I saw the rheumatologist today, got bloodwork for the iron stuff. Curious to see the numbers after the infusion, but the results likely won’t be in until Monday. They took 4 vials from me, and I’m exhausted. The rheumatologist had me on the table, feeling trigger points, moving arms, etc. then asked if I’d always been hyper mobile when she got to my hands, and I told her, yes, since I was a child. Apparently, that tends to make fibromyalgia flares/joint pain worse along with carpal tunnel (which I have but hasn’t been horrible in many years, except when my iron got low). So it’s not good to be too thin for a lot of the GI/liver stuff, and being extra flexible/mobile worsens fibromyalgia. You just can’t win.

My daughter had a small ceremony for the end of her STEM robotics camp today. We got Starbucks afterwards as it’s on the way home. My daughter pretty much is addicted to the nonfat mocha Frappuccinos with whip, ever since she snuck a sip from my straw as a toddler. It’s only a sometimes treat though, once every 3 months or so. Though, sigh, yes I give my 11 year old Starbucks, bad mothering example.