Question:
Hi all, I’ve been feeling pretty good that last couple of months. Had a good x-mas, gained back 10 lbs of the weight I lost and have been eating like a piglet. I started the zestril, but not the plaquinal yet (as per my last rheumy appointment). I want to get my eyes checked before I start the plaquinal (also, I’m procrastinating, as I been feeling so good). I had my "maintenance" dose of cytoxan about 11 days ago, and came down with a horrible cold over the last couple of days. Coughed to hard I pulled the muscles between my shoulders. I can’t breath and I’m way stuffed up. The doc told me to stay home and call her if I’m not feeling better by tomorrow. It almost makes me feel relieved to be sick! I know its weird, but if I get a "normal" virus (cold or flu) I feel as if my immune system is being normal. At my worst with the lupus I never got the "normal" stuff, I just felt sick and tired all the time. The kids would be sick with something and I’d be there taking care of them, in their face so to speak, but never get the illness. Before I was diagnosed with RA and later, lupus, I always caught every little bug that came along. Do others experience this? Take care, Susan
Response:
Hi Susan, nice to hear from you again. We’ve had a few folks come out from the woodwork with the roll call. Sorry to hear you are sick. It seems I never catch a cold but I do get sick once in a while and every ten years or so I get a real good stuffy head but now the doctor seems to think it is allergy not cold related. Pulling a muscle in your back from coughing is bad – I’ve done it in my tummy a few million times and ripped a few adhesions- that was real comfortable. 
So sorry you feel terrible but it is nice to hear from you. Bev "FBIWoman" <susan…@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:16c02718.0201241738.13d2f3e0@posting.google.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi all, > I’ve been feeling pretty good that last couple of months. Had a good x-mas, > gained back 10 lbs of the weight I lost and have been eating like a piglet. > I started the zestril, but not the plaquinal yet (as per my last rheumy > appointment). I want to get my eyes checked before I start the plaquinal > (also, I’m procrastinating, as I been feeling so good). > I had my "maintenance" dose of cytoxan about 11 days ago, and came down with > a horrible cold over the last couple of days. Coughed to hard I pulled the > muscles between my shoulders. I can’t breath and I’m way stuffed up. The > doc told me to stay home and call her if I’m not feeling better by tomorrow. > It almost makes me feel relieved to be sick! I know its weird, but if I get > a "normal" virus (cold or flu) I feel as if my immune system is being > normal. At my worst with the lupus I never got the "normal" stuff, I just > felt sick and tired all the time. The kids would be sick with something and > I’d be there taking care of them, in their face so to speak, but never get > the illness. Before I was diagnosed with RA and later, lupus, I always > caught every little bug that came along. Do others experience this? > Take care, > Susan
Response:
Hi Susan, Nice to see you post again. Sorry you are having some problems, but hopefully they will get straightened out. janers
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