Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Well now, wasn't that special. Had a third appt with the rheumatologist this morning. And so still nothing. Right now the doc is looking at "Undifferentiated Inflammatory Arthropathy" meaning that it is somewhere between rheumatoid arthritis and spondylitis, or something else, or neither of them. The spondylitis gene marker HLA-B27 is negative. He thinks I should see the neurologist again for the neuropathies, especially the burning in the sole of the feet. He gave me prescripts for Plaquenil for the inflammations, Vit D to get that continuing on the rise, Prednisone until the Plaquenil kicks in, and a sleep aid specific for the inflammations. Another blood draw in nine weeks, and another visit in three months. And so on. I'm nearly reaching the end of frustration, not only with the continued not knowing, but especially in the rising out-of-pocket accumulation at St. A's. I feel like I have three personalities in me -- Dad who would just deal with it; Mom who would cling to Faith; and Kevin who just wants to fetal position up and bawl...