Pain tracking post
Sep. 22nd, 2015 04:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysobelGot some prednisone (such fun stuff, yummy too) for the hip flare-up. Someone suggested that I should pay attention to the current areas of chronic pain (especially hands, but also spine and knees) to see how they react to hard-core anti-inflammatory.
Just (ish) took first dose, but baseline summary: spine and hands have been averaging 4, finger joints crackly esp left hand. Knees around 3 but worse under pressure (sitting upright w/ foot on footplate). Hip 7, does *not* like sitting upright (so I end up super slanted left or tilted back.
Will (hopefully remember to) update this entry over the next week. Temporarily stickying.
Wednesday so far: woke up totally relaxed. Some spine issues overnight, spine maybe 1, fingers crackly but don't hurt. Not out of bed yet though.
Rest of weds: hip cranky but only mostly 5. Back needed cracking but minimal pain. Hands seem less crackly. (Mood swings extant but tolerable. Started antibiotic for now-symptomatic UTI.)
Thurs: pretty much same so far
Fri: pain pretty damn low. Hip uncomfortable but less so than it has been, didn't pay attention to hands or spine. Side effects are crappy (sweating grossness probably the prednisone, manic-babbly/crankypantsness mood swings probably same, peeing a lot may be both, concentration shot to hell, no idea which med is causing the feeling like I'm in a mild but perpetual adrenaline rush) but manageable.
Sat: hip more uncomfortable, maybe spiking to dull 3 on pain scale. Side effects of meds persist. Suspect antibiotic for the adrenaline rush feeling, since it seems to increase after I take a dose (4x/day vs prednisone 1x/day). Neck kept feeling temperaturely wrong but I couldn't tell if too hot or too cold.
Sun: about the same. Totally overdid energy wise, crashed hard in the evening after running out of prednisone fuel. Fingers back to being crackly.
Mon: back at low end of 2, hip same as Saturday. Side effects still crap. Moody and miserable and fidgety.
Tues: hip to 4, but interesting note: knees do not hurt despite being "overstretched" overnight - no crankiness or stiffness or pain even on first getting out of bed
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Fri 10/2 - hip to dull 5 but not really flare-up-ish any more, just "sitting on bone". Side effects still present but milder. Spine to 3, hands 2, knees 0-1
-- Final update
Post prednisone summary: hip not in flare up but almost definitely new bone (outside of hip) and cranky therefor. Knees have gone back to crankiness, spine ditto
Just (ish) took first dose, but baseline summary: spine and hands have been averaging 4, finger joints crackly esp left hand. Knees around 3 but worse under pressure (sitting upright w/ foot on footplate). Hip 7, does *not* like sitting upright (so I end up super slanted left or tilted back.
Will (hopefully remember to) update this entry over the next week. Temporarily stickying.
Wednesday so far: woke up totally relaxed. Some spine issues overnight, spine maybe 1, fingers crackly but don't hurt. Not out of bed yet though.
Rest of weds: hip cranky but only mostly 5. Back needed cracking but minimal pain. Hands seem less crackly. (Mood swings extant but tolerable. Started antibiotic for now-symptomatic UTI.)
Thurs: pretty much same so far
Fri: pain pretty damn low. Hip uncomfortable but less so than it has been, didn't pay attention to hands or spine. Side effects are crappy (sweating grossness probably the prednisone, manic-babbly/crankypantsness mood swings probably same, peeing a lot may be both, concentration shot to hell, no idea which med is causing the feeling like I'm in a mild but perpetual adrenaline rush) but manageable.
Sat: hip more uncomfortable, maybe spiking to dull 3 on pain scale. Side effects of meds persist. Suspect antibiotic for the adrenaline rush feeling, since it seems to increase after I take a dose (4x/day vs prednisone 1x/day). Neck kept feeling temperaturely wrong but I couldn't tell if too hot or too cold.
Sun: about the same. Totally overdid energy wise, crashed hard in the evening after running out of prednisone fuel. Fingers back to being crackly.
Mon: back at low end of 2, hip same as Saturday. Side effects still crap. Moody and miserable and fidgety.
Tues: hip to 4, but interesting note: knees do not hurt despite being "overstretched" overnight - no crankiness or stiffness or pain even on first getting out of bed
...
Fri 10/2 - hip to dull 5 but not really flare-up-ish any more, just "sitting on bone". Side effects still present but milder. Spine to 3, hands 2, knees 0-1
-- Final update
Post prednisone summary: hip not in flare up but almost definitely new bone (outside of hip) and cranky therefor. Knees have gone back to crankiness, spine ditto
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Date: 2015-09-24 09:33 pm (UTC)My sympathies.