Keep her in your thoughts....

Ernestina is not doing all that well. She has fibromyalgia, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatologist has thrown all sorts of meds at her. Meds have advanced to biologicals. Some have helped, minimally, for a brief while. Last one she was on the effectiveness tapered off, doc told her to stop it. Just seen the doc today, starting the paperwork to get her on Cosentyx. Hope it helps...she has gotten to the point that touching her is painful for her. All she wants to do is sleep. Docs have told her....more than once...that she NEEDS to exercise...and change her eating habits. Stand a better chance at winning the lottery than either one of them happening. Needless to say with the amount of pain she is in she is becoming more depressed.
This is really starting to wear on us. I don't fare well under stress....and am starting to feel more than a bit stressed. Really wish there was an answer to all this....

To anybody that reads this that has plaque psoriasis....PLEASE speak with your doctors about the potential of the disease triggering psoriatic arthritis. From my very minimal understanding of this one will almost certainly lead to the other...

Apologies for rambling. Feeling more than a bit lost right now. With it being the holidays getting into see my head doc is pretty damn difficult...