Need Ideas for Pain Relief until Rheumy Appt.

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I don't think Alieve is a 'cure-all' pain reliever as it is advertised to

be. 20 years ago, when I was in your predicament, I took plain old aspirin

for pain until my doc gave me Prednisone. Now things have progressed to the

point I'm taking morphine for the pain, and sometimes that's not enough for

me. I have had plenty of treatments that my mother didn't have because they

weren't available to her in the 60's, and now you have advances that I

didn't have. I hope you get the relief you need.

Dennis in Eastexas

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[ ] Need Ideas for Pain Relief until Rheumy Appt.

> Hello everyone, I posted here a week or so ago regarding morning joint

> pain in my fingers, wrists, feet and now shoulders. I took your advice

> and made an appt. with a Rheumy but in the meantime the pain is getting

> worse. I have been taking Advil but it doesn't seem to help much. Now I

> am having problems sleeping at night due to the pain, which isn't bad

> when I go to bed but I usually wake up around 2:00 am and can't get

> back to sleep because of the pain in my joints. It's worst in my

> wrists. My question is what can I do to relieve it until I see the

> doctor on 22 August? I could barely turn the steering wheel on the

> drive in to work this morning, and going through the routine of getting

> dressed, make-up, hair, etc. gets harder every day. Any ideas would be

> greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Hello everyone, I posted here a week or so ago regarding morning joint

pain in my fingers, wrists, feet and now shoulders. I took your advice

and made an appt. with a Rheumy but in the meantime the pain is getting

worse. I have been taking Advil but it doesn't seem to help much. Now I

am having problems sleeping at night due to the pain, which isn't bad

when I go to bed but I usually wake up around 2:00 am and can't get

back to sleep because of the pain in my joints. It's worst in my

wrists. My question is what can I do to relieve it until I see the

doctor on 22 August? I could barely turn the steering wheel on the

drive in to work this morning, and going through the routine of getting

dressed, make-up, hair, etc. gets harder every day. Any ideas would be

greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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I could have written this same post 9 months ago! Some days I felt like

someone had taken a hammer to my wrists. I could not wait the 5 weeks until my

rheumatology appointment. I made a next day appointment with a family doctor who

started me on an anti-inflammatory (mobic) and Tylenol with codeine as

needed. I also bought some of those wrist braces (I tried ace bandages first)

and

used those at night. It was still a challenge but those things got me through

until my appointment without having a complete breakdown. Good Luck.

Dianne

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How far out is your rheum appt? You could get in to see your family practice

doc and see what your labwork says. An FP can always start you on prednisone,

but it will lower some of your lab values, so get those before starting meds.

My doc put me on 10mg pred and Celebrex while I was waiting to see a rheum.

Feel better ! Kate F

[ ] Need Ideas for Pain Relief until Rheumy Appt.

Hello everyone, I posted here a week or so ago regarding morning joint

pain in my fingers, wrists, feet and now shoulders. I took your advice

and made an appt. with a Rheumy but in the meantime the pain is getting

worse. I have been taking Advil but it doesn't seem to help much. Now I

am having problems sleeping at night due to the pain, which isn't bad

when I go to bed but I usually wake up around 2:00 am and can't get

back to sleep because of the pain in my joints. It's worst in my

wrists. My question is what can I do to relieve it until I see the

doctor on 22 August? I could barely turn the steering wheel on the

drive in to work this morning, and going through the routine of getting

dressed, make-up, hair, etc. gets harder every day. Any ideas would be

greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Have you tried tylenol arthritis strength? I find that is helpful for me.

Do you take a warm bath to help relax yourself before bed? I don't know just

suggestions.

What about wraps like thermacare?

Joy

aformermermaid <formermermaid@...> wrote:

Hello everyone, I posted here a week or so ago regarding morning joint

pain in my fingers, wrists, feet and now shoulders. I took your advice

and made an appt. with a Rheumy but in the meantime the pain is getting

worse. I have been taking Advil but it doesn't seem to help much. Now I

am having problems sleeping at night due to the pain, which isn't bad

when I go to bed but I usually wake up around 2:00 am and can't get

back to sleep because of the pain in my joints. It's worst in my

wrists. My question is what can I do to relieve it until I see the

doctor on 22 August? I could barely turn the steering wheel on the

drive in to work this morning, and going through the routine of getting

dressed, make-up, hair, etc. gets harder every day. Any ideas would be

greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Hi ,

I wish you much luck with your appointment with your Rheumy the 22nd of this

month. I have now seen 5 Rheumy's in the past 5 years, I finally found one I

really liked in Arlington, VA but then I moved to SC. I am on my 2nd down here

and I think he is going to work out. What I wanted to say to you though is with

all the Rheumy's I have seen NONE of them have ever given me anything for pain,

well, I take that back, the one in Arlington gave me some Vioxx samples, the

Vioxx was pulled from the market. They have all offered Pred. (steroids) when I

was flaring or seemed in more pain that usual. My Internist here in SC

prescribes pain meds for me and my GP up in VA did the same. I don't know why

but it seems to me that most Rheumy's don't want to prescribe pain meds, so

don't get your hopes up. You may need to go on a steroid for a temporary time to

get the inflammation under control. It was my GP that felt I needed to see a

Rheumy because he suspected RA and he gave me some pain meds to take until I

could get in, (3 months). My GP had already done lab work.

Make sure you write any questions you have down so you don't forget anything you

wanted to ask. These doctors are really busy and if you forget it can be another

3 months before you will have another chance. Let us know how it goes.

Gentle Hugs,

Colleen

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Thanks so much to all of you for taking the time to respond. I like

this group already! I had my annual gyn. appt. today and I mentioned

my joint pain to my Dr. and showed him my hands, sure enough he

immediately suggested I gave a blood work-up for RA. He pointed to

about 8 joints that don't look good to him. I truly hope and pray it's

not that. Maybe just a virus? Anyway, I didn't think to ask him for

anything for pain but my DH says I should have. My FP doc is actually

harder to get in to see than the Rheumy, but maybe if I call and

explain the situation they could call me in just enough of something

to get me through the next 8 mornings. Also, I am going to go out

right now and get those wrist splints Dianne, I was thinking they

might be helpful and your comments confirmed it for me. Thanks again

to all who wrote and of course I'm open to any further suggestions.

Best wishes,

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short term, you can take up to 2000 mg naproxen daily (half am/half

pm). Since your appt is coming up it will not cause damage to

stomach as long as you eat when you take it. OR ytake 3 ibuprophen

3/daily (SHORT TERM ONLY - NOT MONTHS)

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> ,

> I could have written this same post 9 months ago! Some days I felt

like

> someone had taken a hammer to my wrists. I could not wait the 5

weeks until my

> rheumatology appointment. I made a next day appointment with a

family doctor who

> started me on an anti-inflammatory (mobic) and Tylenol with

codeine as

> needed. I also bought some of those wrist braces (I tried ace

bandages first) and

> used those at night. It was still a challenge but those things got

me through

> until my appointment without having a complete breakdown. Good

Luck.

> Dianne

>

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