17
Apr
The Verdict has Arrived – Rheumatoid Arthritis
Anyone who has any kind of arthritis knows it is not much fun. I think I am having a rocket to the stars upward bound of worsening condition at the moment … yesterday … I felt like I had rolls of sausages with teeny tiny razor blades lodged all over in my chest, ribs and back .. yes it hurt to breathe … still does but not as much today 
… the doctor gave me really scary drugs for short term usage to help reduce the inflammation – some kind of steroids – those kill people much quicker … [I quit smoking to take drugs that will kill me quickly? ... hmmm]
… and there are more to come in the near future .. there is no cure … there is just trying to aggressively beat it into remission or stop it from getting worse … the plan is first to take a very strong vitamin [folic acid] to prepare for taking the first dose of medicine on Saturday nite [methotrexate] … I get to take 6 of those at a time on Saturday nite … every Saturday nite … I remember when Sat nite was date nite all those years ago when I was young … now I have a date with a cancer drug that is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis on Saturday nites. Good thing I have a bunch of hair so some of it falling out faster might be a real blessing! My hair is incredibly thick for being such fine strand stuff – it looks all wispy and thin but thin it is not … though maybe it is going to get that way?
I go back to the Rheumatologist doctor in a month … then we will add another drug … not for sure which one .. we’ll see when it gets in the Walgreens bag to come home with me to join the pill bottle parade.
I think I would rather have a pillbox hat collection 
