joint/muscle pain advice please?
Hello all, I've been away for ages for lots of reasons, but I'd be ever so grateful for your advice.
I have RA as well as chrohns. Not a great combination, but not that unusual from what I understand.
I'm really, really struggling to get the joint pain under control - the gut issues aren't great, but I can deal with them iykwim? As long as I take my entocort etc, I need to dive to the loo as soon as I wake up (quite often that's WHY I wake up), and then I need to 'go' a few more times, but that's it. It's not that urgent apart from first thing, but the pain elsewhere is driving me bats.
I can't take anti-inflammatories - they work short term, but then aggravate my CD, which in turn increases joint pain...you get the picture. I'm OK with a dose or two occasionally, but I really can't rely on them.
I'm at the point where I feel a bit desperate. My shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees are incredibly painful - codeine takes the edge off (and it slows my gut down), but doesn't really deal with it. I've spent much of today in tears, which isn't like me.
I'm exhausted - trying to be 'normal' all the time is just taking it out of me, but I don't know what else to do?
Any ideas for pain relief from those of you in the same position? All thoughts gratefully received!
Hello all, I've been away for ages for lots of reasons, but I'd be ever so grateful for your advice.
I have RA as well as chrohns. Not a great combination, but not that unusual from what I understand.
I'm really, really struggling to get the joint pain under control - the gut issues aren't great, but I can deal with them iykwim? As long as I take my entocort etc, I need to dive to the loo as soon as I wake up (quite often that's WHY I wake up), and then I need to 'go' a few more times, but that's it. It's not that urgent apart from first thing, but the pain elsewhere is driving me bats.
I can't take anti-inflammatories - they work short term, but then aggravate my CD, which in turn increases joint pain...you get the picture. I'm OK with a dose or two occasionally, but I really can't rely on them.
I'm at the point where I feel a bit desperate. My shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees are incredibly painful - codeine takes the edge off (and it slows my gut down), but doesn't really deal with it. I've spent much of today in tears, which isn't like me.
I'm exhausted - trying to be 'normal' all the time is just taking it out of me, but I don't know what else to do?
Any ideas for pain relief from those of you in the same position? All thoughts gratefully received!