Comments on: Sick, sick, sick …

By: SynovialSensation

SynovialSensation — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:57:34 +0000

oh dear. (hides the pizza). i’m big on sympathy but out of suggestions i’m afraid xfx

By: Prexus Swyftwynd

Prexus Swyftwynd — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:00:30 +0000

I guess you really need one of those pill-sorters My friend just told me she went through a period (lol, pardon the pun) of 4 months without getting hers and she got all worried and stuff… so now I’m starting to wonder whether women DO want their periods or not, lol. What a pain eh? On one hand, you want to have it regularly (unless you’re trying to get pregnant) but on the other hand, when you don’t get it, you wonder if you’re pregnant or something is wrong. Oh the fun of it all!

Sorry for sounding uneducated, but I take it that RA doesn’t directly affect menstruation/menstrual cycle or does it? My ex used to complain about how often she’d have to go to the washroom during her period to change, etc. and that was only for 4-5 days… how do you deal with it for a month? You spend more time IN the washroom than OUT, eek! Where I live, we have a 1-bag trash limit so I could only imagine how hard it’d be to stay within that limit if a girl was menstruating for a month continuously! PHEW.

By: pollyannapenguin

pollyannapenguin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:47:19 +0000

LOL! I like the attitude but when a woman’s time of the month lasts all month and when she’s not a small woman in the first place, the whole ‘go spoil yourself’ thing may not work quite so well. As to medication, I’m on reams of the stuff for the rheumatoid arthritis, so in one sense a bit more doesn’t worry me, and in another I’m thinking ‘aaaaaaargh – MORE!’

By: Prexus Swyftwynd

Prexus Swyftwynd — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:42:05 +0000

How exactly do you deal with a non-stop period… O_o I can only imagine how much money you spend to keep “protected”! I definitely think it is a good idea to get off medication for it, those things have so many side-effects it is scary! I’ve always been against anything that messes with natural body functions (although I guess non-stop menses isn’t quite “natural” – but menstruation itself is) because that’s just asking for trouble.

Go for it and spoil yourself! Chocolate, ice cream, whatever makes you happy! Sometimes a woman’s time of the month is the opportunity for her to pamper herself and take advantage of it

Hope you’ll feel better and we all await to hear the good news when things are settled again!

By: pollyannapenguin

pollyannapenguin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:45:12 +0000

Hmm, you know, you might have a point … sooooo, if I go and have a biiiiiiiiig glass of milk, that should settle the acid down if that’s what it is, and then I should feel better. Well, any excuse for more foooooooooooood (or drink) so I’m off now to give it a try! ;o) Thanks for the thought. Good point re acid reducers that interfer with RA – I’ve run into that before, but hopefully a big glass of milk will be relatively harmless, and not due to take my MTX until Monday.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:41:45 +0000

Perhaps it does cause just puuurrrrre hunger. I haven’t had to try to go on hormone pills – yet. But one thing it made me think of is acid reflux. Not because you felt acid going up your throat or chest pain or the typical feelings, but because of the gnawing pain in your stomach. I first experienced that in the early nineties, and it made me think that I was hungry, even though I’d just eaten not twenty minutes before. And if I ate again, gee, I felt better. For about twently minutes or so. If I’d only known to try some kind of acid reducer back then, it might have kept me from putting on a few pounds! Perhaps if you need to try some hormones again, you might consider using an H2 Blocker. Just need to stay away from acid reducers than can interfere with your RA or other medications and watch the timing of when you take it in regards to absorption of other meds.

By: pollyannapenguin

pollyannapenguin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:01:51 +0000

Sympathy much appreciated – and I hope you’re feeling better too!!

Weeeell, this may be wishful thinking but I’m hoping that now the period’s stopped, if I come off the tablets it MIGHT not start again … we shall have to wait and see. I’m coming off the tabs as from now. I seriously can’t go through a whole weekend like this. Shut in the office (apart from lunchtime) is one thing – never ending access to the store cupboard at home is quite something else! ;o)

By: Wren

Wren — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:52:34 +0000

What a conundrum! Never-ending menses and the mess they cause or never-ending hunger pangs — and the unpleasant thrift-store shopping THOSE cause. Have you tried a plant-based estrogen? I’ve some friends who’ve tried creams with that in, purchased at health-food stores for a painful price, but they did seem to help some with menopause symptoms. Another possibliity is grape-seed extract (capsules, and not quite as expensive). I take those. And my doc revealed the deep, dark secret that coffee (cue the dramatic music) can also make hot flashes far worse. I was a deeply addicted coffee fiend; I cut back from three POTS a day to four cups a day, and those are made with half real coffee and half decaf. I did it slowly so as to avoid the nasty withdrawal headaches, but you know what? It worked. I have only a few “flushes” a day (or night) now, compared to feeling like I was on my own personal tropical holiday, day in and day out.

Best of luck with this, m’dear. What a royal pain in the arse. Feel better.

By: pollyannapenguin

pollyannapenguin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:04:17 +0000

I guess you’re right … but past experience (and probably my current hormonally based reactions) makes me think taking anything hormonal is just a nightmare for me … As this is my ‘year of being bothered’ I suppose I should be bothered to go back to the GP on Tuesday! (I’d go Monday but you can’t get through the door on a Monday morning!)

By: WarmSocks

WarmSocks — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:55:52 +0000

I guess I was thinking that there are other hormones. One's not working for you, but there might be a different one that would help without making you so hungry.