Hi all,
I had a review with my rheumy yesterday and he decided it was time to attempt to get into single figures with my deltacortril as I have been on 10mgs since July :oops:
I am staying on the same 20mg dose of MTX and the Embrel injections for the RA, so hopefully things will go smoothly, although the consultant I saw felt that I still had PMR symptoms in my shoulders as there is not full range of movement.
I think I have just become used to the way things are now,and because my hands were giving me more bother I hadn't really paid much notice to the shoulders :roll: . I told the consultant that everything starts to become relative....yes I still get pain, but relative to what it was a few months ago it is not too bad. Likewise, my injections don't hurt me at all now as I have become used to them.
The cold weather is not helping matters though....it was bitterly cold here yesterday and today is wet and windy, so I can't wait to get back to Spain......just the little matter of Christmas to get sorted out first :lol:
Hope everyone is staying nice and warm and pain free.
Love,
Pauline.
Nice to hear from you again.Pauline. You don't sound too downhearted!
Know what you mean about pain being relative. I see my GP next Wed. and I am trying to put my report together. Like you, compared to several months ago the discomfort is bearable on most days and I am beginning to think that on the not so good days the problem is not entirely the physical pain but the general fedupness with not being the person I used to be.
Also how do we tell which pain is which? Your rheumy says he suspects you still have some PMR but mightn't you have shoulder pain form the RA? I only have PMR and maybe it isn't PMR but OA ( GP's suggestion ). Nothing is cut and dreied, is it. Good luck with the reduction of deltacortril.
Nice to hear from you Pauline wondered where youd gone !!
Im glad you are coping with everything Difficult when the Drs arent sure what it is and you have crossover pain
I have just got to 4mg but as I have been here before I am keeping an open mind !! But feeling good at present We are off to Lanzarote for Xmas and New Year so looking forward to the sun Glad you are off back to Spain shortly Sun is good for us !
Best wishes
Rosemary
Hi everyone,
I think I'm finally growing up as I approach my 53rd birthday at Christmas :shock: :wink: ....I am starting to finally accept that medications and some adapting of expectations are now a way of life, but that in the bigger scheme of things I am not too badly off.
My husbands cousin has just been diagnosed with an in-operable brain tumour and the lovely lady who holds my spare keys for my spanish apartment has to start more chemo for her ovarian cancer which she had hoped was in remission, so I feel my problems are small fry compared to theirs :cry:.
Don't get me wrong....I am no saint, and still have days that I get thoroughly P...ed off with the frustration of not being able to function at 100% , but thankfully I am a lot more mentally positive than I was at the start of this journey and my trips to Spain give me something lovely to look forward to. It really is amazing how a little sun and some heat can help lift both your physical and mental health 8)
My rheumy reckons that sunshine ought to be available on prescription....pity that it can't be :lol:
Love to all,
Pauline.