It's not working

Have been having swelling of my hands and feet and lots of aching.  My hips have been hurting.  Spoke with rhuematologist Thursday and he was as disappointed as I to realize the Rituxan is not working.  I did tell him all about last weekend, but he felt that with the Rituxan I should have breezed through all of that.  He upped my prednisone for now and I check back with him early in the week.

Need some energy

Good things are happening, but I am so tired!  Our new granddaughter, Vaeda, was born Friday, May 6.  She is a beautiful little girl.  We are so proud!  Her big sister, Ozaine, stayed with us while mommy was in the hospital.  Her hospital stay which would have been just a couple of days turned out to be much longer due to an emergency C-section. 

I just can't seem to get a blast of energy and have it stay with me.  The past couple of days my hips have been achey, my feet hurt, my hands have been swollen for a couple of weeks now.  Not real pleased with this.  I know that stress plays a huge part in all of this, but I thought the Rituxan would have countered the aches and pains I'm feeling.  For as much as the Rituxan costs, I don't know if it's worth it.  I guess I will have to give it a few more days to get past the stress of this weekend.  Maybe then I will really feel better.

Maybe It's Working.............

I really can't be sure just yet, but maybe the Rituxan is working.  I haven't had really BAD pain.  Over the weekend (and the weekends are always SO VERY busy) I had a little of the aching in my left hip joint, but not bad.  Just a reminder every so often.  I am still experiencing being tired and hoping that I will soon have more energy.  I am so hopeful!!