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I have been keeping a running document with a brief note of my status each day. (Well, most days.) Looking back until 3/19 my last post here, I've had some joint pain and a bit of trouble with my neck but nothing too bad in the pain department. Overall my energy has been better than usual. I do seem to pay the price with a lot of times of real exhaustion. I have had a problem at times with slowing down when I'm tired. I can feel that I've done too much and know I should spend some quiet time on the couch but keep popping up to do something else. This continues until I can't pop up. I guess it's the extra prednisone.
I was on the go for 2 1/2 days last week and paid the price for the rest of the week. Although there were times when I still had some energy, they didn't last so long. I spent a lot of the last part of the week down or moving very slowly. Yesterday and the day before I started pretty well but totally zonked in the afternoon. I even took a nap yesterday. I paid the price for that last night. Even with a sleeping pill, it took quite a while to get to sleep and then I didn't get up until almost 9:00 this morning.
I am doing well this morning. Up and down, totally unpredictable. Hmmm, sounds like someone with Lupus. :)

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Well, once again, it's been a while. Good news - I was approved to received Social Security Disability Benefits. That's a load off of my mind. Now I just have to sue CIGNA to get what they owe me. I have learned that, thanks to ERISA, they have absolutely nothing to lose by turning down my long term disability claim. Even if I sue them (before a federal judge, no jury) and win, all they lose is what they owed me to start with. No damages, atty's fees, nothing! In my case, it's even worse because my former company no longer uses them for their LTD, no threat there.
The last month has been a continuation of the previous with the addition of some sort of pleural pain (lungs, I guess). I was in the hospital with it when it started because it didn't feel like usual. More good news - my arteries are still clear. Dr A-S said that my kidney function is a bit worse so she increased my Prednisone a good bit until I see her.
Thanks to the aforementioned son-in-law, my car window is up and the car door put back together. We have also had our washing machine fixed. Now my garage door is broken. The mechanical hasn't worked for over a year. We had to open, close & lock it manually. Now the door itself is totally a mess and can't be used until we can get it repaired. (Whine, whine, whine.) On a good note, another son-in-law came over last night to help try to fix it. It didn't work out but it was very good of him to try. My girls did pretty well in the husband department.
I'll see the doctor soon and see what's going on and what the plan of action will be. As I've said before, "It'll be alright".