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Slammed with RA, Sjogrens, CKD, one kidney, wonky innards, osteoarthritis, L2, L3 hemangiomas making a pain in my back & ass and a plethora of other maladies.

10/20/2026

Woo Hoo! I don't know how or why but I got a letter saying that the state will pay my Medicare premiums! When I called last month I was told that I wouldn't qualify.
Also this rib pain is easing up finally, it's been a month and of course it was all during witchy dance practice so I'll just be a candy witch and hand out candy during the Halloween Festival parade. If you don't know, I'm a member of a 501c group of theatrical dancing good witches raising money for local charities.
I'm pretty sure I got better because I got to see my kid and her family and the kids put their Halloween costumes on for me. Two Michael Jacksons and one Demon Slayer! 😁

10/15/2026

Well I had an endoscopy with dilation yesterday. It took two jabs in my hand for the IV, ugh They found an ulcer where the gastric bypass connection was made. Man I wish the glp1 etc was available back then, I would've went that route. I think it's ridiculous to go years and suddenly have problems stemming from a crap job by a "skilled surgeon".
I asked my nephrologist about farxiga which is a similar drug and also helps some kidney disease but he didn't think it's a good idea. I was hoping though because many of the new weight loss drugs also seem to help with autoimmune disease plus I could lose a few pounds.
Meanwhile. The rib pain from costochondritis is still there, I'm tired of it, it's a month now. No lifting or jerky movement but I'm out of the "crying and hysterics" type of pain and lidocaine patches help a ton! I was getting pretty hateful, like Darth Vader's mom in a fuzzy pink robe! 😆
Hopefully it's healing or I'll need a light saber.

10/10/2026

Saw my P*P Thursday for a check of the lady bits. 😵‍💫 All good but being through menopause and having Sjogrens, my pieces n parts ain't what they used to be! lol She's super cool and called in a non hormonal compound to an "apothecary" on the far north west side. I think I should don a feathered hat and cloak to retrieve this remedy. I hope it involved a mortar and pestle!
Meanwhile, she agreed with gastro about the costochondritis and there's not much but rest and anti-inflammatories which I can only take Tylenol so I'm using Theraworx Foam and heating pad to avoid that other fun med that knocks me out.
I should add that it's not advisable to get impatient waiting on the other half to load 50 # of dogfood into the truck when you have this affliction. That was not smart and I paid dearly for it later, it's Saturday and I'm still in my robe but I did sweep up dog hair and made eggs!

Well geez. The gastroenterologist thinks I have costochondritis - inflammation of the cartilage surrounding the ribs, pr...
10/07/2026

Well geez. The gastroenterologist thinks I have costochondritis - inflammation of the cartilage surrounding the ribs, probably from my 2 weeks of nightly vomiting. The cartilage is also known to come under attack from autoimmune diseases like RA, Psoriatic Arthritis, Lupus and others. Treated with nsaids except I can only take Tylenol and the phenergran the ER prescribed. I try to avoid it because it's "yucky in da butty" and I'm still groggy from yesterday.
I'm getting my lower esophagus dilated again next week, that'll reduce vomiting.
If it wasn't for this crud, the rest of me feels pretty good, like sorta normal! It's a pi**er to not be able to plan things, and just go somewhere. I did manage to look at a car Monday that's cheap since it needs a some fixes, good thing Mister worked 13 years as a lead mechanic! I'll probably buy it.
After my appointment, I scampered in Walmart for my quantity of eggies, I'm queen of eggs n fish. I didn't NEED the 12 pack of Yoo-hoo but it might help! 😆
After the DR, we took a scenic route by the famous Halloween Carnival, I don't get out much! It was a big deal! The guy has more vintage animatronics under the tents, totally cool at night! *If you're around Indy, take S Arlington to Ivanhoe and turn east then north on Webster. You absolutely can't miss it.

09/29/2026

Welp. I've been going through it since my last post Sept 16, it's a continuation actually. Vomiting stopped and was replaced by pain in the area where all this fun originated. I managed to gather donation stuff and sit through a witch meeting last Sunday. It got worse so off to ER where it was suggested that I have gastroparesis or my paperwork mentioned pleurisy but that's doubtful. I will say that RA can cause pleurisy but heck, it can attack any organ so it might be picking on my gut, the weakest link. I was given reG lan (can't type it out or I get in trouble), it sorta helps, just enough to sleep for about 2 hours. I thought it was over! I went to a 60th birthday then Saturday it was back, I didn't sleep, I was bending different ways to ease pain, crying, b!itching, finally decided to shower because I was funky, it eased a bit, got dressed to go back to ER, felt like I was drunk, confused, wobbly and laid down to start shaking. Pretty scary and called ambulance. Of course pain eased again and rather than having a bunch of firemen and the dogs losing their minds, I wobbled out and perched on the back of the firetruck until ambulance got here. After a very strange way to get to St F and me being humorous(I get it from my dad, be funny to combat unpleasant issues), I think I made the EMS ladies day! I gotta tell St F BS - it was clearly an ambulance but had to keep hitting the button to open the damned doors! An RN even saw us waving! WTH?!
Once again labs were my normal, CT previous visit so x-ray this time showed nothing. They gave me saline because I haven't been eating much and something "mild" that knocked me for 18 hours when I got home. Mister picked up my Rx...omg. It was a re**al suppository! Between pain and uncooperative hands, mister has to get the slippery thing to it's destination. I hate asking for help for anything, especially THAT! Ick. It's actually an allergy med but it's used for off brand things like motion sickness, nausea and a mild sedative. It helps but yuck. I trust that the oral form is hard on the gut otherwise the doctor just thought he was hilarious. My gastro left St F so I'll get in with one of the partners for big testing. There's one where you drink barium through a straw while you're basically on a tilt-a-whirl inversion table while they watch where it goes and how long it takes and who knows what else.
I managed a long rambling post and hope everything is correct. I'm feeling sleepy. I can't do very much of anything right now, the dust layer in here is awful, I'm not cooking, not even interested in Netflix etc.
Man, I know what sins I'm guilty of and I'm certain I've paid for them a few times by now!

I've been lax on posting here. I've felt like 💩 I actually feel half decent as far as autoimmune issues so my gut decide...
09/17/2026

I've been lax on posting here. I've felt like 💩 I actually feel half decent as far as autoimmune issues so my gut decided to take a turn. Because of a stricture and candy cane syndrome, both caused by my bariatric surgeon 18 years ago, I am prone to esophageal blockages. It involves a lot of vomiting (that's why I have these God forsaken dentures!) and sometimes pain that feels like you got donkey kicked. For a week and a half, I've puked my guts up, and then some. Fiance started to call an ambulance one night and a few days ago, I wrote out my drugs and allergies because I was thinking of ER. I might've also told my dog Shaq that if something happened to me and Dad couldn't keep 3 dogs, since he's a big sweet distinguished gentleman maybe he could live with the grands. They would love it, their parents would not - at first anyway 😆. I know, I'm ridiculous.
I've only been on fluids, soup and applesauce (maybe I'll lose the weight I lost and found!) but I felt bold and had the inside of a stuffed pepper on Ritz, gotta mix textures or even soft food creates a dam, can't even dip Oreos! We'll see how it goes. It's a little achy and noisy now.
Today, I spent a solid hour on the phone to find out if I'm still covered on Medicaid (HIP in Indiana) in case I do go to ER. I'm covered until Medicare starts October 1, it's given with SSDI 24 months after they determine you were unable to work which was Oct '24 BUT my backpay from SSDI now exceeds the asset limit to keep medicaid which would've covered the premium! It's deducted from your check for part D (drugs) and I'll have a deductible to pay. It's so nice to pay into something like a good kid and they find ways to get it back. As Joe Pesci said "they 'f' ya!". Can't do a medical trust with the money because I don't need medical equipment. In today's high housing market, I don't have a big enough down payment to counter my crap credit. Can't legally hide it and I'm not going to blow it. I am going to set something up for grands though. Argh!! I could study up and invest. Maybe I could be the new JP Gotrocks! Sorry, just thinkin out loud and grumbling on FB.
😁 Now a little humor! 😁
I'm a member of a nonprofit group that dress as witches and dance at events for charities. I haven't participated much and decided I MUST be amongst the living. So Sunday, fiance buttoned the back of my dress because my hands can't button. I did my witchy thing, got home and didn't know he left to fix a truck. It did not occur to either one of us that I needed help with the buttons.
I was trapped in my witch dress for 2 hours!! 🤣😂
I probably still have glitter in my eyeballs - eyedrops and glitter don't play well -

08/13/2026

I was approved for SSDI in May and got back pay. So glad I had a job and paid into it! - Tip: if you're considering filing, hire a disability attorney, it was much faster than some of those trying for literally years on their own. In Indianapolis, I used Hankey Marks and Crider. The amount I get will keep me sheltered and all but with rising housing costs, I "ain't movin on up". Tip/warning - mere days after approval, I started getting scam calls from US Department of Benefits offering $2500-$3000, a friend also got similar calls. Don't fall for it, no such department exists, they want bank info. I was offered a $50K grant today, mkay, riiiiight.

Initially, I didn't know that with SSDI, comes Medicare after 24 months. My Medicare card arrived WTH? Welp, it's 24 months from when you're determined disabled so I start Medicare in October. I think I will still get medicaid until I'm whatever age, 65? which will cover the $204 D premium and I think it might cover copays. Ugh.
4 years ago I was deemed medically frail and was fully covered with no out of pocket with Anthem, I liked it, easy peasy but this is going to annoy me, I'm certain.
Anyhoo, I chose Anthem Medicare Advantage. I guess it requires a lot of phone calls and questions. Do you find that you need help filling out forms? Hmm, maybe? but let's say no, I don't want to sound incompetent but my hand doesn't like to write for very long. Do you feel isolated- never, sometimes, often? Often, I don't get out much. Have you fallen in the past 3 months? No, surprisingly. Have you been hurt or pushed by family or caregivers? HAHAHA! No and they don't wanna try it!
So there's that. I entertained the interviewer😁
Meanwhile, humidity and weird weather has me in a Sjogrens flare. I've slept a crap ton. Mouth and nose sores came and left. Yay for swishing ye old baking soda and water but my mouth tastes like how I assume the nearby flooded areas would taste like after the water recedes! 😵‍💫

At my first rheumatology appointment in November, I told my doctor about every weird kind of anomaly possible. There's t...
08/06/2026

At my first rheumatology appointment in November, I told my doctor about every weird kind of anomaly possible.
There's two things that he didn't have much to say about.
During the pandemic, I kept finding tiny pustules in my eyebrows at the follicle. I thought maybe it was psoriasis but it's gone.
Other thing was something similar in my nose! You know those occasional little zits that hurt and drive you nuts? I get them. Often, there's a hair, like ingrown but not always. I pluck it and drain with a Qtip.
PLUCK A NOSE HAIR! OMG! Actually, it doesn't even hurt anymore, probably not supposed to but can't tell me anything.
The past 4 days, I've probably had 8 of them. The ones close to the opening scab or crust over making me look like I've been into some "nose candy". Other people check their makeup when they're out and about, I check my nostrils 😆
Several Sjogrens people said they get them. Last August, before autoimmune diagnosis, I thought maybe I had sinus trouble, P*P thought the nose hair follicles were getting clogged from constantly blowing my nose. It's actually from dry nose.
Yet another thing that when some odd affliction pops up, my daughter and I refer to as "more weird s**t".
I finally found raspberry leaf tea at Walmart, I add honey. It's steamy and soothing for dry throat and sinuses.
A few new things(hooray for SSDI backpay to buy helpful stuff) for the battle of dryness collection -
Uberl**e, pretty much the same as the cheaper Good Clean Love l**e but it's in glass and looks cool.
Ayr nasal saline gel spray, stays longer.
Therapy Tears, similar but cheaper than Refresh, although Refresh Digital is thicker and better for watching TV and looking at devices.
Zarbee's saline mist with aloe, refreshing, clean sensation and can also be used sort of like netipot but I'm NOT trying that again.

One last thing, my lab orders for kidney function now say stage 3 but my last labs certainly don't reflect that. Recently the foamy b**r urine from protein stopped. Maybe it's a good thing.

You warriors with chronic &/or autoimmune disease, does it seem like it makes your body manic?Last week I was on a roll ...
07/29/2026

You warriors with chronic &/or autoimmune disease, does it seem like it makes your body manic?
Last week I was on a roll trying to do all the things! I dressed. Repainted antique ice cream chairs, luckily nothing intricate because -hands-. Cooked decent meals. Dug out the floral bedding to not be so morgue-ish and decided my kitchen shelves and vintage stuff needed cleaned. *Note: we had decent temps
And Then...I used up my spoon theory spoons, I had stomach issues NOT from Taylor Farms produce😵‍💫, headache, dizziness, horrible glue mouth, those pesky shock jabs in my feet and toes and I've been useless. *Note #2: high humidity and rain

Manic. Just like the weather.

Here's my clean junk high and then the low - dishes to put up and dirty dishes that I prefer to give the evil eye. (I did do a few though)

I need to get some time in with my grands! They brighten life!

07/29/2026

I love this chick! She's foul mouthed but hilarious. Ya gotta have a gimmick!
I knew she had an autoimmune disease and wondered what it was, apparently several.

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