I have ra..I ask myself that queation. why me? I answer myself.. there is whole lot worst things that could happen..people ask me How do you feel about having ra..I say the same thing..things could...
When I had my physical year and half ago..I told my gp that I had wrist and hand pain...even though my sedrate was elevated at 59 ,she told me it was carpel tunnel.repeat the sedrate in 3 months, I...
WHEN MY RA STARTED TWO YEARS AGO IT WOULD SEEM TO COME AND GO AS YOU DISCRIBED..AND WHEN IT WOULD CAME BACK IT WAS WORST..i WAS DIAGNOSED THIS SUMMER WITH RA..oNE YEAR AGO I HAD HIGH SEDRATE AND MY...
I am going through the same thing right now.. I have One more day of my pak and it has helped some...But it did help the first few days and the pain symptoms are coming bck..My hands feel soooo...
CA mama, Thats good question rather to get the med to get the arava out of your system...I just want to throw a few things to think about ..Do you want to take another medicine if you hyper...
thanks ca mama, i feel improvement but not all the way yet. For anybody else like rtrn, I have already been switch meds since june when the mtx was causing side effects and not feeling any better..I...
Hey, ca mama... I'm still on my plaquanil with arava, I have been on them for about 8 weeks...I have read other post on other sites that people have had problem with there blood pressure and liver...
I have been arava now for 8 weeks...But I also em on plaquinil....I have also some minor side effects that Im stll dealing with but i can easly manage....I do notice that my fatique has greatly...
PR I had charlie horses for years and couldnt figure it out..My potassium was always normal..Than they found I had vit d deficientcy..After being on supplement of vitd and calcium my levels our...
Hey pookie I feel your pain..You get tired of always being in pain and exhaused..If it not the illnes than its the meds....Everyone tells me it take time for improvemnet...Youve ben feeling like this...
If I was you , I'd get an second opinion...My rheumy on my first visit spent almost an hour..second visit he spent 30 minutes...Did he do any blood work?? diane...
Welcome to our forum...Ihaven't been here long myself...take care diane...
This is the whole thing what works for one might not work for another....Main thing with the allergie shots is being consistent...I have been on them on and off for twenty years....Only when switch...
Well I have have been dx with ra, but have probable had over almost two years...He told me that raynauds is primary because I didnot have any positive lupus or sjogrens(Pos ana). Gave me a prescript...
I KNow alot of you have this phenonium....Is anybody recieveing treatment for there reynaulds? diane...
well pookie, After I wrote , our fasting glucoses limits our 110 to 120....But anyways my sedrate was74 and my rheumotiod factor was 104 intially...after my first set of labs and being on mtx for 4...
hello pickie, I have been dx with inflammatrory polyarthritis...I just took my 5 th dose of mtx and i too dont feel much beter, but reading these threads I think it takes 2-3 months and sometimes...
Raven, I know you do have go off slowly of benzos,but maybe you should run it by your doctger on how the best way to do it...hope you get feeling better diane...
Fluffy I generally get alot of yeast infection partly because I HAVE BEEN ON ALOT ANTIBIOTICS....tRY EATING YOGURT.......
Raven Not to be critical but yes some of your medicine can be causing sleepiness....especally your pain medicine and ativan...Do you take your ativan at bedtime????? Because if usung that for sleep...
Just hang in there, I had two sinus surgerys 10 years apart similiar to your.. you are thru the worst..esp getting the packing out I thought my brains was coming out tooooo......Just be careful now...
The only thing I can think of move to better climentes....I was told almost 20 years ago to move to arizona for my sinuses and now I suffer from arthritis...So I told my hubby I think we should...
dqueen, I know how you feel ..I would go the docter and usually find nothing or not much of everthing..During my physical exam last year my sedrate was 59 and my wrist and hands were hurt ..she told...
I was wondering that too and if its safe to use with mtx...diane...
They say also those neti pots work great for flushing your sinuses..A cheaper way Is buy non-idized salt .1/4 tspto 8 oz of warm water and a bulb syringe....diane...
Thanks rosie, My ccp was neg and I think that is why he doesnt want to lable me yet..Yes and and no the mtx is working..My first lab work will just over week away...sedrate. cbc and liver...
Hello Im new this board I have been on the arhtritis board...I have been dx with rheumotoid factor pos inflammatory arhtritis 3 weeks ago... I took my 3rd dose of mtx last night..Does anybody get...
Thanks everybody for your support and advice...I have an appointment with my pcp next week and will ask her some more questions that I couldnt ask the rheumy over the phone.....I dont go back to him...
Yes feels like skin is on fire,but no fire,no redness and not too much swelling...I get that alot in my dominant hand...I I just got dx with inflammatory polyarthritis/ra...diane...
Thanks for your support...Yes On my medrol pack I noticed relief the first two days , than my right hand that use constantly is really hurting....and im almost done with pack.Oh can you take motrin...
Will I heard today from rheumy after much persistance..diagionosed with RA/inflammitory poly arthritis...starting on mtx.medrol pack,folic acid, and vit d and calcium for my vit d deficientcy...Will...
Hello sabrina, Thanks for your quick reply....I have been getting allergy shot for over ten years....within the last two years, i switched docters and have been get two shots a week instead of...
Im new to this board...Has any body heard of decentizing allergy shots inducing auto immune responses..for example ra ...diane...
Thanks sj for your support...Sometimes I think animals get better treatment then humans...havivg to wait for dx,insurance companys not allowing lab work at an out network...because they allow me to...
hello everyone. I have been lurking around..Saw a rheumy 2 weeks ago, still waiting for my follow up info for my diagnosis..short story. Im 43 and thought last year with wrist and hand pain it was...