wish me luck... (OTP)

I have not had anyone look at my house in months, or so it seems.
Tomorrow someone is coming, and although there are no nice one level
homes available right now, I sure wish this house would sell so that I
could move on.

I am willing to rent temporarily if need be. I did think that I would
be able to handle a house with a basement, but now realize that is not
being realistic.

There are some nice one-levels being built right now, but so far only
three have been completed. They sound very nice, except that the
houses are rather close together. That is not typically a problem,
however, it does depend who the neighbours are sometimes,
unfortunately.

I have been laying low actually. I have read the newsgroup, but have
not responded. I apologize for that. The day after New Year's I was so
sore, I was almost immobile. I have had to stop enbrel so many times
for sinus concerns, that it is no longer as effective. That day I
wanted to go to have my blood test because I believe that the previous
one was a result of lab error.I don't usually moan and groan or cry,
but no one was around to witness that so I did all of them and felt
somewhat better as a result. I was not able to dress, or wash, or
even take pills without excruciating pain. I did not want to call
anyone because I did not want them to see me like that. I never even
told anyone how bad it was (until now). I finally decided to take a
pred pulse of 50 mgs, and by the third day was doing better. That was
fortunate, as I needed to be ready when classes resumed.

My hands still are not great. The working splints have been helpful,
as have been the night splints. For anyone who has slept with both
hand splints on, bravo to you. I did it in my early RA days but my
hands would stiffen into them and I was unable to remove them. I was
later told to use them only sporadically for flares, as my hands were
autofusing and needed to maintain some ROM. Now they are almost
totally fused, although the OTs and Rd were pleased with the position
they had fused into. Now though my right wrist is starting to drop
into an unnatural position, and it may not be usable unless I can
prevent further damage.

My present resting splints have wide fabric and velcro straps and I am
not sure what gets wound around where. Removing them to use the
washroom is an experience, that I swear can not be done by one person
alone. I have to use my teeth and brace them against something to
remove the velcro strips. There has to be something rather comedic
about that. Heaven forbid if one should have an itch.

I wanted to pet the cat. This is not something you can do wearing
splints. LOL (Just trying to inject some humor).

My Rd appointment is the 15th.
Rose @}>->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB

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Hope all is better now. Good luck.

DeeTee

"RoseB" <Imarosab.1@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news5u2p3p38lq3mrpsa340717k3qtf393sc4@4ax.com...
>I have not had anyone look at my house in months, or so it seems.
> Tomorrow someone is coming, and although there are no nice one level
> homes available right now, I sure wish this house would sell so that I
> could move on.
>
> I am willing to rent temporarily if need be. I did think that I would
> be able to handle a house with a basement, but now realize that is not
> being realistic.
>
> There are some nice one-levels being built right now, but so far only
> three have been completed. They sound very nice, except that the
> houses are rather close together. That is not typically a problem,
> however, it does depend who the neighbours are sometimes,
> unfortunately.
>
> I have been laying low actually. I have read the newsgroup, but have
> not responded. I apologize for that. The day after New Year's I was so
> sore, I was almost immobile. I have had to stop enbrel so many times
> for sinus concerns, that it is no longer as effective. That day I
> wanted to go to have my blood test because I believe that the previous
> one was a result of lab error.I don't usually moan and groan or cry,
> but no one was around to witness that so I did all of them and felt
> somewhat better as a result. I was not able to dress, or wash, or
> even take pills without excruciating pain. I did not want to call
> anyone because I did not want them to see me like that. I never even
> told anyone how bad it was (until now). I finally decided to take a
> pred pulse of 50 mgs, and by the third day was doing better. That was
> fortunate, as I needed to be ready when classes resumed.
>
> My hands still are not great. The working splints have been helpful,
> as have been the night splints. For anyone who has slept with both
> hand splints on, bravo to you. I did it in my early RA days but my
> hands would stiffen into them and I was unable to remove them. I was
> later told to use them only sporadically for flares, as my hands were
> autofusing and needed to maintain some ROM. Now they are almost
> totally fused, although the OTs and Rd were pleased with the position
> they had fused into. Now though my right wrist is starting to drop
> into an unnatural position, and it may not be usable unless I can
> prevent further damage.
>
> My present resting splints have wide fabric and velcro straps and I am
> not sure what gets wound around where. Removing them to use the
> washroom is an experience, that I swear can not be done by one person
> alone. I have to use my teeth and brace them against something to
> remove the velcro strips. There has to be something rather comedic
> about that. Heaven forbid if one should have an itch.
>
> I wanted to pet the cat. This is not something you can do wearing
> splints. LOL (Just trying to inject some humor).
>
> My Rd appointment is the 15th.
> Rose @}>->--
> Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks
> to understand it. RB
>
> Please remove "Ima" to reply.

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:21:53 -0500, "DeeTee and Bob Taggart"
<ke3iu_nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hope all is better now. Good luck.
>
>DeeTee

Thank-you, DeeTee,
I am doing better.Not 100% but at least functional. The doc gave me
codeine contin to use along with T3. I don't like the side effects. I
feel abdominal pain and did have a headache for two days when I
restarted. I told the doc, and all he said was hang in there, and that
he thought it would get better with time. I will see what the rheumy
says.
Rose @}>->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB

Please remove "Ima" to reply.

Good luck Rose! Hoping things will vastly improve for you soon.
GaryZ

> My hands still are not great. The working splints have been helpful,
> as have been the night splints. For anyone who has slept with both
> hand splints on, bravo to you. I did it in my early RA days but my
> hands would stiffen into them and I was unable to remove them. I was
> later told to use them only sporadically for flares, as my hands were
> autofusing and needed to maintain some ROM. Now they are almost
> totally fused, although the OTs and Rd were pleased with the position
> they had fused into. Now though my right wrist is starting to drop
> into an unnatural position, and it may not be usable unless I can
> prevent further damage.
>
> My present resting splints have wide fabric and velcro straps and I am
> not sure what gets wound around where. Removing them to use the
> washroom is an experience, that I swear can not be done by one person
> alone. I have to use my teeth and brace them against something to
> remove the velcro strips. There has to be something rather comedic
> about that. Heaven forbid if one should have an itch.
>
> I wanted to pet the cat. This is not something you can do wearing
> splints. LOL (Just trying to inject some humor).
>
> My Rd appointment is the 15th.
> Rose @}>->--
> Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks
> to understand it. RB
>
> Please remove "Ima" to reply.

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:11:44 GMT, "GARY Z" <dadandone@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Good luck Rose! Hoping things will vastly improve for you soon.
>GaryZ
Thank-you, Gary.
Rose @}>->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB

Please remove "Ima" to reply.

I hope the house sells for you Rose.

I am sorry to hear about the pain levels you have been having. I hope soon
that the Enbrel can be restarted and does wonders for you. I hope the sinus
stuff stays away once it is gone.

--
Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one
I am nuts about you.

>I have not had anyone look at my house in months, or so it seems.
> Tomorrow someone is coming, and although there are no nice one level
> homes available right now, I sure wish this house would sell so that I
> could move on.
>
> I am willing to rent temporarily if need be. I did think that I would
> be able to handle a house with a basement, but now realize that is not
> being realistic.
>
> There are some nice one-levels being built right now, but so far only
> three have been completed. They sound very nice, except that the
> houses are rather close together. That is not typically a problem,
> however, it does depend who the neighbours are sometimes,
> unfortunately.
>
> I have been laying low actually. I have read the newsgroup, but have
> not responded. I apologize for that. The day after New Year's I was so
> sore, I was almost immobile. I have had to stop enbrel so many times
> for sinus concerns, that it is no longer as effective. That day I
> wanted to go to have my blood test because I believe that the previous
> one was a result of lab error.I don't usually moan and groan or cry,
> but no one was around to witness that so I did all of them and felt
> somewhat better as a result. I was not able to dress, or wash, or
> even take pills without excruciating pain. I did not want to call
> anyone because I did not want them to see me like that. I never even
> told anyone how bad it was (until now). I finally decided to take a
> pred pulse of 50 mgs, and by the third day was doing better. That was
> fortunate, as I needed to be ready when classes resumed.
>
> My hands still are not great. The working splints have been helpful,
> as have been the night splints. For anyone who has slept with both
> hand splints on, bravo to you. I did it in my early RA days but my
> hands would stiffen into them and I was unable to remove them. I was
> later told to use them only sporadically for flares, as my hands were
> autofusing and needed to maintain some ROM. Now they are almost
> totally fused, although the OTs and Rd were pleased with the position
> they had fused into. Now though my right wrist is starting to drop
> into an unnatural position, and it may not be usable unless I can
> prevent further damage.
>
> My present resting splints have wide fabric and velcro straps and I am
> not sure what gets wound around where. Removing them to use the
> washroom is an experience, that I swear can not be done by one person
> alone. I have to use my teeth and brace them against something to
> remove the velcro strips. There has to be something rather comedic
> about that. Heaven forbid if one should have an itch.
>
> I wanted to pet the cat. This is not something you can do wearing
> splints. LOL (Just trying to inject some humor).
>
> My Rd appointment is the 15th.
> Rose @}>->--
> Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks
> to understand it. RB
>
> Please remove "Ima" to reply.

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:00:55 -0800, "Squirrely" <sqjo@sonic.net>
wrote:

>I hope the house sells for you Rose.
>
>I am sorry to hear about the pain levels you have been having. I hope soon
>that the Enbrel can be restarted and does wonders for you. I hope the sinus
>stuff stays away once it is gone.
Hi SJ,
I have been taking my enbrel but it is not working as well as it did.
I thin that after being on/off over the past two years it has lost its
effecacy for me.

I have not hear about what the people thought of the house. So far all
I have heard is that people like it, but think it is too small.
Rose @}>->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB

Please remove "Ima" to reply.