This is about my husband--and me, I guess.
Yesterday was horrible. He woke up with his right hand so swollen and painful, he couldn't use it at all. He was supposed to watch our 6-month old grandson all day, but I had to go to work late so I could help in the early a.m, and luckily one of our daughters was available to spend most of the rest of the day with him. He's miserable. But, I'm wondering, should a painful hand--just one hand--put a person in that much distress? I feel bad for him, but he's depending on me to do everything, aside from assisting him with his bathroom needs! He was on prednisone for a couple months, but his doc took him off it a few days ago because his fasting glucose was at 140. His rheumy recently doubled his gout med. He started Plaquenil 3 days ago--they think he has RA, or possibly PsA.
He was on 12 various meds before starting the Plaquenil--for blood pressure, high cholesterol, fluid retention, gout, asthma or copd, and who knows what else! Now the Plaquenil, too.
I'm doing okay today, but yesterday my shoulders hurt from lifting the baby too much the day before. But my pain is never--has never been--even when I was untreated for PsA-as bad as his. He expects me to do everything-he basically becomes helpless. I guess I'm a little confused about how a painful hand can totally shut a person down. Yes, he's horribly overweight--I'm sure that causes him distress, but that's something he could and should fix.
I just needed to rant and see if anybody has information about Plaquenil. I have to get ready for work now.