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Tiannia
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Well I guess if I had to choose..........
« on: Oct 10th, 2007, 12:46pm » |
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When we decided to move to OR, my 2 major concerns for myself where, Would my CH break thru to preventative? or Would my Rheumatoid Arthritis come back being in a cold damp again? I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis when I was still up in Reno. About 2 yrs after we moved down to Vegas I stopped taking the meds for it because it would only come back speratically.
Well last night my hands swelled up and my RA is back. YeeHa.  But between the 2 I guess I would rather have RA then my CH hitting chornic again.
I've called my doc to talk to him about meds. I'm just not sure what to take for it with all the damn meds I'm on. I used to take Lodine for it. But I'm not usre it that is good considering the potential for liver problems that can cause and I'm already on Lipitor which can cause liver issues as well. I see him Monday. By then my hands should be good and f'd up. so there will be no questions that this is what is coming back. I'm sure a lot more jaded when it comes to docs now that I have CH. I dont want to give them any reason to think it is something other then what I know it is.
Ah well. Thanks for letting me vent a little.
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Tia
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Re: Well I guess if I had to choose..........
« Reply #1 on: Oct 10th, 2007, 12:54pm » |
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Vent away Tia. Sorry to hear the RA is back. It runs in my family too. So far so good though. Good luck with the Dr.
I hope the beast stays away.
-Dennis-
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Re: Well I guess if I had to choose..........
« Reply #2 on: Oct 10th, 2007, 1:56pm » |
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RA also runs in my family and yeah the pain can get bad if left untreated. Hope the Doc can give you something good for it.
For now you can try putting some icehot and wrapping your hands with a soft cloth bandage at night, it helps me to sleep  . I also take naproxen and seems to work for me.
Good Luck!
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Re: Well I guess if I had to choose..........
« Reply #3 on: Oct 10th, 2007, 2:06pm » |
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I have my wrist braces which helped a lot. I need to get some rub for them. At least this was not a new pain. It was something that as soon as I felt it, I knew what it was and what will work, or at least what worked before. I know that the OTC stuff never worked nad I had to take so much of it that I gave myself an ulcer. So I want to pick his brain witht this. At least he is a good doc and will listen to me. It took us a while to find him, but he is good. Here at the Univ, one of the gals I work with, her dad is a doc and just retaired here, says that he is concidered one of the best docs here in town.
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Re: Well I guess if I had to choose..........
« Reply #4 on: Oct 11th, 2007, 12:50am » |
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Sorry to hear this ,Tia...
Did you ever take methotrexate or any of the other meds for RA? I'm on methotrexate and it has really helped me a LOT. My mom didn't want me to take it, but then I talked to a lot of others, including our Woobie, and I was convinced that MTX was the way to go. I definitely don't regret it!
Hope they find something that can help you! I know when I flared up, I couldn't walk or move my hands, which was very scary as I couldn't work like that. Fortunately since the MTX, I haven't had any days where it has gotten THAT bad - I've definitely had times where the swelling was worse than other times, but not as bad as before the MTX.
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Re: Well I guess if I had to choose..........
« Reply #5 on: Oct 11th, 2007, 12:26pm » |
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When this started in Reno, it took them over 2 yrs to figure out what was wrong. At the time I was working for Speigel catalog at a phone ordering center. (They helped pay for school ) Anyway I worked entering all of the orders that came in overnight while the computers where down. And for a very long time the docs all thought it was carpel tunnel. I had more test then I can remember for that and even had a doc tell me that he wanted to open up my wrists to just see what was going on. Well after I told him to shove his stethescope, he did not ask again. Well by this time I could not hold a pencil. My finals in college my Senior yr where done oraly. My profs knew that I could not write them out. The blood work finally showed RA and they got me on Lodine.
I'll talk to the doc about that Carrie. I need something that is going to keep it controled. I cant work without my hands, even though I can change projects thru out the day so that I dont have the repitition, but still.
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Re: Well I guess if I had to choose..........
« Reply #6 on: Oct 11th, 2007, 12:57pm » |
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Sorry to hear you're hurting, Tia. Pain sucks no matter what form it takes. I hope you can get the RA under control soon.
Mike
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Re: Well I guess if I had to choose..........
« Reply #7 on: Oct 12th, 2007, 1:36pm » |
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Thanks Mike and everyone.
I went home early yesterday, it was a slow day. And got some of the deep heating cream and gauze and wrapped my hands. Left it on for about 2 hours. It was intense (stunk the house up ) But it felt better today. My hands are not as swolen, was even able to get my rings on, but my arms (wrists down) are swelled up today. I cant wait to talk to the doc about this. Monday.... Only Monday.
Cross your fingers that he listens to me about this the way he does about my CH.
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Re: Well I guess if I had to choose..........
« Reply #8 on: Oct 12th, 2007, 1:54pm » |
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Fingers crossed. I hope that you'll get the help you need from the doc, Tia.
Best wishes,
Sanna
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