The Patient; Patient :)

Yesterday afternoon I had a Narmer from Erbert's and Gerbert's. I later realized that it had sprouts on it. I once read somewhere that sprouts can cause a flare up of lupus. I also walked around Sam's club for an hour while the tire's on our vehicle got rotated. This morning I woke up and was sore in my fingers and toes. Well of course in my back too, but that is not what I want to hone in on here. Anyways I can't say if the sprouts affected my joints, or if it was the walking for a hour in flip flops that made my toes hurt. Usually when I wake up in the morning my joints hurt, that's just how it has been. I think I also read somewhere that, that's the case with most people affected by lupus. I had an eye appointment today. When I got there, there was about 30 patients in the waiting room. In August when I was there, there were less people waiting and it took longer. So, I thought this was going to take forever. However, I was in and out in about an hour and a half. :) It was kind of weird because they numbed my eye so they could check the ocular pressure. They said that the normal pressure is between 12 - 22. Mine was at 18, so it was pretty average. Last time they told me that my eyes were pretty dry and prescribed me restasis. I didn't want to take it because they told me it would take 6 months to start taking affect and then if it worked I would have to be on it my whole life. I really didn't want to do that, so I didn't. Today they told me that my eyes looked really good and that they weren't as dry as last time! PTL!!!!! So, that makes me happy that I don't have to take restasis, just have to use artificial tears everyday. I'm okay with that! I've got appointments all week except Friday. I do however have stuff planned all weekend. So it will continue to be a full week!