This blog is intended to chronicle my experiences with Polymyositis, a chronic autoimmune disease that involves the body's own immune system attacking and inflaming its muscles, resulting in debilitating weakness and other complications. I hope to provide a resource for anybody looking to others' experiences with the disease.
Monday, May 17, 2010
"Never a dull moment..."
... which is what doc said when my CPK came back elevated this week. I wasn't suprised. I had been feeling it for about a week or so. Same odd soreness that doesn't seem to correlate to anything I'd done recently. Same sensation of low-grade fever and general malaise. Hands stiffening inward. My knee has been sore and swollen lately too, just like the first time when it couldn't heal from a simple bruise. That knee is proving to be a barometer for the inflammation in the rest of my body. A few days in to a bump in Prednisone dosage, I feel better, but not "all better". Still sore and stiff, just not as much. We'll see where this goes...
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Yes, for me the CPK always just confirms what I could tell the doctor verbally and yes also I can never work out anything that I've done that could have raised it. This disease has a mind of it's own and it is crazy!!!
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