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I'm flaring, can I just have my moment?! I can't complain about aches and pains without someone telling me about theirs. I can't say that I'm tired, because the person next to me is just as tired. I sometimes wonder if these people have any idea what I'm going through.

Where's the unlike button for RA?

It's a known fact that a full tank of gas eventually goes empty. I've been going full speed for a couple months, then the past 2 weeks I've been fighting a flare. This flare has been different. It started with slight fatigue and body aches. I am completely exhausted by the end of each day lately. My costochondritis is kicking into high gear as well. It causes my chest to hurt, luckily working in heart transplant, I can get an ekg at any time for reassurance. After work today, I met some of the girls for a drink and chicken strips! Yummy. Except, I already feel crummy. I have shortness of breath pretty bad, I'm guessing from inflammation in my chest wall. Then, I lost it and started crying...that really didn't help my breathing. Doc emailed me earlier and told me to add methotrexate back into the mix. It's not an awful thing. It just makes me feel sick before it makes me feel better. I just want to feel better. I can fight the pain better than the fatigue. I can't put a brave face over fatigue like I do with pain.