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Anklyosing Spondylitis sucks. I was a couple of (2) days late in taking my weekly Enbrel, and that was enough to let the beast off of the leash. Three days after I had taken my next Enbrel dose, I started to feel a little uncomfortable in my right knee. The next day was worse, and last night / today my right knee was swollen up to about twice its size.
Nancy gave me some darvocet, which helped the pain a lot, but it was still uncomfortable sleeping on the couch. This morning, I got up off the couch to let the dogs out, started feeling nauseous, sat on the chair next to the door, then woke up a moment or two later feeling very relaxed, face down on the floor.
Nancy wasn't awake, though, so I just chilled there for twenty minutes or so, then scooted on my butt to the couch, and waited. Nancy came down and told me to call my rheumatologist, which was really good advice, as I forget that you can call them outside office hours. Wound up calling through the Medical Exchange, got the rheumatologist on call for my rheumy, and got sent to the ER.
Where they pulled 60mL of fluid out of the knee, and sent us home, after some long delays. I got more pain medication during the process, which was nice, as I was able to sleep for a few hours before and after, while Nancy had to take care of Kate.
They didn't give me a steroid injection in the knee, though, so my knee is probably still subject to effusion until I can get into see my rheumatologist and get something non-mechanical done about the knee.
This evening, I'm feeling dopey on hydrocodone, Kate is calmly watching lots of baby einstein / elmo, and Nancy is trying to catch sleep as she can.
I'm hoping one bottle in Kate and she can fall asleep in bed, and Nancy can totally slack.. when not playing Dragon's Age : Origins.
Nancy gave me some darvocet, which helped the pain a lot, but it was still uncomfortable sleeping on the couch. This morning, I got up off the couch to let the dogs out, started feeling nauseous, sat on the chair next to the door, then woke up a moment or two later feeling very relaxed, face down on the floor.
Nancy wasn't awake, though, so I just chilled there for twenty minutes or so, then scooted on my butt to the couch, and waited. Nancy came down and told me to call my rheumatologist, which was really good advice, as I forget that you can call them outside office hours. Wound up calling through the Medical Exchange, got the rheumatologist on call for my rheumy, and got sent to the ER.
Where they pulled 60mL of fluid out of the knee, and sent us home, after some long delays. I got more pain medication during the process, which was nice, as I was able to sleep for a few hours before and after, while Nancy had to take care of Kate.
They didn't give me a steroid injection in the knee, though, so my knee is probably still subject to effusion until I can get into see my rheumatologist and get something non-mechanical done about the knee.
This evening, I'm feeling dopey on hydrocodone, Kate is calmly watching lots of baby einstein / elmo, and Nancy is trying to catch sleep as she can.
I'm hoping one bottle in Kate and she can fall asleep in bed, and Nancy can totally slack.. when not playing Dragon's Age : Origins.