I have an appointment with my rheumy on Monday...
it is the first time I have seen him, since going to a private GP to get a diagnosis of Polymialgia (he insisted it wasn't PMR, but was Fibro and Arthritis).. I was crippled with pain in shoulders and arms, (for well over a year and a half) and unable to get dressed, so in desperation paid to see a private doc.. who gave me Pred, and confirmed Poly...
However, after a month of steroids I contracted Avascular Necrosis of the hip... and, although, the Poly is under control now, I am in unbelievable agony in my hip, and can barely walk... if I want to get into my car, I have to drag my leg towards the door and fling the leg in, closely followed by the rest of my body...
I still need to see the rheumatologist, for the methotrexate, which, I think is helping a little... BUT, I am dreading meeting him, as I am pretty sure he is going to be very smug, about the fact that he had refused to put me on Pred, and it is the steroids which have more or less ruined my life at the moment...
not sure how to approach this meeting...