Went to the doc today...

Yesterday morning i woke up and knew that my foot wasn't getting better for two consecutive mornings. I had gone for 9 consecutive days to electrocute my foot...I had given it the chance to work...and the progress is not forthcoming.

Something was not right...and I just know i've got to get it checked. It's been too long, and the symptoms are getting weirder. In addition this problem is taking it's toll on me...

So I tried to make an appointment with a specialist at Changi General Hospital. The same one i went to years ago when i first knew i had gout. They told me coz i was so new that my next appt date would be on 22 July. Sigh...anyway, to cut the long story short, i had no choice but to gate crash into my mum's appointment with the same doc, Dr Low. =) same surname..hahaha..

He gave me new meds and said he'll see me in a week for the progress. An 8 day hospitalisation leave. He sent me to the vampire room...where they drained me of two vials. He'll go through the results with me the next time.

The new meds made me curious. So i googled it -- Arcoxia

Firstly, it scared me abit to see it not being approved in certain parts of the world (mainly the USA) due to it's risks...*faints*...doesn't help he has given me the highest allowable dose (according to the web) of 120mg and cannot be taken for more than 8 days in a row..*gulp* he prescribed me for that...

Then i read it's link to Rheumathoid Arthiritis...and that made me sit up because that was a familiar item on my blood test...

Looking at my receipt, here is what i'm being tested for:
1) Urate (Uric) ---> this one is my typical gout test which tells me the uric acid levels in my body
2) Full Blood Count --> no idea
3) Rheumatoid Arthritis test

I've heard of the 3rd one before. I thought it's just a generic term for a group of arthritis. (my gout is a form of arthritis)

Googling and reading further, i felt myself being drained more...and just teared coz i'm so tired and went to look for Red get my mind off things. I'm not going to detail more today. Maybe another day...

But some of the general effects that i'm feeling are pretty close. Other than the obvious inflammation, pain and joint pain.

Unable to sleep
Fatigue and noticeable loss of energy
Low grade fevers and sometimes flu-like symptoms
Depression

It's no wonder in can't sleep well everyday and even after a full day awake, I can't sleep (it's 3am now lor...)

I'm not resigned that i have the disease even before the results are out...but...these feelings are hard to describe.

Bah...don't' wanna talk about it anymore...

will try to go sleep...