I have an appointment with my rheumatologist tomorrow afternoon so I spent the morning making a list of where I’m currently hurting and what meds I’m taking and what has changed from my last visit. I know from previous visits that it pays to be prepared – I only get to see the guy every three months or so and it’s so easy to forget thing so I usually turn up with a whole list of stuff. I think he likes that tho; at least he doesn’t have to extract his answers bit by bit.
I’m not looking forward to him pressing on my tender points though to see which ones hurt, because they all do except the ones in my knees. For those of you who don’t know what these tender points are: they are a series of 18 soft tissue sites in the body that will usually be highly sensitive to pressure in people with fibro.
Last time he poked and prodded me I did a little tap dance for him because it hurt so much
The doc is based at the city hospital where they are now also housing the local swine flu testing center! They used to swab people at home but we now have so many cases of swine flu here that this is no longer an option. Great – if you don’t have swine flu when you go in, you may have it by the time you’re out. Although it’s housed in a separate wing I’m a bit nervous – I think I’m going to wear a face mask and latex gloves – better safe than sorry!!!!!
I’m also not sure how susceptible to viral infections I actually am. I am on a whole range of drugs and I don’t know if the main ones I’m taking are immunosuppressants or not – the Medsafe leaflet doesn’t tell you a thing, as usual.
Apart from that, nothing’s new… it’s been a really cold day and I can see snow on the mountains. It’s usually to warm here to be snowing but it’s blimmin’ freezing. Yesterday the temperatures plummeted from 12 degress celsius to 4 degrees making my whole body ache. Did you know that I can tell the temperature by the pain levels in my left foot?????? (I think you do because I whinged about this before).
I still managed to go for a 4k walk in the morning and got another good shot of the harbour and the snow on the mountain range beyond:
I always feel so bad when it’s cold… don’t know if it’s the actual temperature or the drop in air pressure that brings on the pain but oh, boy, sometimes I feel like 70. I’m still having trouble walking today. My left foot is kind of stiff and achy and my shoulders are sore.
I have an appointment with my rheumatologist tomorrow afternoon so I spent the morning making a list of where I’m currently hurting and what meds I’m taking and what has changed from my last visit. I know from previous visits that it pays to be prepared – I only get to see the guy every three months or so and it’s so easy to forget thing so I usually turn up with a whole list of stuff. I think he likes that tho; at least he doesn’t have to extract his answers bit by bit.
I’m not looking forward to him pressing on my tender points though to see which ones hurt, because they all do except the ones in my knees. For those of you who don’t know what these tender points are: they are a series of 18 soft tissue sites in the body that will usually be highly sensitive to pressure in people with fibro.
Last time he poked and prodded me I did a little tap dance for him because it hurt so much
The doc is based at the city hospital where they are now also housing the local swine flu testing center! They used to swab people at home but we now have so many cases of swine flu here that this is no longer an option. Great – if you don’t have swine flu when you go in, you may have it by the time you’re out. Although it’s housed in a separate wing I’m a bit nervous – I think I’m going to wear a face mask and latex gloves – better safe than sorry!!!!!
I’m also not sure how susceptible to viral infections I actually am. I am on a whole range of drugs and I don’t know if the main ones I’m taking are immunosuppressants or not – the Medsafe leaflet doesn’t tell you a thing, as usual.
Apart from that, nothing’s new… it’s been a really cold day and I can see snow on the mountains. It’s usually to warm here to be snowing but it’s blimmin’ freezing. Yesterday the temperatures plummeted from 12 degress celsius to 4 degrees making my whole body ache. Did you know that I can tell the temperature by the pain levels in my left foot?????? (I think you do because I whinged about this before).
I still managed to go for a 4k walk in the morning and got another good shot of the harbour and the snow on the mountain range beyond:
I always feel so bad when it’s cold… don’t know if it’s the actual temperature or the drop in air pressure that brings on the pain but oh, boy, sometimes I feel like 70. I’m still having trouble walking today. My left foot is kind of stiff and achy and my shoulders are sore.