This is a self-indulgent whinge, but please save me from going on about it to DH again!
I have a form of arthritis called Ankylosing Spondylitis. It's horrid and makes me constantly fatigued, but I can't sleep well due to pain. And I'm in a lot of pain - back, pelvis, kness, ankles, wrists and now my hands, fingers and left shoulder are hurting too. We are TTC so I have had to come off all my medication and it's just horrid. Pregnancy can sometimes trigger a remission phase but I know that's not a given, so I have to face the prospect of many more months of feeling like this. I have a toddler, and I don't know whether it's the drugs I was on or the arthritis itself but my cycles are haywire 26-47 days and so I'm having to find energy to have a "rampant" sex life on top of all the pain. Some of the drugs I can take post-ovulation through a period, but I'm currently on day 28 of this cycle and I haven't even ovulated yet. TTC DS was fun, this is, to be honest, is a chore (I would not say that to DH!). But we so desperately want another baby, and I know that the best medication I can be offered I can't go on until after I have finished child-bearing. So today I just feel like crying. I'm fed up of "being on top of things" and "brave" and having people admiring me etc etc. It's pants and I hate having it in my life.
I don't even know why I'm posting?! So someone can say "there, there, dust yourself down and carry on" maybe. Thanks for reading.
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So completely and utterly fed up with my arthritis
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Weegle · 07/08/2008 13:31
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07/08/2008 16:46
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