morning.

Check in with your doc and let her/him know your current status. She

is the one best to advise you. Also, keep in mind that as much as we

hate the evil roids and do our best to taper down to the lowest dose

possible, It is not a contest and just because you may need to bump

up temporarily, do not look on it as a failure. I haven't seen less

than 17mg in almost 3 years. I keep working on it, but you gotta do

what works for you.

Tom

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> Hey Everyone!

...so I was wondering...I have been dropped down to 8mg prednisone

from 9mg and my Imuran has increased from 100mg to 150mg its only

been 6 day's since i dropped down on the prednisone,but been on the

increased Imuran for 2 weeks,well the past couple of days especialy

last night I noticed a couple of things such as a few of my joints

have been hurting/aching,painfull