Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Crazy But Good, One Month Pain Free
One Month Pain Free
Photo of a rose taken at the flower park.
It has been an amazing month of standing as long as I like, forgetting I have my shoes on, walking up and down hills at the flower park, forgetting I have my purse on my shoulder and holding my camera with the heavy lens and flash unit on it without any pain. I have not felt this pain and fatigue free since 2009 and I have missed it! Mobic has been providing the extra relief in the last month. I am unsure if this drug can be taken long term. I stop taking it in another 6 weeks, so I am going to enjoy the pain free times while I have it.
In 6 weeks we will see if the 10 mg of Arava in combination with the Cimzia keeps me pain free. Also it will be warmer then and I could be pain free because of weather. Can Mobic be taken in the winter months only? For me this is the start of remission and hopefully with a few tweaks of drugs I will stay this way for awhile.
Is the Rheumatoid Arthritis causing issues with my thyroid?
Seems like that is what my Rheumatoid Arthritis may be doing to my thyroid. Two out of three tests in the last year have come back hypothyroidism. I have also had symptoms of hyperthyroidism and some of the symptoms can be from the Rheumatoid Disease and the drugs, this makes it a little more confusing. According to PubMed Health hypothyroidism can be caused by “An attack of the thyroid gland by the immune system“, which is what the Endocrinology doctor believes is happening. We could start treating now or see if I can lose weight now that the Rheumatoid Disease (previously known as Rheumatoid Arthritis) seems to be coming under control and test again to see if I am in normal ranges again. So 10 days ago I started to watch what I am eating and going for longer walks to see if I can lose some weight. I have lost 5 lbs so far.
New Project & Music Therapy
Sorry I have not posted very often, enjoying the pain free time and working on a new project that I hope to have finished in the next two weeks. Here is another song to add to your music therapy list Florence & The Machine – What The Water Gave Me.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation
Congrats on the 5 pounds and no pain!. That’s a nice change for you.
Mobic is an Nsaid right? I take diclofenac for the same reason and have been for 20+ years so far. In theory we are getting around the possible gastro effects by me taking a PPI (proton pump inhibitor – generic losec) all these years.
I like florence
Thank you! Yes it is a NSAID. I tried diclofenac during my first year, it did nothing at all for me.