Tuesday, July 17, 2007
It has been a long time since I wrote an RA ramble, so here is the update. I had strep throat that resulted in a trip to the emergency room. I had been running a fever for a couple of days and it was getting higher and higher. When I called the doctor, my fever was 102. My doctor ordered me to the emergency room. Fever means infection and with my suppressed immune system, an infection can become life threatening. I felt foolish going to the emergency room, but there I was.
It has taken 2 weeks for my throat to heal but now I have this lingering cough. The short of all of this, is I have not had any of my RA meds for 3 weeks. I have been expecting the inflammation to come roaring back and all the progress I had made to be undone. To my great surprise, I feel pretty good – outside of the strep throat stuff. There is some swelling in my joints but it is not terrible, but it is time to start my meds again. It was fun while it lasted.
ElaineH.
It has taken 2 weeks for my throat to heal but now I have this lingering cough. The short of all of this, is I have not had any of my RA meds for 3 weeks. I have been expecting the inflammation to come roaring back and all the progress I had made to be undone. To my great surprise, I feel pretty good – outside of the strep throat stuff. There is some swelling in my joints but it is not terrible, but it is time to start my meds again. It was fun while it lasted.
ElaineH.
