Comments on: Knee flare http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/knee-flare/ This is a blog about me, my recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and my struggles to stay positive about it! Tue, 21 May 2013 20:08:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/knee-flare/#comment-1865 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:35:01 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=1132#comment-1865 Thanks Andrew and Sarah – LOL re ‘chills’ out – I think it is chilling out gradually! And Sarah, I find a pillow a bit too much of a raise but I did spend one night with a rolled towel under the knee. I seem to have spent most of my holiday in a reclining chair but I have managed to sleep in bed … although I have slept in a chair in the past when things were really rotten!

]]> By: Andrew http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/knee-flare/#comment-1859 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:53:25 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=1132#comment-1859 Merry Christmas and Boxing Day. Sorry about your knee flare and I hope it “chills” out for you.

]]> By: SM http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/knee-flare/#comment-1856 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:11:29 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=1132#comment-1856 Sorry to hear you have felt so rotten over the holidays, poor you. Flare ups are evil and certainly here to test our patience. I hope things improove for you before 2013 begins. I know each person is completely different but if I could manage it, I found sleeping with a pillow under the affected leg helped or sleeping in a reclining chair. Sending you lots of get well wishes

]]> By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/knee-flare/#comment-1852 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:07:33 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=1132#comment-1852 Thanks Wren and Squirrel – nice to see the small animals sticking together! :-) I certainly didn’t consciously hope I wouldn’t need the packs, ’cause I really didn’t give them a thought at all, but maybe my subconscious was saying ‘Oh no … not again … surely we can manage without …’ Or maybe, going with Wren’s theory, it was just too busy saying ‘Ouch!’

]]> By: Squirrel http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/knee-flare/#comment-1850 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:48:22 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=1132#comment-1850 Oh dear! Not a great boxing day present at all! I reckon you didn’t ‘forget’, you just hoped it wouldn’t need these measures. Especially if you havent needed them for a while, kinda depressing to get the pack ‘o peas out again. Hope it passes quickly!

]]> By: Wren http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/knee-flare/#comment-1849 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:13:18 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=1132#comment-1849 Poor Penguin! I’m so sorry about your persnickety knee! You’re not even a little stooopid, you know; I’ve also forgotten to take basic steps for pain relief during flares, and I believe that we ALL do it now and then. It’s so much easier to remember when you’re the person making the suggestion rather than the person whose mind is scrambled by pain.

I hope by now that knee flare has taken a powder. Sending hugs and warm wishes your way. ;)

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