Recent content by Allison

Mead, I am sorry you don't feel well. Hang in there because not every day will go terrible. You will have days that you feel like you never had any disease at all. I felt the same way about my doctor. He is a great internist. He treats others who have auto-immune diseases.Then I began to realize...

When I used to teach full time, I came home daily and took a nap. I felt energized. Currently, I am a substitute teacher. I have an evening job. I can no longer return home to take a nap. That is one of the reasons I feel so tenses. I have an hour and a half between jobs. Yet, I do not feel...

I must admit that I have been under a great deal of stress. I am moving. I began a new sales job recently. I have been on a diet. The next thing I know I am suffering from JOINT pain! I have noticed that my fingers have swollen a little. This is not during the morning. I became used to morning...

Those are the same exact symptoms I suffer. I have consistently, talked about my auto-immune disease, Thyroid challenges. Specifically, I suffered from the hyperthyroid condition, Graves’ disease. I was given a radioactive zap which destroyed, or killed, my thyroid. Then I became a hypothyroid...

I have not suffered much pain throughout this summer. No matter how hot or humid it has been I have not experienced much joint discomfort. Today, for some reason, I awoke with numbness in my hands, elbow, and ankles. Its strange that my knees have no swelling or pain. I took 4 Advil that were...

Sometimes, I have a stuffy nose because of allergies. I have two other auto-immune diseases. I have sore throat type symptoms because I talk for a living. My internist told me that my fever is another symptom. He called it low grade fever. I am always hot or over-heated all day long. However...

Humidity does not help me feel well. There have been humid days in every season, and not just summertime. Today, my ankles are stiff and swollen. I have not been walking much this past weekend. I must admit I have sat around all weekend completing chores and tasks. However, I have eaten...

I take a nap most day that I return home. I used to teach for over twenty-four years. I needed to take a nap daily from 4:00 until whenever because the job was that stressful. Then I began substitute teaching. Once more, I napped daily for at least 90 minutes. I recently started a simple...

I live in a state that allows medical marijuana as a symptom reliever. However, my internist has stated he does not believe in it as a remedy for relieving joint discomfort, stress, anxiety, and dry eyes which were all of my complaints for that visit.

Today, I am paying for feeling goo over the past week. I over worked in my garden. I did not lift those heavy leaf bags. Yet, I bent over squatted, and stood for a few hours every morning. I loved doing the work. I did not feel out of sorts last Thursday, or Sunday. But today, I can hardly get...

Recently I had bronchitis. Then as a result of the stress I had a flare up of joints. My doctor prescribed steroids, and all the swelling and pain stopped. You must ask your doctor for relief.

Beaddot, I am so sorry you are having a flare up. I will beg you to ask your doctor to give you a steroid that will stop the flare up, cut the inflammation, and pain.

Please call your doctor about any over the counter pills. You may have an interaction with your prescription. I take a generic of Paxil. So, I had to ask my doctor what I could do to sleep at night. He told me that it was ok to take the Benedryl.

Thank you for telling us about this doctor from California. Often, it only takes one doctor to acknowledge that your suffering is real, and you are not faking it. My internist explained how various autoimmune diseases mimic each other. Fibromyalgia is a real disease.

I had trouble sleeping also. They say that the older we grow the less we are able to sleep through the night. I now make sure that I stand throughout the day. I stand and walk around for a total of 4 hours doing housework, and at my job. Next, I do not Take a long shower unless its a rinse off...