Re: How long does it take for Arava to kick in?/Dalanne

May 17, 2009

All in all, I'm somewhat better. I just keep sinus-rinsin' away. The incessant

rain and low-pressure areas are killin' me but I know that will go away soon

enough. Right now I am glad to be back on the Arava. It is helping me a lot now.

I did get called in to work Thursday and Friday. I'm a truck driver but my boss

was there and we both had to pull limbs and logs off the road from one that came

down in one of the storms we had. I took my Vicodin that night and the next day

so I could work and function. Thank goodness I'm back to hauling rock and

spreading it with the tailgate. I know a trick to get the tailgate to close

without me having to get out and inspect it. Saves me getting down off the truck

and crawling back up.

I have caved in on some of my housework though. A friend of mine is staying home

because her 8 yr old has some health problems and she needs a little extra money

now and then. She is coming over once a week during school hours and she

deep-cleans for me. I can't get down on my knees anymore or support myself by

leaning on my hands. She spent 2 hours in my bathroom last week. I think we

could eat in there if we had to.

Well, it's Sunday and I'm going to go check the baby rabbits in the yard. A wild

rabbit scratched out a shallow nest and had her babies in the yard just beyond

what the dogs fence can go. She's pretty smart! The cats don't go anywhere near

the dogs and the dogs don't bother barking at the rabbits anymore. She had 6-7

tiny babies. We check them once a day to make sure no one has stepped on them as

they are right along the route we walk to the barn. They are the size of a golf

ball now. At least the kids know not to touch them. If they do the mother will

abandon them.

Dalanne

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> How are you feeling now? I have 5 days of antibiotic left and my doctor has me

on a nasal steroid. If I never get as sick as I was last week again, it will be

too soon. I have never felt so " defenseless " in my life for about 4 days until

the antibiotic kicked in. I am missing my Humira and Arava, though..... My

knees and hands are feeling it.....

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> *~ Kami ~*

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