JBN3
03-25-2003, 07:11 AM
Hey there! New to the board. Found some great info from the site and forums here.
Little history: Now 30, had P in my scalp when I was 10-15 years old or so. Went away for years until I got some "warts" burnt off of my elbows about 8-10 years ago, well that was a bad idea and I suspect it was P all along and the burning made it come back full force. Mainly on elbows, knees, and lower legs. I would consider the P mild to moderate. I can handle that and have had decent success keeping it under control with Dovonex ointment.
For the last 2-3 years I have had on and off foot and ankle, lower back, and knee problems. I had weighed close to 300 lbs when I got out of school and attributed it to the weight and the exercise (jumping rope) to lose the weight, now around 240-250lbs. Went to a chiropractor and that helped the back pain. The ankle/foot pain had also been moderate to severe but went away in a day or two. I thought it was a pair of shoes or an activity that made the pain flare up, I have been trying to pinpoint the cause, constantly analyzing everything I was doing before a flare up.
Since the first of this year (2003) it has been a more constant pain in my right ankle/foot. I went to the doctor (GP) and he thought it was possibly gout (which I have a family history of gout) or a stress fracture in my foot. Just last week I heard about PA and started looking into the symptoms and the more I read, the more things sounded familiar (fatigue, achilles tendon pain, tightness, worse in the morning, etc, etc, etc.). Now the ankle/foot pain is pretty severe. I have trouble sleeping many nights. It feels like the pain is radiating from my ankle all the way up my leg to my lower back. Really quite miserable right now.
I went to my derm yesterday and talked to him about my symptoms and he said I sounded like a textbook case of PA (if there is such a thing). He enrolled me in the Enbrel program and said it should take around 3 weeks to get the drugs. At this point, I don't care if he prescribes me crack cocaine as long as the pain subsides and I get some decent sleep.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Any suggestions? I have been taking some advil to try to keep the pain down, which works ok. I tried Aleeve also which didn’t do anything for me. I went back on Indomethacin/Indocin (prescribed by my GP Dr) this morning to see if that helps. I can deal with the P, but PA SUCKS! Any ideas, suggestions, thoughts, anything? Thanks in advance for anything...
Little history: Now 30, had P in my scalp when I was 10-15 years old or so. Went away for years until I got some "warts" burnt off of my elbows about 8-10 years ago, well that was a bad idea and I suspect it was P all along and the burning made it come back full force. Mainly on elbows, knees, and lower legs. I would consider the P mild to moderate. I can handle that and have had decent success keeping it under control with Dovonex ointment.
For the last 2-3 years I have had on and off foot and ankle, lower back, and knee problems. I had weighed close to 300 lbs when I got out of school and attributed it to the weight and the exercise (jumping rope) to lose the weight, now around 240-250lbs. Went to a chiropractor and that helped the back pain. The ankle/foot pain had also been moderate to severe but went away in a day or two. I thought it was a pair of shoes or an activity that made the pain flare up, I have been trying to pinpoint the cause, constantly analyzing everything I was doing before a flare up.
Since the first of this year (2003) it has been a more constant pain in my right ankle/foot. I went to the doctor (GP) and he thought it was possibly gout (which I have a family history of gout) or a stress fracture in my foot. Just last week I heard about PA and started looking into the symptoms and the more I read, the more things sounded familiar (fatigue, achilles tendon pain, tightness, worse in the morning, etc, etc, etc.). Now the ankle/foot pain is pretty severe. I have trouble sleeping many nights. It feels like the pain is radiating from my ankle all the way up my leg to my lower back. Really quite miserable right now.
I went to my derm yesterday and talked to him about my symptoms and he said I sounded like a textbook case of PA (if there is such a thing). He enrolled me in the Enbrel program and said it should take around 3 weeks to get the drugs. At this point, I don't care if he prescribes me crack cocaine as long as the pain subsides and I get some decent sleep.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Any suggestions? I have been taking some advil to try to keep the pain down, which works ok. I tried Aleeve also which didn’t do anything for me. I went back on Indomethacin/Indocin (prescribed by my GP Dr) this morning to see if that helps. I can deal with the P, but PA SUCKS! Any ideas, suggestions, thoughts, anything? Thanks in advance for anything...