KatT's Journal

[KatT]

Well!  I have to try and laugh about it.....it's better than crying   

Prednisone is starting to kick in....still have minor pain, still need to sleep in sitting position.  Tried to cut back on pain med last night (one pill instead of two).....was not a good idea so back to two tonight!

As for trying to catch it earlier, as my rheumatologist said, they can't prescribe prednisone in case as when it happens, they don't know what is causing it.  Could be a heart attack, liver, pancreas, muscular etc

A CT scan is absolutely required which means a trip to the hospital.  But when it starts, I don't necessarily want to go to the hospital as it could be muscular for example....so I wait.....and wait....and endure.....hoping it will go away lol

Soooooo next week when I see my GP, I will try to get an action plan in place for the future

I.e  when I am at level 5 (on 10) pain wise, go see her for a chest Xray first?

My main issue is I have a tendency to endure, even skip pain meds unless my pain is level 10....I need to work on that, stop enduring (to a certain degree).

Thank you all for your support