Hi Jerri,
Is your arthritis RA?
Yours, Luce
Jerri
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Jerri,
Did you mean to say osteoarthritis?
In terms of my own arthritis, the bad form went away when the antigens were removed along with the other symptoms, but I did have the typical pattern for RA in terms of where the stiffness and swelling were before that -- hands sometimes and feet other times, etc.
The podiatrist told me that I had arthritis after x-rays , but didn't say what form, and I forgot to ask. I wasn't there for those symptoms, he just observed.
Some other docs have mentioned fluid build-up in the past, after looking at an x-ray, but never specifically said anything about RA. That would be a little difficult to do because I never sought out a doctor specifically for those symptoms, they were just incidental to some other unrelated problem that required X-rays or a office visit. I mostly just went to the doctor for routine things -- well woman visits, etc., unless a surgical problem popped up, but for some reason, just didn't ever get around to seeing anyone for the multitude of autoimmune symptoms I had over the years. the GI found it on a "routine cancer screening" colonoscopy that I had several years after I was the right age to get my first one.
What kinds of things seem to make your arthritis worse?
My hips used to kill me, particularly when I was lying on a regular bed -- would wake me up to turn over during the night, even if I'd been lucky enough to finally be able to go to sleep. That went on for years and years.
The company that makes the wonderful air mattresses like they sell alot of places, at one time made a thin version in what they called a "topper" air mattress. Before my inflammation went away, that made all the difference in the world, just having that inch or two of loft on that air. It didn't give up the ghost until I'd removed my antigen foods, and after that, I could tolerate the regular mattress just fine -- no more hip discomfort. Good thing because that company quit making that particular product right after that.
I had one of their 24 inches tall versions in a box in anticipation of when we'd have to get my mother a hospital bed, so once that eventually became necessary (for me to be able to sleep next to her), I slept on that mattress for almost 3 years straight with no problems with it.
A couple of nights ago, however, I went to get into bed, and noticed that their was a long skinny thing under the sheets. Looked like some alien had taken over my bed! Turns out one of the longitudinal seams had come loose making two of the little bladder units become one, and pouch up the length of the bed to one side. For the last couple of nights, I've had to sleep with this tall, skinny alien, but tomorrow, I hope to be able to set the new one I just got out in the sun to help the toxins and bad smell release from the plastic stuff it's made from, and be able to bring it into the house to sleep on tonight.
I just love these things, and this one should be even better as they've improved them by making the bladder things not run longitudinally.
Since I have very little room over here in my sister's spare bedroom where Mom and I sleep, it's nice to be able to either stand the bed up against the wall to create a little work area or clean, etc. I think my mattress, pre-hernia, is better than any other mattress I've slept on for comfort, at least for me.
I got mine at Bed, Bath and Beyond with a coupon for 20% off. When you figure what regular mattresses cost these days, it's really worth the price, particularly since I used it every day for about three years. I like the 24 inch one since it looks like a regular bed. I think there's actually a skirt made for this one inside the box, so the blue plastic material doesn't even have to show with that once it's made up.
By the way, I've always associated RA with distal joint problems in addition to disfigurement of the fingers, etc. Is that your understanding of the RA pattern? I was thinking that osteoarthritis had a different pattern of distribution???
By the way, I have osteoporosis as well as a number of others on this board.
Do you have that also?
Yours, Luce
Did you mean to say osteoarthritis?
In terms of my own arthritis, the bad form went away when the antigens were removed along with the other symptoms, but I did have the typical pattern for RA in terms of where the stiffness and swelling were before that -- hands sometimes and feet other times, etc.
The podiatrist told me that I had arthritis after x-rays , but didn't say what form, and I forgot to ask. I wasn't there for those symptoms, he just observed.
Some other docs have mentioned fluid build-up in the past, after looking at an x-ray, but never specifically said anything about RA. That would be a little difficult to do because I never sought out a doctor specifically for those symptoms, they were just incidental to some other unrelated problem that required X-rays or a office visit. I mostly just went to the doctor for routine things -- well woman visits, etc., unless a surgical problem popped up, but for some reason, just didn't ever get around to seeing anyone for the multitude of autoimmune symptoms I had over the years. the GI found it on a "routine cancer screening" colonoscopy that I had several years after I was the right age to get my first one.
What kinds of things seem to make your arthritis worse?
My hips used to kill me, particularly when I was lying on a regular bed -- would wake me up to turn over during the night, even if I'd been lucky enough to finally be able to go to sleep. That went on for years and years.
The company that makes the wonderful air mattresses like they sell alot of places, at one time made a thin version in what they called a "topper" air mattress. Before my inflammation went away, that made all the difference in the world, just having that inch or two of loft on that air. It didn't give up the ghost until I'd removed my antigen foods, and after that, I could tolerate the regular mattress just fine -- no more hip discomfort. Good thing because that company quit making that particular product right after that.
I had one of their 24 inches tall versions in a box in anticipation of when we'd have to get my mother a hospital bed, so once that eventually became necessary (for me to be able to sleep next to her), I slept on that mattress for almost 3 years straight with no problems with it.
A couple of nights ago, however, I went to get into bed, and noticed that their was a long skinny thing under the sheets. Looked like some alien had taken over my bed! Turns out one of the longitudinal seams had come loose making two of the little bladder units become one, and pouch up the length of the bed to one side. For the last couple of nights, I've had to sleep with this tall, skinny alien, but tomorrow, I hope to be able to set the new one I just got out in the sun to help the toxins and bad smell release from the plastic stuff it's made from, and be able to bring it into the house to sleep on tonight.
I just love these things, and this one should be even better as they've improved them by making the bladder things not run longitudinally.
Since I have very little room over here in my sister's spare bedroom where Mom and I sleep, it's nice to be able to either stand the bed up against the wall to create a little work area or clean, etc. I think my mattress, pre-hernia, is better than any other mattress I've slept on for comfort, at least for me.
I got mine at Bed, Bath and Beyond with a coupon for 20% off. When you figure what regular mattresses cost these days, it's really worth the price, particularly since I used it every day for about three years. I like the 24 inch one since it looks like a regular bed. I think there's actually a skirt made for this one inside the box, so the blue plastic material doesn't even have to show with that once it's made up.
By the way, I've always associated RA with distal joint problems in addition to disfigurement of the fingers, etc. Is that your understanding of the RA pattern? I was thinking that osteoarthritis had a different pattern of distribution???
By the way, I have osteoporosis as well as a number of others on this board.
Do you have that also?
Yours, Luce