Rheumatoid Arthritis

Thankfully we have moved on from the wonderful stomach bug. That was no fun. I also got a letter in the mail from the old Rheumatologist who informed me I was very anemic and my vitamin D is low. No wonder I was feel so horrid. He wanted to come in for an appointment right away, but he doesn’t know I’m waiting for the new doctor appointment in February. So I started to take Iron, Vitamin D3, and Vitamin C. I feel better so I think things are getting better. So far the colder weather hasn’t bothered me too much. However I’m finding shopping to be increasingly painful as my feet hurt after about 20 minutes of walking. I also had fun with my muscles in my legs just aching. That’s something new I haven’t had before. I’ve been trying to stretch and rub my legs at night. Sort of hoping whatever the issue is it will fix itself. All of these wonder issues with many hiding from view. You can’t see when my feet hurt or the pain in legs unless I hobble a little. I’ve gotten pretty at corre...

Well my insurance company at work it trying to help make everyone healthier by offering step pedometers. They would like us to walk 10,000 steps a day. Sorry not possible here but I am trying to do more.  My step pedometer does say I walk 3000 steps on an average work day where I don't do too much. But 10,000 steps, it would be nice to do that much walking but since I don't know what is causing the odd flare ups, I'll just have to play it one day at a time. I love to go hiking, shopping, and spending time at Dollywood and Dollywood Splash Country, so I'm sure on those days I do that many steps, but I'm often left sore for the next few days. Today I have had even more fun with odd strong pain through my left knee. The oddest part is that it hurts for no reason. I was woke up this morning at 2 am with very horrible pain, yet I walked OK to my bathroom. The pain in strong and it comes and goes. It not just an ouch, it brings tears to my eyes and leaves me praying f...