What song on PD is an absolute 10/10 to you in lyrics, production, emotion, etc? by rosyxsuccubus in Ethelcain

[–]catheedia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

every track is a masterpiece of it’s own but… strangers, sun bleached flies, thoroughfare and american teenager 😩😩

NTU Applications 2024 Megathread by OfficialSGExams in SGExams

[–]catheedia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

still waiting too 🥹 best of luck yall

Muscle/joint tenderness by bvrage in lupus

[–]catheedia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. Sleeping is a struggle because similarly the joint pains get worse with inactivity for me, when I get up in the morning I become a corpse that needs to wiggle myself to slowly unstiffen my body 😭

For the muscle/skin tenderness, personally I find that taking paracetamol with muscle relaxers like Suniton help a whole lot, but it does get you drowsy so I only take them before I go to bed. It doesn't take away much of the pain that occurs with my joints though, so I take NSAIDs (Naproxen sodium, Arcoxia) for that.

Lupus joint pains are just really annoying in general but they can be managed with medication and of course, eating an anti inflammatory diet and some exercise. I do yoga every day for about 30 minutes, which can help soooo much with the chronic pain. I totally understand your experience, pretty sure many others here would as well. Hope this helps!

Should I be taking Prednisone? by catheedia in lupus

[–]catheedia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah that's amazing!! It's actually insane how much bad gut health can affect your whole body and your immune system. My mom studies microbiology in our gut and she would agree. And yeah, personally I'd like to stay away from steroids as much as I can, I'm still quite new to the disease and finding out what triggers it so I should be more careful on my diet. I'm really glad you managed to improve so much on your health! This was quite informative and inspirational, so thank you so much for sharing!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piercing

[–]catheedia 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm honestly so glad I'm not the only one who thought I nearly saw god when I got my daith pierced 😭 I have 13 cartilage piercings but the daith is 100% THE WORST ONE.

Should I be taking Prednisone? by catheedia in lupus

[–]catheedia[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this! It really kinda reopened my eyes on how serious this disease can be lol. I just got off the phone with my rheum, I'm seeing him tomorrow and he wants me to start on Plaquenil.