I just wanted to rant some where, sorry lol.
I'm Laura, I'll be 23 on Thursday and I have R.A.
I've had R.A. since I was 20 and although my latest blood test showed that the humira, methotrexate and sulfasalazine have worked dramatically, I still get sore and it's pretty annoying.
I've not had a moan in months but yesterday I went to chase my little cat for biting the big cat and I hurt my ankle and today it's sore. Nothing major but it just reminds me of the extreme pain that I was once in 24/7 and it's a bit saddening to be honest.
I also have to do my injection of humira today, it's a great drug but it seems so strange that I need to inject my self every fortnight just to lead a normal life. There is so many people out there the same age as me and they just take their mobility for granted, it's pretty annoying.
It's also pretty weird that I hate my injection yet I have 18 piercings lol.
Anyways sorry for clogging up the board here just needed to rant to people that completely understand.
Hope you're all well
Take care
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any way i have a few peircing's, not as many as i had when i was your age though! but i get annoyed that when i got my lip pierced nearly a year ago it wouldn't heal. i was on mtx and i think that may of had something to do with it, but my husband got his done a few weeks after me and it healed perfectly, no swelling or anything.
as for injecting yourself, i don't at the moment because i came of the mtx due to side effects but i would much rather have a piercing than do the injection. a piercing you can show off, an injection you can't!
i also get annoyed, or maybe jealous of other people, they have no mobility problems, but they moan about a headache, hmm, if only they could have our pains for a day?!
sue
Thankfully all my piercings have been fine but if one gets infected I'll have to take it out and go to the doctor
I hate it when the nurses say "how come you have all those piercings yet you don't like injections or blood tests?"... difference between them is that a piercer numbs your skin before hand lol and piercings are shiny, injections are just sore but necessary lol
Rant away thats what we are here for.
I'm nearly your age lol i'll be 22 in a couple of weeks and have had arthritis since i was 15. I know what you mean about the injections and blood test. i inject MTX once a week and Enbrel twice a week, but if that's what it takes to keep me well i know i need to put up with it. Doesn't mean i need to like it though lol.
The percings sound wicked. I have to admit i'm a big wimp and have only ever had me ears done :oops:
If you are very sensative to having injections, there is an `anesthetic gel' available that you can get from your chemist by asking them to order it for you - it will kill the pain as when you had your piercings. xxxx
Kirsty xxxxx