Went to the doctor

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Hello,

Went to my pcp this morning, and he recorded my reaction to the

Keflex in my charts. He seems to think the URI is better, and I

agree. I'm much less stuffy this morning and no fever. I didn't

tell him I shoveled snow, he would've chewed me out royally, but

there wasn't much choice, it had to be done. He's referring me to an

e-n-t in town about the continuing sinus problems, so maybe we'll get

to the bottom of this!

He agrees with the ortho that fibro (at least in my case) could be

the outgrowth of multiple osteoarthritis. It's a mystery why it

should show up in so many places, but possibly one has aggravated the

other, who knows? He is also going to suggest a couple of rheumys in

the Muncie area, which is closer than Indy for me, and after the

babies are born and Ron has had his surgery, I will go see one of

them. Given all the symptoms, he is certain that there are several

different things going on. He felt my hands this morning, and

commented that there seem to be nodules in the finger joints. He

also noticed that I was due for a pap and mammo,so I have to go back

next week for those. Oh joy!

I had a good cry, got a nice hug, came in to work and got another hug

from the Rev. I'm gonna miss this man! Rev. Fred is going to be at

the hospital when the babies are born, and he will stay until

everything is done, and he will bless the babies before he leaves the

hospital. Let's hope there's no blizzard that day!

I hope you are all having a good Monday!

Judi

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Has is gotten rid of both the pain and stiffness?

On a scale of one to ten, how close are you to feeling normal on this

combo of drugs?

Lance

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Barbara,

I am so sorry for this situation you are in at this time. I would

definately ask the DR for something to help the pain of your neck. My

physical therapist has a great treatment for the neck and shoulder

pain. Take an ice pack, lay a hot moist washrag on your neck or

shoulder and then put the ice on for 20 min. Strange as it sounds it

works. I hate ice, but the transition from the warm cloth to cold

does the trick well.

Possibly you could ask the DR about a muscle relaxor at night to help

with the pain also, I take Flexeril which is generic and cheap every

night for my Fibro and shoulder pain.

One more thing, Several of the companies have programs for those

without insurance. I know Enbrel and Humira has them. Might be worth

looking into if the Methotrexate does not work well. I take both

Enbrel and Mtx in shot form and it helps.

Don't be too hard on yourself about dinner, I didn't make dinner for

6 months. I couldn't because my hands hurt too much and I couldn't

hold anything heavy. I hope you find a way to deal with this

situation and if it means those crock pot meals or meals you just add

meat to and pop in the oven go for it.

How old are your kids? Can they help? Mine do and I am blessed to

have them do things I cannot do.

I will say prayers for you, and your family tonight.

Kay

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> How old are your kids? Can they help?

> Kay

Dear Kay,

I do have two girls and their ages are 8 and 10 years of age. And

any parent probably know that at that age, especially my oldest, they

are normally not real eagered to do the chores.

But, they have been helping even though reluctantly. However, I feel

that with them it is the same as it is with my boyfriend, which is

that they don't understand what is going on with me. My kids have an

excuse of not understanding fully because they are just kids.

However, my boyfriend does not. He helps, don't get me wrong. It is

just that the way that he does things, like his body laungange that

tells me that it irratates him. I don't think that it is me that he

is irratated at but the disease and the fact that the doctors don't

have a magic pill to make things better.

My boyfriend and I have recently had a small discussion on where our

relationship is going and what if I don't get any better. How does

he feel about that. Or what if I get worse, would he stick it out

with me? I think that these are questions that he ought to think

about. Because I feel like it is not only unfair to me for having

this disease but also the fact that it is unfair to him as well.

Neither one of us planned on it being like this. And it is making

things difficult, even more difficult with my grandmother being so

dependant on me. Pretty much I am in a catch 22 here.

I told him to think about those questions. I know that if I don't

get better or even if I get worse it is not fair to him and I would

understand if he thinks that he can't hang with me. But, I wanted

him to think about it because I wanted him to feel like he could talk

to me if he feels that my medical problems are too demanding on him.

Maybe the reason I have brought this discussion to him is because I

know what it is like to have to take care of someone, and that person

become so dependant on you, like my grandmother. I don't want my

boyfriend to think or feel that he doesn't have a choice and I

defintely don't want him to be with me just because of his pity.

I am rambling so I guess I will quit for now.

Barbara