Woohoo for Pilates… and other news!

I have just realised I haven't posted on this blog THIS YEAR! Shocking neglect! Part of the reason is that I haven't been having much in the way of RA problems - things haven't been perfect but I've felt generally much better since Christmas than I have for quite a while ... until a couple …

Paracetamol (Tylenol) has a cumulative effect – heck, why didn’t I know that?

I woke up this morning and said to hubby, 'Yay! Good news! I didn't need to take any paracetamol last night and I don't need them this morning either! Isn't that great.' He agreed it was great. (He's nice like that.) 11 am today and I was STILL feeling fine - hurrah, I thought, this …

Niggles and Grumbles

I've got grumbley hands and feet. I'm not sure that I'd use this description to the rheumatologist mind you, but it seems to fit. I'm not in agony; in fact,I'm not even in constant pain, but if I overdo it then the hands and feet ... and knee of course, how could I forget the …

‘I’m just going to rest my nose on my elbow for a minute’

If I had to come up with a list of the top ten things I never thought I'd be saying, that's got to be up there among them! I had a physio appointment yesterday for my dodgy shoulder - the one the doctor said was RA and would probably need a joint injection. Well ... …

Split personality

Well more split Penguin really - my right side is ready to take on the world this morning, but my left side just wants to go back to bed with a hot-water-bottle (or perhaps Enormous Cat on hot-water-bottle duty). This is not my usual pattern - usually I have, for instance, a bad knee and …

Just when I think I’ve got a handle on this thing …

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Don't suppose anyone missed me (sob) but if you did wonder where I'd gone, I've been quiet because I've been having MAJOR computer problems at work and major getting my City and Guilds embroidery modules done on time problems at home! Yesterday I was completely convinced I'd sussed my R.A.! I know there's …

5-HTP update – hmm, not working so well now

I don't know if the 5-HTP (which I've been taking for a while to help me sleep, as sleep (or lack of it) seems to be a probable cause for fibromyalgia) becomes less effective after a certain amount of time, but I've just recently stopped finding it very effective. My bro takes it sometimes too …

5HTP update – The Dream of the Crazy Penguin

I have been taking 5HTP for my fibromyalgia now for several weeks, and my overall verdict is that IT WORKS! My sleep pattern has improved enormously ... although Spain did cause a temporary blip! I now get to sleep far more quickly and easily than ever before, and generally if (when) I wake up in …

Bowled over by great physio service!

Not literally of course as being literally bowled over by physio would probably defeat the object really! I haven't got round to whinging about it on here yet, but from the moment I woke up on the first day of my holiday I've been going through a flare (definitely a flare rather than a fizzle …

I’m not having a good morning

Woke up at 5.30 and my iPod (normally life, or at least sanity ... or at least remains of sanity saving at this time of day) was out of charge ... because I fell asleep with it on last night! So I crept out of bed so as not to wake hubby up, thinking I …