Not that I want any of you lovely lot to have this but I could do with a bit of company and advice. Not a lot of people (luckily) understand what living with chronic pain is like and sometimes it would be nice to go AAAAAAARRGGGGHHH with someone who understands.
So, I have had arthritis in my thoracic spine since my teens but the pain has spread to the point now where on a recent bone scan the report gave up naming specific areas and basically went 'and everywhere else too'. I have my first rheumatology appointment in about two weeks and I am torn between hoping this is what it is and worrying that it is a crappy label to be stuck with. Either way everything will still hurt the same. I am basically kept going with tramadol which at least keeps me chilled and philosophical if it doesn't take the pain away
This week I have been blessed with one of my lovely moments where the pain ramps up and up over a week until I am pretty much crippled and fluey feeling. It is such a joy to be me sometimes . Does anyone else get these moments?
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Rheumatoid Arthritis anyone?
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LostInWales · 08/09/2013 09:33
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