The neuro called today and the back is fractured. I'm not a happy camper. She has put even more restrictions on me than I already have. It seems there is a stress fracture at T-9 and it is about three weeks old. You know with neuropathy and a progressive disease like Sjogren's I knew I had extra pain but I kept feeling as if I was just having a bad day with the Sjogrens and neuropathy. It took about two weeks before I knew there was a pattern and there were things I couldn't do without increasing the pain, like picking up one of the dogs and holding them at waist level. It was only then that I decided to tell someone and just happened to have a neuro appt. a few days later.

She is calling the rheumatologist and I'm not sure where we go from here. Obviously we have to make some changes. My bones are crumbling. I suspect it is the methotrexate. I have a real fear that stopping the methotrexate will make my neuropathy get worse. It was stable before all of this started.

Well, all I'm doing is grumbling. Thanks all of you for listening.
Billye