Friday, July 17, 2009
24WKS and time for visitors!!!
this week i feel like i have been hit by a ton of bricks, my joints have been in so much pain i feel like i cant hold my own weight, and my knees are going to buckle which at this point i feel like its probably my lupus. along with that my blood pressure has been a little on the high side so im going to see my rheumatologist today. my mom seems to think that if im in pain then my blood pressure will be affected, we'll see what the docs say today. I am so thankful that I am going part time next week to see if my joints dont kill me as bad. I am also doing it to be the prevenative, compliant patient under my doc's care. My rheumatologist's PA recommended I watch my salt intake, drink water, and no caffeine. My dad's sister and her family are coming to visit this weekend from Oklahoma. They will be visiting some of the Doss/McNeely family, Mammoth Cave, and im sure swimming at the pool at our place! Its going to be a good week, i only work tuesday, wednesday, and thursday for4hrs each day.....bad part is i work this weekend sat and sun for 4 hrs each day im going to see my acupuncture/chiropractor doctor this afternoon before so hopefully i will find relief.....i also have a prenatal massage tomorrow :) Cant wait to see how active Dreycin will be after that. Last night Derek was able to feel Dreycin move for the 1st time, he was snuggling real close and we had both our hands over my stomach. I just couldnt wait for him to be able to feel a little bit of what i do everyday, which I enjoy so much! today he woke me up at 5:15am. he tends to get active at all times of the day, he doesnt tell time yet!!
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I hope going part time and your massage will help you feel better!
ReplyDeleteI am now dealing with Tucker's foot lodged in between my ribs and shortness of breath.
I also can't get comfortable at night and am beginning to get extremely tired again.
Darkest before the Dawn, right!??!!
Good Luck!
Well my doc gave me some relief today, told me i could take tylenol extra strength 2000 miligrams a day (1000 2x a day) or take 5miligrams of prednisone on the days that im really in pain, which he did say is causing my blood pressures to go up. he doubts at this point its my pregnancy, its just the lupus acting up. so a small amount of steroids 1-2x a week should help everything out. He couldnt stress to me more that i needed to HALT and slow down now before i over do it!
ReplyDeleteBran-im sorry about Tucker's foot in ur ribs, my mom said she used to gently massage to get me to move when that happened to her! i got one of those body pillow things but it ended up being a hassle and now im using like 5pillows to get comfortable, our hips defn take a beating when trying to sleep on our sides! but ur probably right it gets worse before better. then we have to learn the juggling act of being a mom and remembering to eat and shower + take care of baby!