Jenny

So last time I had my period was 9/27. Today's 10/29. 🤔

Oh, hi period, nice to meet you again!

It's kind of crazy that it's literally the day after I felt super tired and I didn't feel like cooking dinner.

It's also kind of crazy that I think it's two month after I stopped eating my birth control pills, so I think my body is working on time again.

Just scheduled an appointment with my rheumatologist for next Monday it to check on my rash just in case. I've been trying hydrocortisone eczema cream on it, and it may have seemed to help a bit.

If I didn't have to do training this week, I probably would've been checked sooner like Wednesday. 🥲

I had Tom help me take a photo this morning.

I put on some hydrocortisone for now, so I hope it works. 🙏

Seventh injection today! Tom did a great job once again.

What has been bothering me is my left elbow started to have these red spots forming after I showered last night. Almost rash-like. Thankfully they're not itchy. It's annoying, though.

It faded a little, but it's still kind of visible today.

I think it's pretty crazy how it's still less than 3 months since I started my RA injections. It feels a little longer than that, and I want to feel more improvements, but then I am reminded that it's only less than 3 months when biologics are known to take 3 to 6 months to make you feel better.

I just got my stitches out from my wisdom tooth extraction. I don't feel as bad as the day of anymore, which is good. I just remember it feeling it pretty stressful to deal with it all.

Just had my right wisdom tooth pulled out because it was decaying too much to leave it alone.

Now I'm going to be on antibiotics for a week and hopefully I don't let it infect.

I'm definitely not looking forward to the next coming days when I try to recover.

Started eating my prenatal vitamins with omega 3. I've already started eating my calcium/vitamin D and turmeric supplements last week.

Let's see how my body feels about with all these supplements.

Sixth injection today. Tom surprised me without counting down, but he still got the medication in me. Yay.

I'm so glad it's finally the weekend, though. The end of the week fatigue is catching up to me big time.

My OBGYN appointment also went okay. Nothing wrong with my pelvic area. She suggested that I take some prenatal vitamins with omega 3 and turmeric if I want to have kids and just be better about my joint health. I'll go back in two months for my routine checkup.

She also suggested that I take some turmeric and vitamin D supplements to help with my joint pains.

Other than that, not much else. She really wants to make sure I go into remission and feel mo pain when I asked her about what pain level I should tolerate. 👀

Rheumatologist appointment went okay. My rheumatologist thinks that my body is still trying to get used to the biologics, so she said to continue on with the medication.

She wants me to go into physical therapy two months after yesterday to see if they can help me with my left elbow extension.

Fllllaaaaarrrreeee. Probably stressed from thinking about my first follow-up appointment with my rheumatologist tomorrow since I started my injection.

I don't think this is lactose intolerance, though, since I can drink 2% cow's milk and feel fine afterwards.

I did a little research on what Sunright's house milk contains. It has condensed milk, milk powder and water.

That would probably explain why I feel weird drinking it. I don't think I ever did well drinking milk powder stuff. I knew my body wasn't digesting it well.

Time to dump out my drink...!!!

I wonder if this mango milk tea from Sunright was the thing that was giving me crazy flares. Just a little sip, and I feel a little not good. I'm not lactose intolerant, but I wonder what their "house milk" is. 🤔

Tom and I are feeling the very low energy and soreness from our covid and flu vaccines today. Ahhh.

Tom and I got our flu and covid vaccines today!

I swear having a chronic illness makes me wonder if it's okay to drink this boba I got because I wonder it'll give me a flareup.

...Even when this boba is supposedly adjusted at 25% sugar already.

Hrmmm, I did most (if not all) the calls I needed to follow up on my health things yesterday, and now I feel on top of things. It feels nice, but man, I remember that I was dragging myself yesterday to do all of that. I'm glad I did them.

Okay, getting flu and covid shots on Friday.

The month of October is going to be so many health appointments. 🔥

I'm so tired. Today's my third day of my current period cycle.

Considering my last period ended around 8/26 and my current period stated around 9/27, I'm kind of surprised that it's basically a month in between. O_o

We'll see how long this period will be, though...

Oh, I also scheduled a follow-up appointment with my OBGYN. Good news is I can do it on the phone rather than driving all the way back just to talk.

I'm currently waiting for a call back from my rheumatologist about when I could technically get my flu and covid shots.

I did get the clear about getting my tooth extracted, though, so yay.

I talked to my mom about it on Friday, and she did tell me that I could possibly reschedule on 10/15 since that's when she scheduled my brother's dentist appointment. Then I just reschedule his or something since all he was going to get done was cleaning.

My dentist and I went over possible rescheduling, especially since I have a follow-up appointment with my rheumatologist on 10/08, but we just weren't sure if I could or not, so we didn't reschedule yet.

However, I didn't get it done because we weren't sure if the painkillers would interact with my RA medication, and my rheumatologist was not in on Friday to talk to her about it.

Recap story:

On Friday I took half day off work to check on my teeth since I was experiencing some pain on my back right tooth. My dentist did mention that I should probably just get it extracted if it hurts.

I was feeling pretty unwell throughout the day, so I took a nap and then I realized my period came today. No wonder I felt so bleh.

Good thing I didn't push myself too hard today.