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Lovin' the sun; hatin' the pain

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Morning peeps 😎

Hope this finds you as happy and as well as can be🙂

I'm currently shielding, but being paid from school - can't complain.

I have a major problem with moving around- have done for some weeks now. I was off my meds: Cimzia, metaject and sulfasalazine are my main ones, for about 3 months due to lung problems and have been back on them for about 2 months or so. I took prednisolone for 3 months or so to tide me over but stopped around 3 weeks ago - tapering off as advised. I take etoricoxib and paracetamol now but it doesn't seem to touch the pain and swelling. My wrists and fingers aren't great either. Any advise?

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So sorry to hear this. In terms of your pain relief could you have a chat with your GP or rheumy team about other options? My GP deals with my pain meds and my rheumy team deal with my RA meds but know it is different for us all.

If you haven’t already done so I would get back in touch with your rheumy team and let them know how you are feeling at the moment and hopefully they can come up with a plan of action.

Thinking of you and sending gentle virtual hugs. x

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Sorry to hear you are suffering. As you know, it does take three months to re-establish disease control with DMARD drugs.

Pain should be helped meantime; I hope you get some form of appropriate relief soon. Good luck!

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Thank you for your kind thoughts. I think I'm probably taking as much pain relief as I can atm, without going back on prednisolone. I've got a blood test Monday before my 10th June phone consultation with my rheumatologist. Being honest, I'm a bit reticent about going to my gp for blood test as haven't left home for 3 months! It will show any inflammation markers I suppose, so that I might have a reference for any altered meds.

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