A Young Wife’s Tale

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Some of the simplest remedies that help him are things like over the counter heat patches, heating pads, and hot baths with epsom salts. Another thing that has helped David is chiropractic care.

I’ve blogged before about the Back 2 Life Machine. It was very helpful when he was flaring so badly the muscles in his back would spasm. You could actually see the muscles in his lower back twitching. The Back 2 Life Machine helped stretch David’s lower back very gently.

At different times David’s rheumatologists have given him injections in his back of things like methotrexate and cortisone. They typically only offered mild relief.
Doctors have prescribed many different medications to help David with his pain. Some of the medications that have given David significant relief are hydrocodone, Lyrica, Flexeril and Cymbalta. There was only one time when David asked a doctor for pain medication, and the doctor didn’t want to (but he’s the horrible rheumatologist who didn’t think David had Psoriatic Arthritis). I convinced him to give David the medicine, and we found a new rheumy ASAP.

When my husband and I were engaged, my mother told me, “I don’t care whether or not you go for pre-marital counseling. Nothing can prepare you for marriage.” She was right, but not even my mother knew the challenges my husband and I would face in our marriage.

On July 8, we celebrated five years of marriage. Those five years have been dominated by health problems. It started off with my health. I had severe TMJ Disorder and a knee injury. Then in our second year of marriage, my husband, David, was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis. Although he was being treated, he continued to get worse until our third year of marriage when he began experiencing flares that left him bedridden for days at a time.

One of the things you should know about me and my family is that we eat a LOT of fiber. As in, we have to be careful not to consume too much.

Brother #3 was up late recently. He didn’t want to wake anyone else up as he made a midnight snack, so he helped himself to a bowl of cereal without turning on the lights to find out what kind of cereal he was munching on. The cereal was so good that he ate another bowl. Keep in mind Brother #3 eats broccoli every single day. The next morning he woke up with a stomach ache and spent more time in the bathroom at work than his co-worker with a UTI!

Yes, Brother #3 had two huge bowls of Fiber One Cereal. It really does taste that good! My favorite is the Honey Clusters, and I like to sprinkle the Original Bran Cereal over my yogurt like granola. Fiber One’s Raisin Bran Clusters are yummy, too! Just be careful not to eat too much.

I’m sorry I haven’t been blogging much lately. Things are going really well. And when things are going really well, there isn’t much for me to blog about.

David’s Psoriatic Arthritis is still in remission. He still has pain every day, but he’s able to do quite a bit. For instance, this weekend Bro #3 graduated from high school. We celebrated Friday and Saturday with family and attended the actual graduation ceremony. Sunday morning, David was still able to attend church services!