I haven´t posted in a long time and that is because I´ve been super sick and in really bad pain for most of the summer. I try not to dwell on it but it really gets difficult. I went to my Rheumatologist in June and I was in horrible pain then. He got my lab results about a month before that and they showed my liver enzymes were elevated. He decreased my dose of Methotrexate and after a month they were almost back to normal. The problem is my pain was higher than ever. He decided to start me on Humira injections but it took forever to get that going and be able to start taking it. I hate needles and my husband has to do it for me. They did start helping but the very same day I noticed a decrease in my pain I got sick. My whole family got this horrible stomach Flu. It was one of those bugs that just doesn´t want to go away. I ended up getting sinusitis and then a really bad sinus infection. The first round of antibiotics didn´t work and it got even worse. The doctor was really surprised when he looked. He started me on a different antibiotic for 2 weeks and it is sloooowwwly improving or more like shrinking. I think the sinusitis is improving faster. It is nice to be able to breath through my nose again.
Anyway, because I have an infection I have to completely stop taking my immunosuppressant drugs that help with my pain. Now I am in so much pain I can hardly walk. I´ve been spending a lot of time in bed and reading when I can. I can´t wait until this infection is gone and I can start taking my meds again. I´m really grateful for a friend who recommended lidocane pain patches. I don´t do the shopping anymore so I didn´t even know they existed. One of my husband´s coworkers told him about Tiger Balm and he saw they had patches too. I can only use one lidocane patch at a time so I currently have a lidocane patch on one hip and a tiger Balm patch on the other. I actually think the Tiger balm patch side feels better. Thank goodness my shoulders are not hurting so bad today or I´d be covered in patches.
I just keep thinking of that line kids used to write when they signed my yearbooks - Keep on Keeping on. That is what I´m doing.
