Good Morning!

Birdie1483

I watched The Business of Being Born last night so I'm ready to assist her in her water birth. It can't be any more traumatic than watching Ricki Lake give birth naked in a tub.

kikibaby

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[QUOTE]I watched The Business of Being Born last night so I'm ready to assist her in her water birth. It can't be any more traumatic than<strong> watching Ricki Lake give birth naked in a tub.
</strong>Posted by Birdie1483[/QUOTE]

<img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-cry.gif" border="0" alt="Cry" title="Cry" />  (I really wanted something more like a vomiting emoticon, but...)

mkrupar

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[QUOTE]Do they kinda warm up through the day? I'm worried this is an attack and that I'm not going to be very functional cooking for everyone on Friday. I'm paranoid because my mom (not biological) has reumetoid arthritis. Every time I complain about, she and my dad are both like...oh that sounds like when I had my attack.
Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]

They do if my office isn't freezing. A lot of times I have to hold them up to my toe heater under my desk to warm them up. I have not so great circulation in my hands and feet. My toes go numb if they get too cold. I'm often wandering around the house in two pairs of socks and slippers to avoid that. It sucks.

Right now my hands are ice cold and a little achy. If they're warm I don't notice all that much.

Is there a test they can do to see if you're in the early stages of RA?

louisvillebride21

Omg I love you guys. Like really. You pulled me out of my pain funk.

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Good Morning! : They do if my office isn't freezing. A lot of times I have to hold them up to my toe heater under my desk to warm them up. I have not so great circulation in my hands and feet. My toes go numb if they get too cold. I'm often wandering around the house in two pairs of socks and slippers to avoid that. It sucks. Right now my hands are ice cold and a little achy. If they're warm I don't notice all that much.<strong> Is there a test they can do to see if you're in the early stages of RA?</strong>
Posted by mkrupar[/QUOTE]

Yes, there is. I just forget what it is called. I think some blood work is involved as well. That is so painful. They thought my Mom had it a few years back, but turns out she has Raynaud's Syndrome.

louisvillebride21

My mom has a great RA doctor here in town. Thing is, I think I have to be referred. So I need to go to a regular doctor first and I don't have one here yet. I guess I need to get on that. I've noticed my knees going for about a year now. I bet it's all connected. My mom is in total remission. She called me and told me she had her first attack after in her 20s after icing an entire cake. Seems to be something in that motion that gets you. I'll probably go see someone after the holidays. On one had, I pray it's not. Cause RA is completely debilitating in your older years. On the other hand, I'd love to have some meds to make the pain stop.

mkrupar

Is RA genetic? I don't know anyone in my family that has it, but plenty of them had arthritis. My grandpa was bow legged so he had bad arthritis in his knees. Couldn't join the army because of it.

louisvillebride21

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Good Morning! : Yes, there is. I just forget what it is called. I think some blood work is involved as well. That is so painful. They thought my Mom had it a few years back, but turns out she has Raynaud's Syndrome.
Posted by MissySue20[/QUOTE]

Like....more painful than regular bloodwork...or I really don't like needles, so I think it all hurts bloodwork?

Birdie1483

Kiki, it was very traumatic for me. They didn't warn me or anything. It was all find and dandy and happy pregnant people and then BAM Ricki Lake's nipples. BAM Ricki's in the tub now. BAM you see the baby come out.

salt78

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Good Morning! :   (I really wanted something more like a vomiting emoticon, but...)
Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]

<div>From what I gathered last night, it was enough to make you throw up out of your eyeballs, so that is rather accurate. </div><div>
</div><div>I luff you, LVB. I hope you feel better! <3</div>

louisvillebride21

Well she's not my biological mother, so that's not it. She's just saying that I'm having the same exact symptoms that she had. And right around the same age.

louisvillebride21

Thanks, Salt! I luff you too. We haven't talked much. And you don't blog much anymore. So I hear you're gonna be popping out little salt's soon, and you're moving?? I'm hurt that I'm so uninformed.

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[QUOTE]Is RA genetic? I don't know anyone in my family that has it, but plenty of them had arthritis. My grandpa was bow legged so he had bad arthritis in his knees. Couldn't join the army because of it.
Posted by mkrupar[/QUOTE]


Yes, I think there is a genetic component to it.

mkrupar

Oh I see. I think Missy meant RA is really painful, not the bloodwork. When I was tested for carpal tunnel a few years ago they do it by sticking your hand/wrist/arm with a needle and testing your motion. It's really strange. The worst was when they stuck it in my hand right below my thumb because it's all muscle there.

Then the doc freaked me out by asking me to lie on my side and telling me he was going to stick the needle in the back of my neck. It was weird, but I didn't feel a thing.

Stackeye210

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Good Morning! : Yes, there is. I just forget what it is called. I think some blood work is involved as well. That is so painful. They thought my Mom had it a few years back, but turns out she has Raynaud's Syndrome.
Posted by MissySue20[/QUOTE]

My freshman year in college on Christmas Eve they took 19 viles of blood b/c I was diagnosed with Reynaud's and they wanted to make sure there wasn't an underlying thing that caused it.  I had 3 finger tips that were purple and freezing cold and 2 that were warm and it stayed like that for a month.  NOTHING would warm them up.  It was insane. 

It turned out - no underlying cause, it was just trauma from diving all those years.  Since I've quit diving and smacking my hands on the water repeatedly I rarely have any episodes.  It took a lot of doctor visits to figure that out. 

salt78

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[QUOTE]Thanks, Salt! I luff you too. We haven't talked much. And you don't blog much anymore. So I hear you're gonna be popping out little salt's soon, and you're moving?? I'm hurt that I'm so uninformed.
Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]

<div>I've been trying to keep up with it, but it started to become more of an obligation and not as much of a fun thing to do, so I just write here and then when I feel the urge. :)</div><div>
</div><div>Yep we are keeping our fingers crossed for a MiniSalt in 2011. (Just one.) And yes we are moving, but not far from where we are now. Just a few miles up the road to a bigger place in a nicer area. </div>

louisvillebride21

Oh my fuuck. That sounds awful.

Last semester, I had this unexplainable pain in my elbow. It shot down my arm to my wrist and just radiated pain. I went to the doctor and they did a bunch of tests. One of which was an X-Ray. They twisted my arm in ways that would be uncomfortable if I wasn't in pain. I was crying while they did it. The bloodwork was awful too, as the girl was new and couldn't find a vein to save her life. She went in about 6 times.

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Good Morning! : Like....more painful than regular bloodwork...or I really don't like needles, so I think it all hurts bloodwork?
Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]


Unfortunately, yes. I think they also did an MRI on her. I think there are several blood tests where they look for the positive factor that is involved for it.

Any kind of arthritis is so painful. My MIL has Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and one of my good friends Mom has fibromalagia. I am not sure if it is in the arthritis category, but it seems to me like it may be.

louisvillebride21

Are you already trying? Or is that too personal?

Do you have the place picked out already? Pics? When do you move?

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Good Morning! : My freshman year in college on Christmas Eve they took 19 viles of blood b/c I was diagnosed with Reynaud's and they wanted to make sure there wasn't an underlying thing that caused it.  I had 3 finger tips that were purple and freezing cold and 2 that were warm and it stayed like that for a month.  NOTHING would warm them up.  It was insane.  It turned out - no underlying cause, it was just trauma from diving all those years.  Since I've quit diving and smacking my hands on the water repeatedly I rarely have any episodes.  It took a lot of doctor visits to figure that out. 
Posted by Stackeye210[/QUOTE]


Wow, Stacks. I didn't know you had it, too. That describes my Mom's symptoms to a T. The way the Dr described it though, he said it was more in middle aged women. But the whole swimming and diving thing makes sense though, the constant shock being in and out of the cold water.

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[QUOTE]Oh my fuuck. That sounds awful. Last semester, I had this unexplainable pain in my elbow. It shot down my arm to my wrist and just radiated pain. I went to the doctor and they did a bunch of tests. One of which was an X-Ray. They twisted my arm in ways that would be uncomfortable if I wasn't in pain. I was crying while they did it. The bloodwork was awful too, as the girl was new and couldn't find a vein to save her life. She went in about 6 times.
Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]


That sounds like it may be tennis elbow. I have had that, too. It rarely flairs up anymore now that I am not working 2 retail jobs like I was in college. I was a cashier most of the time, and the Dr said that the constant repetition was what did it.

I ended up wearing a brace to get me through work and I also put some of that Icy Hot or Benjay gel on it to help with the pain. I felt like an old freaking lady, but that sh!t worked.

Stackeye210

Yes MissySue - that's why they did so many tests.  It's typically in middle age woman and most times they're smokers.  I was a healthy, non smoking 19 year old so it was really unusual. 

salt78

We aren't NOT trying. If that makes any sense.

Yes we have a place picked. It's not a house...just another apartment (that is really more like a condo). We decided we want to keep renting for now because we are unsure that we want to stay in the area for more than a couple more years. We will be moving hopefully by March. I don't have any pics.

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[QUOTE]Oh I see. I think Missy meant RA is really painful, not the bloodwork. When I was tested for carpal tunnel a few years ago they do it by sticking your hand/wrist/arm with a needle and testing your motion. It's really strange. The worst was when they stuck it in my hand right below my thumb because it's all muscle there. Then the doc freaked me out by asking me to lie on my side and telling me he was going to stick the needle in the back of my neck. It was weird, but I didn't feel a thing.
Posted by mkrupar[/QUOTE]

You are correct mkrupar. I meant RA is painful and dehabilitating. Sorry, I didn't mean for it to come out like that, it is just when my thoughts get rolling, sometimes I get stupid.

FutureMrsFezz

Yay a miniSalt is in the works. 

mkrupar

I hate a nurse that can't find a vein. I always tell them to take it out of my left arm because that's the best location to find a vein. They always want to argue because I'm left handed and they seem to think it'll affect me for the rest of the day. I've forgotten about it by the time I've walked out of the office.

When I got my wisdom teeth out for some reason they could not find a vein to start the IV in to save their lives. It ended up going in my hand because they couldn't find anything on either arm, which was strange.

Missy, I have a friend with Fibromalagia. She was diagnosed after she had her first child. I haven't talked in depth with her about symptoms and such, but it seems pretty painful.

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[QUOTE]My mom has a great RA doctor here in town. Thing is, I think I have to be referred. So I need to go to a regular doctor first and I don't have one here yet. I guess I need to get on that. I've noticed my knees going for about a year now. I bet it's all connected. My mom is in total remission. She called me and told me she had her first attack after in her 20s after icing an entire cake. Seems to be something in that motion that gets you. I'll probably go see someone after the holidays. On one had, I pray it's not. Cause RA is completely debilitating in your older years. On the other hand, I'd love to have some meds to make the pain stop.
Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]


Don't you just love insurance and how they jack you around so much? Ours was the same way, she had to have a referral from our primary doctor, which didn't take long at all, but then it was the waiting for like 6 months to get into the specialist. She was living on Advil, which didn't do much good and some pain meds our primary doctor kept giving her until she got into the specialist.

I remember going through that with my Mom and she was in so much pain. She would just sit and cry. It was so bad I had to drive her everywhere to all of her appts and whatnot.

emilyinchile

Salt, I was not aware of MiniSalt plans! I'm so excited for you now!

louisvillebride21

YAY SALT!!!!

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You are almost gold LVB!