The gout, the sleep, the bleh
May. 17th, 2009 12:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
demiurgentI had a bad gout flare last week -- my worst in years, and in an entirely new place. My left knee.
My usual meds didn't touch it. It got worse instead of better. I went on high grade anti-inflammatories and steroids to work on it.
There have been some side effects, though the pain is much better now. One is what you expect when you dump a fuck-ton of NSAIDs in your stomach for a week -- diarrhea, some discomfort in the stomach lining. And last night I don't think I put fifteen minutes of sleep in a row together.
I don't think I'm going out today. But on the other side of things, now I need to stay awake for the day, so I can get to sleep in a reasonable amount of time to get up tomorrow and work, then do things I was going to do today.
I'm ready for my android body now.
My usual meds didn't touch it. It got worse instead of better. I went on high grade anti-inflammatories and steroids to work on it.
There have been some side effects, though the pain is much better now. One is what you expect when you dump a fuck-ton of NSAIDs in your stomach for a week -- diarrhea, some discomfort in the stomach lining. And last night I don't think I put fifteen minutes of sleep in a row together.
I don't think I'm going out today. But on the other side of things, now I need to stay awake for the day, so I can get to sleep in a reasonable amount of time to get up tomorrow and work, then do things I was going to do today.
I'm ready for my android body now.