remission

[lesleyjoy]

I agree with Linda that it's probably a lessening of symptoms. There are the mini flares where your mouth might get very dry for  a week or so then there's bigger flares, where several symptoms get going at the same time with more severity!!


Lesley (NZ)

[irish]

It is what it is. What you see is what you get. Some day you get the bear and other days the bear gets you. My take on the whole situation.

I have to add that I don't know what a remission is nor do I really know what a flare is. I have just had "issues" for 47 years. Some days not there only to return the next day or the next week. Would have mornings when I woke up and hardly able to move my hands, fingers or step on my feet and walk. Would put hands under cold water and slowly move the legs and feet to get them going. I worked as a nurse and had to be on my feet most of the time. By the time I would get to work I would loosen up. Took tylenol or Naprosyn occ. but just thought I had "arthritis of some kind. Well, I guess I sure did.

All the aches and pains and then by afternoon I would be out in the huge garden working or helping to bale hay, etc remodeling house, helping with the animals on our hobby farm. I knew I had to rest a lot and I hurt a lot, etc but when you are young and raised with a good work ethic you just keep on keeping on. Like most of us I don't know how I did it and I never knew enough to worry about remission or flares. Had some really bad days and nights but usually made it to work.

The worst "flares" I had were when our boys got married. I always ended up down on the couch with "asthma" (which I now know was myasthenia) and had to take prednisone burst and taper. Would miss 3 days of work. Like I told my rheumy---even the good stress would do me in. Irish