Spring

Spring is fast approaching I do believe.  Today is Wednesday and the air is clean and breezy out.  No rain today.  I would love to dig in the dirt today but my body is not going to like it if I do.  I seem to be having quite a bit of pain related to RA in my knees and hips.  I just had an infusion on Friday February 21 and this really doesn't seem like a very good sign.  I wanted to ride my stationary bike this morning also however I just don't want to deal with the pain it will cause for me.  Weighing the pros and cons I think I will go and finish the dress for my granddaughter and enjoy the day from the living room couch.   Quite a bit of back pain since my last bike ride on Thursday February 20.  Also my head feels like I feel and hit the back of my skull on concrete.  Weird feelings in the head and I sleep a lot with this infusion. 

February 2014

It's been a while since I have last posted anything to this blog.  Many events have occured in the past months.  But from the looks of my previous postings which the last was in May of 2013 perhaps I should just keep to my health issues to date. 

A bit of success, with the RA.  Perhaps this drug will be the last biologic for me. Actemra I have been having monthly infusions with much success at our local transfusion center.  Which in reality is the Cancer Treatment Center located at Peace Health Hospital in Longview, WA.

Dizzy

I have been abnormally dizzy.  I think this might be a withdrawal symptom of Cymbalta.  To look around up and down , side to side with my eyes I have a overwhelming feeling of dizziness.  It is like a ball of yarn that is dangled all up and fuzzy.  I have a little bit of nausea with this feeling.  Much ringing in the ears too.  Right behind my eyes, through the sinus area.  It is driving me nuts and making me not feel well.  I am to have a fast blood draw one day this week.  Need the doctor to have a baseline for my liver and cholesterol since I will begin a new drug in June that requires monitoring of liver and cholesterol.  I am hoping this drug works for my RA.  The cortisone shots in Mid-May have worked excellently.  After six months of agony I finally got relief with cortisone shots into my knees.  Now to start another drug I am just a little bit leary.  Just because it could set off a horrid flare.  My body doesn't seem to like most of any of the RA drugs available and this drug is close to the end of the list of biologics.  Thinking that the old school way of treating my disease would be the best.  not certain though.  I really need to spend a lot more time writing about this disease and my thoughts regarding treatment.  I have come a long way in the self help area of my disease though with experimenting with exercise which must be extremely mild as any extreme work out can set me into flaring.  Foods can be a experiment of fun and sadness.  Silly as it may seem you are never quite sure if your body might decide it doesn't like a particular food.  I find my body seems to enjoy vegetables any type works for me and in raw form is the best.  Beans, I really enjoy and can eat just plain cooked pintos without any fancy sauces etc.  I find it is very easy to write about the foods and research foods as it is very difficult for me to explain the brain issues and coordination body issues.  My heart hurts and lungs too, I have been told it is indigestion.  Breathing is difficult in a resting state for several days lately and this happens off and on.  But these issues seem only important to me.  As if I reference these issues I get answers that nothing is really wrong.  It seems though that maybe something might be, I get told it old age, indigestion, and muscle soreness.  Does something drastic need to occur for answer to resolve these concerns.  I suppose I should just keep myself aware and rest accordingly when I feel the need to.  See my dizzy ness goes away if I completely focus straight ahead with the eyes, but if I move the eyes the weirdness of dizzy is lurking in my frontal lobe of my brain.  See if I move the eyes to the right or left ringing occurs in my ears along with dizziness in my head.  Closing for now crochet is calling

Crochet and RA

I think that this font is nice.  So,  today is May 23, 2013, I have been away for a very long time.  My RA has not treated me well throughout the winter months and into the early spring.  I recently visited the Doctor and he gave me two cortisone shots in my horridly swollen not bending knees.  That seems to have done the trick for the past two weeks, along with predisone increase I have felt amazing.  My mind has finally gotten the chance to relax.  Whew! I rode my stationary bike for 30 minutes on Tuesday at level two and have had no set backs. 

Now to get onto the crochet I am one busy busy busy Grammie Bee.  Just have a weird joint dislocation that sometimes bothers my technique otherwise my hands are doing fantastic too in regards to RA.  So guess what ...yep Michaels has a sale on Sugar n Cream thread ...yes I have to go.  This am however I need to crawl back onto the bed of mine and figure out this stich for a coin purse.  I found a neat coin purse that someone shared on pinterest however no pattern.  So I am trying to figure out the stich. 

closing for now must get back to crochet.  Peace and Happiness

Serger Sewing

Going to be able today to sit at the table with little pain in knees today.  Pretty excited then I can learn to thread the new Serger.  It was a gift for Valentines and now Easter is fast approaching,  projects to sew sew sew.  Yay! Fingers and Toes ache today with RA pains knees so very much better. 

March 16, 2013

Gosh i hurt.  I don't know if I will ever stop hurting.

Go Green Go!

I finally got back into the blog spot here.  I had forgotten my password and try as I might was unable to get onto blogger. 

I missed February blogging but it was a busy fun month filled with lots of crochet and lots of RA pain. 

Been wanting to try and update with the RA as a little memo on a blog makes me feel that I am part of life.  Not just another who lies in bed with pain, but an actual individual who suffers the reality of pain. 

Sitting is not comfortable today therefore,  this is the end of this post.  It does feel nice to get back on the posting page though.