Has anyone been to A&E (ER) for arthritis pain?

[KayleighMeek]

Hello all,
Has anyone ever been to a&e with arthritis pain? If so what did they do? Was it worth it?
I phoned the rheumatologist 2 weeks ago and they said they would fit me in as soon as possible. Phoned today no record of phone call safe to say I was very upset. I have now left them a message, also left the GI a message and spoke to my GP who is sending a message to the rheumatologist now as she said they can't do anything without their say. I am in so much pain I stopped eating my dinner because it hurts to much to sit up tramadol and co-codamol aren't touching the pain and I'm hardly sleeping. I'm feeling very emotional and I am thinking if it's not better tomorrow I am going to go to the hospitals a&e department.
Any advice or anyone who has been through anything similar I would be really greatfull to hear from you. Thanks x

 

[David]

I'm sorry you didn't get any responses until now

How are you feeling? What did you end up doing and what happened?

*hugs*

 

[Jennifer]

I know this is late KayleighMeek and I hope you got some help. I've never gone to the ER for arthritis pain but I know the hospitals in my area pretty well so if I did they would likely do an x-ray on the area that hurts the most to make sure there's no break or fracture etc. and then probably give me a powerful pain med (possibly through an IV or a shot in the butt) and send me home with a prescription for less awesome pain medicine and tell me to see my doctor as soon as possible.

You can try ice or heat (whichever feels better for you). Keep calling the Rheumy office to get seen asap if you haven't been seen yet. Hope you're doing better now though.

 

[KayleighMeek]

Hello
Thank you for replying I am still in pain and struggling walking most days and haven't been to work now for over 2 weeks. The begining of the week seems worse for me pain wise and I am so tired because when I turn over or move in my sleep it wakes me up.
I finally saw the rheumatology dr on wednesday and I had a intramuscular steroid injections and they have added sulfasalazine to my methotrexate. So far the injection hasnt worked as well as I would like and then I have to wait and see if this other one will help the arthritis. Still dosing myself up with trmadol and co-codamol and hoping this gets better and doesn't lead to full flare of crohns as this is what happened in the past.
Thanks again

 

[Jennifer]

Only meds I've ever taken for Crohn's that helped reduce my joint pain were Entocort and Humira. Didn't notice anything from the sulfa drug but I do hope you'll start feeling better soon.

 

[KayleighMeek]

They keep asking me about humira but I have been on it before and had an allergic reaction to it I would love to be able to go back on it though when it worked it was pretty good. I seem to find after a year of being on a drug it starts to not work as well and I have now been on methotrexate for a year.

 

[ArinMelissa]

Hey Kayleigh,
Hmm... I don't have a lot of wisdom to share but I can tell you that I'm in a similar boat with arthropathy. I'm in lots of joint pain.. Feet, knee, wrists and such. I just dug up some old prednisone and popped 15 mg to see if I can get some relief from it. I'm also in the same boat that I've tried almost all drugs available and the tend to quit working after 6-12 mos. We need a Crohns cure!

 

[KayleighMeek]

Sorry you have been suffering with the horrible joint pain as well Arinmelissa. It can be so frustrating when you think something just starts working and then it starts to fade month after month. Hope you get some relief soon, I am finally getting some from the steroid injection but still in some pain the last injection I had only lasted for around 4 weeks so I will jus see how it goes.